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Wastespresso: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Wastespresso takes spent coffee grounds and turns them into bioplastic materials and products, including disposable and reusable cups, straws, flower pots, and spoons. They also help companies manage their coffee waste at various locations such as headquarters, hotels, cafes, offices, and restaurants.

www.wastespresso.com LinkedIn Istanbul, Turkey 11-50 employees
Biotechnology Manufacturing Renewable Energy B2B
Total raised
$3.0M
Rounds
3
Latest
Undisclosed round
May 2025

Wastespresso has raised $3.0M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round announced in May 2025.

Wastespresso Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$3.0M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
2 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
May 2025
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Istanbul, Turkey

Latest funding round on record: May 2025.

Wastespresso Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Seed
$3.0M

2 of 3 rounds were announced without a disclosed amount and are excluded from the total.

Wastespresso raised $3.0M in a Seed announced in Jun 2023.

6 months later, an undisclosed round was announced in Dec 2023 with no disclosed amount.

1.4 years later, an undisclosed round was announced in May 2025 with no disclosed amount.

Wastespresso Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Kerem Acar
Founder
—
Vedat Victor Levi
Founder
—

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Wastespresso Funding Compared to Other Biotechnology Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
4,185
$8.4M
390
$1.2M

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Wastespresso Funding FAQs

What does Wastespresso do?

Wastespresso takes spent coffee grounds and turns them into bioplastic materials and products, including disposable and reusable cups, straws, flower pots, and spoons. They also help companies manage their coffee waste at various locations such as headquarters, hotels, cafes, offices, and restaurants.

How much funding has Wastespresso raised?

Wastespresso has raised $3.0M across 3 rounds on record.

When did Wastespresso last raise funding?

Wastespresso's most recent funding round on record was announced in May 2025. The amount was not disclosed.

Who founded Wastespresso?

FundedIQ lists Kerem Acar (Founder), Vedat Victor Levi (Founder) at Wastespresso.

Where is Wastespresso headquartered?

Wastespresso is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

How many employees does Wastespresso have?

Wastespresso is in the 11-50 employee band.

About FundedIQ's Wastespresso Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Wastespresso is left off this page rather than filled in.

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