About OURO
The current recycling system fundamentally disables circularity, making it nearly impossible for businesses to track, manage, and enforce sustainable practices across their supply chains. Without visibility into downstream partners, companies struggle to ensure responsible material flows, and the inability to accurately calculate Scope 3 emissions creates major gaps in sustainability reporting. Meanwhile, waste is continually lost to bad actors due to a lack of traceability, undermining efforts to close the loop.
Our blockchain-powered platform directly addresses these challenges, providing the transparency, automation, and accountability needed to drive true circularity and align with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
We are helping usher in the Fourth Industrial Revolution by harnessing blockchain and smart contracts to drive digital transformation in sustainability. Inspired by EMF’s vision of a circular economy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we enable businesses and governments to embed sustainability into their operations with precision and efficiency. By digitizing trust and eliminating inefficiencies, we help accelerate the shift from extractive, linear models to regenerative systems that prioritize resource longevity, carbon reduction, and environmental responsibility.
Our platform is revolutionizing the fight for a greener future, empowering brands and governments with unparalleled transparency and ironclad sustainability compliance. By eliminating costly brokers, inefficient middlemen, and giving you the data that you lack, we cut waste, reduce emissions, and ensure ethical, eco-friendly supply chains—every step of the way.
Things we do:
Collect live data at each facility your waste passes through
Calculate recycling and export percentages of each material at each facility
Plan your yearly recycling goals and track them in real time
Provide alerts to determine if volume, waste type or recycling rate drops below your benchmarks
Help negotiate with recyclers and brokers to place waste in a better home
Imagine a world where every piece of plastic is reclaimed and reused, creating 100% circular value chain.
At Ouro, we believe this is possible.
Team
Ouro Employee / eric
Founder
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Mathematics from Stanford University.
Previously, Eric was an early employee at Roblox where he spearheaded AI & Search initiatives.
While there, he architected and designed Roblox’s machine learning infrastructure and was responsible for designing and programming an AI based search algorithm, creating the largest engagement driving product in company history.
He was also integral to the development of their text filtering product, an industry leading child safety initiative.
Ouro Employee / eva
Founder
Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems and Master of Science in Earth Systems from Stanford University
Eva’s background focuses on the intersection of finance and environmental impact.
Previously, she worked as an ESG Analyst for Etho Capital, a leading investment management firm at the center of sustainable finance, and as Lead Impact Analyst at Regeneration.VC, an early stage venture fund specializing in the circular economy.
While at Regeneration.VC, she played a pivotal role in developing and implementing the Regenerative Evaluation Gauge, an internal investment evaluation system. She also spearheaded the fund’s comprehensive impact measurement efforts across their diverse portfolio.
At Stanford she studied under Pamela Matson, Chair of the Board of WWF and multi-time author and thought leader in sustainability science and innovation.
Ouro advisor / tom
Strategic Advisor
Tom brings a wealth of experience in the recycling industry.
He is currently the CEO of ADV Polymers and was previously President of Amwaste, a collection company based in Georgia and CEO of DTG Recycling, a Washington based Construction and Demolition Recycling Company.