Startup India recognised · Incorporated 3 June 2025

We don't manage waste.
We engineer ecosystems.

Decentralised waste management systems designed to endure, adapt, and thrive — inspired by the tireless efficiency and collective intelligence of an ant colony.

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DPIIT Recognised Startup
Delhi NCR · Bihar
Government partnerships ready
What we build

We're not haulers. We're resource managers.

Seven focus areas — each a discipline Komoyo brings in-house, from frontline collection to research and capacity building.

Solid waste management

Collection, segregation, recycling, and treatment — the full pipeline, engineered for neighbourhoods and cities.

Biogas & composting

Organic matter becomes energy and soil amendment. Closed-loop systems that keep value inside the community.

Training & capacity building

Workers, SHGs, municipal staff — we skill the people who keep the system running long after launch.

Consulting, execution & O&M

Design, deploy, and operate — end-to-end accountability from RFP to running plant.

Research

Evidence-backed systems. We study waste streams, behaviour, and policy before we engineer solutions.

Project management

Timelines, budgets, stakeholders, compliance — all held together by an operating rhythm built for public infrastructure.

Government consulting

We work with Urban Local Bodies and state agencies to align system design with policy and funding realities.

The Komoyo model

The evolution of the trail

"Just as ants first scout a path before building a highway, we scale our impact through a phased approach."

Waste 180

Building the foundation

We focus on the essentials — the operations that make everything else possible.

  • Door-to-door segregation
  • High-throughput material recovery
  • Efficient dry-waste recycling
Waste 360

Completing the ecosystem

Once the foundation holds, we close the loop — converting organic matter into energy and soil.

  • Community-scale composting
  • Biogas generation from wet waste
  • Fully circular, closed-loop framework
United for the long haul

A colony's success is measured by its longevity.

We work hand-in-hand with the people who keep cities and villages running.
Urban Local Bodies
Private Institutions
Resident Welfare Associations
Waste Workers & Non-Profits
CSR Partners
Government Partnerships
Registered Societies & SHGs
Aligns with policyDesigned to sit inside regulatory frameworks, not around them.
Financially viableUnit economics that work without perpetual grant dependency.
Keeps workingSystems that outlast the first team that laid the trail.
ACTIVE IN Delhi NCR · Bihar

Leaders are not commanders. They are trail designers.

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Kezia Shah

Managing Director

A solid waste management professional who has designed and implemented community-based waste systems across Delhi and Gurugram. Her work spans practical system design, stakeholder coordination, government consulting, and on-ground execution — turning pilots into formalised operational systems. Previously worked on air-quality and transport policy.

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Rajan Shah

Director

Social worker and lawyer with over two decades of civil and revenue law practice across Bihar. Former State Manager, Bihar Justice Program, focused on human trafficking, child labour, and bonded labour. Brings strong governance, legal oversight, and systems-level understanding to every engagement.