Positive Carbon
Sensor above the bin that tracks food waste without staff input
Positive Carbon sells 'Scrappy', a sensor unit mounted over kitchen bins that uses AI and lidar to log what is thrown away and how much, without staff weighing or tagging anything. Dashboards show waste by item, cost and site so chefs can adjust ordering and production. Customers include stadiums, convention centres, hotels, hospitals and café chains in Ireland and Britain.
Our reading. Best for Irish hotels, venues and small café groups that want automatic waste data with transparent pricing and no change to kitchen routines.
Strengths
- No behaviour change needed from kitchen staff
- Public monthly pricing with three tiers
- Multi-site view suits small groups and contract caterers
Limits
- Customer base is concentrated in Ireland and the UK
- Hardware plus monthly fee is a real cost for a single small kitchen
- Integrations with POS or inventory tools are not documented
Founded 2020, roughly €3.9M raised across small rounds, customers in Ireland and the UK
Customers include Croke Park, Aviva Stadium, Convention Centre Dublin, Guinness Storehouse and KC Peaches; claims 2 to 5 times ROI and up to €75,000 saved per year per site
- 7 Sep 2026 FundingLille-based marketing software group Positive, previously known as Sarbacane, closed a €106 million bank refinancing arranged by CIC with Arkea, Credit Agricole, Caisse d'Epargne Hauts de France and Banque Populaire du Nord. The facility replaces a €75 million line taken out in 2022 and is earmarked for further acquisitions; the group has bought more than a dozen companies since 2017, including Iconosquare earlier in 2026. Positive reports around €70 million in annual recurring revenue and targets €200 million by 2030. Its products cover e-mail and customer engagement, social media management, e-mail signatures and the Surfer tool for SEO and generative-search optimisation, sold mainly to firms with 10 to 1,000 staff. For a retailer or restaurant group, it means the French owner of several local-visibility and marketing tools now has capital to buy more of them, which usually ends in bundled contracts and tighter integration between those tools.
- https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/01/06/ai-driven-food-waste-business-positive-carbon-plans-international-expansion-with-redesdale-investment/
- https://www.eu-startups.com/2023/11/dublin-based-positive-carbon-secures-e2-3-million-to-revolutionise-food-waste-management-in-the-uk-and-eu/