technology & services waste management iot founded 2010 1 headquarters espoo finland 1 key people fredrik kek l inen ceo 2 johan engstr m cto number of employees 25 2014 website www.enevo.com enevo enevo oy in finland is a finnish provider of intelligent wireless sensors that measure and forecast fill levels in waste containers in order to optimize collection intervals and routes based on this data . the underlying idea is to generate economically optimal routes and schedules for waste trucks so that they can drive less while picking up more trash . the company estimates that it can reduce waste collection costs by up to 50 % . 3 enevo rents its sensors for a monthly fee to big and small municipalities . the company is active in 25 countries . 4 enevo was founded in 2010 and is led by fredrik kek l inen and johan engstr m. company history edit in april 2013 enevo raised 2 million 2.6 million in funding from finnish industry investment and lifeline ventures to fuel international growth . 5 in november 2013 the company announced it had signed service contracts with waste management companies in finland 6 norway and denmark . 7 in august 2014 the company announced that it had raised 8 million from earlybird lifeline ventures finnish industry investment draper associates and risto siilasmaa among others . the funding will be used to grow and bring the sensor based waste collection system to global markets . 8 references edit a b enevo oy yrityshaku . taloussanomat.fi . retrieved jan 7 2014 . enevo contact . enevo.com . retrieved jan 7 2014 . http enevo.com . enevo . missing or empty title help ; external link in website help ; missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help federico guerrini . from espoo to new york city how a finnish startup is trying to disrupt the waste management industry . forbes . retrieved 6 november 2014 . garbage in data out enevo gets funding for its smart waste services . gigaom.com . retrieved jan 7 2014 . enevo announces new deals with finnish municipal waste management companies . enevo.com . retrieved jan 7 2014 . enevo announces new deals in norway and denmark . enevo.com . retrieved jan 7 2014 . enevo closes 8 million in funding . enevo . retrieved 6 november 2014 . external links edit psfk http www.psfk.com 2013 06 wireless trash cans schedules pick up.html fast company exist http www.fastcoexist.com 1682626 these trash cans know when theyre full and need picking up popular science http www.popsci.com gadgets article 2013 07 public trash cans can talk back arcticstartup http www.arcticstartup.com 2013 04 10 enevo grabs e 2 million from lifeline ventures and finnish industry investment to improve waste management retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title enevo & oldid 726653953 categories internet of things companieswaste companieshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlescs1 errors external linkspages using web citations with no urlpages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2016 at 14 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view