EcoATM, a US-based automated system provider for recycling consumer electronics, has raised $14.4m in its series A equity and debt round.
Nasdaq-listed vending group Coinstar and venture capital firm Claremont Creek Ventures led the equity part of the round. Silicon Valley Bank is providing the venture debt.
Gregg Kaplan, president and chief operating officer of Coinstar, said: "We invested in ecoATM because we believe they have a viable and promising business and we are committed to fostering innovation in automated retail."
Gary Cohen, senior vice-president of marketing and customer experience at Coinstar subsidiary Redbox, has joined EcoATM’s board.
Coinstar bought DVD kiosk company Redbox to expand the products it offers from automated drop-off points.
In August, EcoATM raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Coinstar following a personal investment from the Nasdaq-listed company’s chief executive in February.
Founded in 2008, EcoATM scans used electronic devices, such as mobile phones and iPods, to gauge value and pay consumers before reselling them worldwide or reclaiming the components.
In February last year, Coinstar founder Jens Molbak joined EcoATM as a board member and investor, alongside US-based venture capital firm TAO Venture Capital Partners, which led this first institutional round of funding.