Reconic

What Reconic does

Reconic GmbH is a Hamburg-based, privately held technology company that operates an AI-powered digital platform for material flow management (Stoffstrommanagement) targeting the German construction and disposal industries. The platform enables construction companies to digitally document, analyze, and route construction waste materials while connecting them with a network of disposal partners, and the company is certified as an Entsorgungsfachbetrieb with its offering structured around German environmental regulations including DepV, EBV, LAGA, and VwV.

The product consists of three components: the Reconic-Plattform for request creation, AI-based regulatory evaluation, and disposal management; the Reconic-Cockpit dashboard for visualizing material flows and sustainability KPIs; and the Reconic Netzwerk, a two-sided network providing access to over 4,000 active disposal options and temporary capacity. The AI engine automatically evaluates declaration analyses and sampling protocols against the relevant regulations to surface critical parameters, with the company claiming up to 50% reduction in disposal coordination time and up to 30% cost savings in partner negotiations.

Reconic runs a sales-led, demo-driven go-to-market with free self-service registration at app.reconic.io and direct enterprise engagement for larger projects. Revenue is generated via transaction fees on material matching between producers and disposal companies. The company targets two primary verticals, construction companies (Bauunternehmen) and disposal companies (Entsorgungsunternehmen), with construction site operators (Baustellenbetreiber) as a secondary segment. The company is fully founder-owned by three co-founders — Ben Wagemann and Felix Schneider as managing directors, and Marcel Salazar as CPO — with no disclosed external institutional investment.

Name

Reconic

Legal name

Reconic GmbH

Website

https://reconic.io

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Reconic GmbH is a Hamburg-based, founder-owned platform that uses AI to digitally document, analyze, and route construction waste materials in compliance with German regulations, connecting construction companies with a network of 4,000+ disposal partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Waste Management Software

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Business Support Services (5614), Waste Management and Remediation Services (562)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Symbiosis & Byproduct Exchange Platforms (EUAIANAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Deconstruction & Salvage (Building Material Reuse) (EUAIAHAJ)

Keywords

• Material flow management
• Construction waste management
• Waste disposal platform
• Circular economy software
• Regulatory compliance documentation

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform fees for material matching: The platform connects material producers (construction companies) with disposal companies and material buyers, facilitating transactions and collecting fees for matching services. Additional revenue comes from extended network of disposal partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Reconic operates a digital SaaS platform for construction and disposal companies to capture, process, document, and analyze material flows (Stoffströme). The platform uses AI to evaluate declaration analyses against German waste regulations (DepV, EBV, LAGA, VwV), provides access to a database of 4,000+ active disposal options, and connects material producers with disposal partners via the Reconic Netzwerk for compliant and cost-efficient disposal routing.

Product overview

Reconic offers a single unified platform (Reconic-Plattform) for digital material flow management targeting construction and disposal companies in Germany. The platform consists of the core Reconic-Plattform for query creation, AI-based evaluation, and disposal management, supported by the Reconic-Cockpit for data visualization and the Reconic Netzwerk for expanded disposal options. The platform handles waste classification (AVV codes), regulatory compliance analysis (DepV, EBV, LAGA, VwV), and provides a database of over 4,000 active disposal options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reconic-Plattform The main digital SaaS platform for construction and disposal companies to efficiently capture, process, and analyze material flows (Stoffströme). Enables commercial and sustainable optimization of material streams with AI-powered evaluation against German regulations (DepV, EBV, LAGA, VwV), centralized communication with disposal partners, and sustainability reporting. Target customers: construction companies, disposal companies, and construction site operators in Germany.
• Reconic-Cockpit Dashboard for documentation and visualization of material flows and KPIs after completed collection of materials. Provides visualized material flows, important KPIs, and sustainability information about chosen disposal routes to support ongoing optimization of material management.
• Reconic Netzwerk Partner network that provides additional disposal options, including temporarily available recycling options and quotas shared by the partner network. Enables offers from disposal companies and temporary disposal measures to complement standard disposal routes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% reduction in time expenditure for disposal coordination
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• BVSE (Bureau für Recycling und Entsorgung)minorOthersBVSE is a German recycling industry association that supports Reconic. BVSE represents companies in the recycling and disposal sector, providing industry credibility and network connections for the platform.
• PZERTminorOthersPZERT is a certification body that supports Reconic, providing third-party validation of the company's compliance and quality standards in the disposal sector.
• Reconic Netzwerk (Reconic Network Partners)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe 'Reconic Netzwerk' is a network of disposal partners that provides additional disposal options, temporary capacities, and material routing alternatives to customers. Partners contribute disposal options and contingent capacities that are offered alongside standard disposal routes, enabling dynamic material allocation and competitive pricing.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Madaster: European platform for material passports and circular material registry in the built environment. Adjacent to Reconic's circular-economy mission for construction, with overlap in material-flow documentation but focused on building-level material registries rather than disposal routing.
• circular.fund / Excess Materials Exchange: European platform enabling exchange of industrial by-products and reusable materials between companies. Closely aligned with Reconic's industrial-symbiosis marketplace concept at a pan-European level, but with broader industrial scope beyond construction.

Broad incumbents

• PreZero (Schwarz Group): Environmental services provider within the Schwarz Group, operating integrated recycling and disposal infrastructure across Europe. Comparable in the C&D waste and circular-economy space, but competes as an incumbent operator rather than a digital-native marketplace.
• ALBA Group: One of Germany's largest recycling and environmental services groups, with integrated digital tools for waste and materials management. Comparable to Reconic in the German C&D waste domain but operates at much larger scale and as a vertically integrated incumbent.
• Rubicon Technologies: US-based software and services provider for waste and recycling fleets and routing. Comparable as a digital-native waste-management platform optimizing material flows, though primarily US-focused and more oriented toward collection logistics than C&D regulatory compliance.
• Veolia Deutschland: German arm of global environmental services giant Veolia, providing waste management, recycling, and circular-economy solutions including for construction waste. Comparable end-market exposure but with much broader portfolio and significantly larger resources than Reconic.
• REMONDIS Digital: Digital arm of REMONDIS, one of Germany's largest private waste and recycling companies. Provides enterprise-scale waste-management software and services; broadly comparable in regulatory depth and infrastructure but competes with Reconic from an incumbent position rather than a pure marketplace model.

Direct peers

• Concular: German circular-economy platform for the construction sector, matching reuse and recycling of building components and materials. Highly comparable to Reconic in vertical (construction), geography (Germany), and circular-economy value proposition, though with stronger emphasis on building-component reuse than waste-stream compliance.
• Bulky (formerly Mein-Bauschutt.de): German platform for ordering construction waste container pickup and matching disposal services. Competes with Reconic on the disposal-side matchmaking motion for construction and demolition waste in Germany, but with less emphasis on regulatory AI analysis.
• Schüttflix: German B2B digital marketplace for bulk construction materials (sand, gravel, soil) and aggregates logistics. Like Reconic, it targets Bauunternehmen and disposal/material producers with a digital platform, but it is focused on bulk material delivery rather than certified waste-flow compliance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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