Waste tires ready for processing. Photo courtesy of Ecore Ventures focused on circular economy advances haven’t historically represented a sexy funding category, but December and early January brought the closing of two high-profile investment infusions: $55 million for AMP Robotics, which is using artificial intelligence to reinvent recycling infrastructure, and $25 million for TerraCycle’s Loop venture, which combines e-commerce with reusable containers. Indeed, if you poke deeper into developments during the long and winding road that was 2020, it appears more investors are becoming wi...