TrashLab Secures $12M in Funding Led by Ventana

TrashLab, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-native operating system for waste haulers, has raised $12 million in a funding round.

The round was led by Ventana with participation from Bienville Capital, Harlem Capital, and CreativeCo.

The company will use the funding to accelerate product development, expand its AI-powered workflows, and grow its engineering, sales, and customer success teams.

What is TrashLab?

TrashLab provides an AI-native operating system designed for waste management companies. Its platform brings together several business operations, including customer management, dispatch, route planning, driver tools, billing, payments, and reporting.

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The platform replaces spreadsheets, paper-based routes, and older software systems that waste haulers have traditionally used. It helps operators manage their daily work through a single system.

One key feature is Haul-E, an AI order-taking agent that answers incoming customer calls and records orders outside regular business hours. Nearly 80% of TrashLab's customers now use the tool.

How Much Funding Has TrashLab Raised?

TrashLab has secured $12 million in its latest funding round. The company has not disclosed its total funding raised to date or details of previous funding rounds.

Who Invested in TrashLab’s Funding Round?

The latest funding round was led by Ventana.

Other participating investors include:

• Bienville Capital
• Harlem Capital
• CreativeCo

Why the Funding Matters

TrashLab will use the new capital to speed up its product roadmap and expand its agentic AI workflows.

The company also plans to hire across engineering, go-to-market, and customer success teams. These investments are expected to support its product development and customer growth.

Who founded TrashLab?

TrashLab was founded in 2022 by Neil Chaudhary and John Tan. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

“Haulers have been forced to choose between antiquated tools and platforms that can’t handle more than one line of business,” said Neil Chaudhary, co-founder and CEO of TrashLab. “We built TrashLab to eliminate those silos and give haulers complete visibility into their operations, margins, and profitability.

“TrashLab has completely transformed our business. Our phone system, field operations, and back-office billing all run in one place, so every part of the company is finally working in lockstep,” said Brad Uribe, Owner at Uribe Refuse. “When the camera flags a can not out, a blocked dumpster, or an overflowed container, it moves from the field to a customer text to the invoice automatically.

Market and Business Growth

Since its launch, TrashLab's platform has helped waste haulers manage more than 5 million tons of material. It now serves hundreds of haulers across more than 40 states in the United States and Canada.

The company has also reported more than sevenfold growth in annual contract value since 2024. This growth has been supported by customers adopting additional modules across their business operations.

What Happens Next?

TrashLab plans to expand its AI capabilities, develop more agentic workflows, and strengthen its engineering, sales and customer success teams. The company aims to support more waste haulers as they move from older systems to integrated software platforms.

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