Still Bright has discovered transformative reaction chemistry to enable the local, rapid, clean, and complete recovery of copper. This enables domestic production of copper, a critical mineral for electrification.

PureLi is a Princeton spin-out that has developed cutting-edge, eco-friendly technology to unlock lithium from otherwise uneconomical sources with unparalleled efficiency and minimal environmental impact.

Green Li-ion is building novel industrial chemistry to fully rejuvinate and recycle lithium-ion batteries.

AlkaLi Labs is working on a biological platform for the extraction of valuable minerals from unconventional water sources such as oilfield brine waste streams.

Over 53 million tons of electronics are discarded every year, wasting $57 billion worth of recoverable metals. Typically incinerated, this e-waste releases toxic fumes, causing people serious health problems. Only 17% of e-waste is recycled because existing methods are too expensive, energy-intensive, and pollutive.  BioMetallica has developed the first eco-friendly biotechnology for recovering palladium, platinum, […]

The global transition to net-zero emissions hinges on the mining of critical minerals, yet copper and lithium production, projected to grow 30% and 465% by 2050, will still fall short of meeting demand. Mining faces daunting challenges: 70% of copper remains locked in low-grade ores, and extracting it is increasingly uneconomical due to the massive […]

Infinite Elements harnesses extremophiles to extract, concentrate, and purify rare earth metals found in magnets. Their process enables sustainable recycling of the key inputs to the industries powering the energy transition.

The U.S. lithium-ion battery industry is at a critical inflection point. More than 90% of cathode materials are produced in Asia—creating a massive cost and security gap in U.S. battery production. Nascent’s mission is to close that gap. We develop and scale advanced manufacturing technologies that: •Reduce dependence on imports •Lower production costs •Accelerate the […]

Transition Metal Solutions develops custom chemical additives that enhance wild microbial communities for metal extraction. The company’s platform analyzes the biology already at work in a mining operation and formulates targeted products that increase recovery and accelerate extraction — without new infrastructure or changes to existing processes. Starting with copper, a metal key to the […]

XEra Energy is transforming American battery recycling. XEra has developed an efficient Recycling-to-Cathode technology with significantly lower CapEx and OpEx versus existing processes.