Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners has made its first ever investment by backing a series A round for waste recycling robot company AMP Robotics.

US-based waste recycling robot developer AMP Robotics obtained $16m yesterday in a series A round involving Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), an infrastructure-focused offshoot of technology conglomerate Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs.

Sequoia Capital led the round, which also included Congruent Ventures, the venture capital fund backed by University of California, private equity firm BV Investment Partners and investment and advisory platform Closed Loop Partners. SIP is also backed by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Founded in 2015 and previously called Cognitive Robotics,…