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Mining tech market map: United States
61 mining tech startups based in the United States that have raised money in rounds we track, placed in 5 segments by what each says it does. Together they have raised $8.3B; the biggest segment is rare earths and critical minerals.
61startups on the map
5segments
$8.3Braised between them
Rare earths and critical mineralsmost funded segment
Funding by segment
- Rare earths and critical minerals$4.5B18
- Mine automation and software$832M18
- Exploration and discovery$1.6B13
- Lithium$1.3B6
- Extraction and processing$179M6
Where they are based
- United States61$8.3B
United StatesFounded
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11 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M10
- $1M to $10M19
- $10M to $50M21
- $50M to $250M5
- $250M to $1B2
- $1B and over4
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
46 of 61 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States61
Startups by country, 1 country in all.
Segment by segment
Rare earths and critical minerals
18 startups · $4.5B raised
USA Rare EarthUSA Rare Earth is a mining and advanced materials company that produces critical minerals and permanent magnets.United States$2.7B
Vulcan ElementsVulcan Elements is a U.S.-based startup manufacturer founded in 2023, specializing in rare earth magnets, particularly sintered neUnited States$1.1B
Principal MineralPrincipal Mineral is a Dallas-based company focused on developing and scaling domestic production of strategic metals, high-perforUnited States$280M
Nth CycleNth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals.United States$137M
Solcoa IndustriesSolcoa Industries develops carbon-zero rare earth metals for critical supply chain needs and promote sustainable industrial practiUnited States$45M
BlueOak ResourcesBlueOak Resources is a clean-tech company based in the U.S.United States$36M
Alta Resource TechnologiesAlta Resource Technologies is a Boulder, Colorado-based deep-tech company founded in 2023.United States$33M
Atlas MaterialsAtlas Materials is a U.S.-based startup founded in 2021 that specializes in primary metal manufacturing.United States$27M
Mine automation and software
18 startups · $832M raised
Mariana MineralsMariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company founded in 2023-2024, with headquarters in San FranciUnited States$384M
3D Robotics3DR makes advanced drone technology easily accessible to the construction, mining, and surveying industries for use in data analysis.United States$152M
SafeAISafeAI develops autonomous driving technology for heavy-equipment vehicles used in the construction and mining industries.United States$64M
Reframe SystemsReframe Systems is a physical AI and construction technology startup focused on transforming the housing industry.United States$60M- HHeavyHeavy develops robotic solutions for construction, mining, and farming to enhance safety.United States$46M
MeridiumMeridium, Inc., a software vendor, delivers asset performance management solutions for process, power, mining, and discrete manufaUnited States$30M
Alpine Data LabsAlpine offers a script-less and web based analytic software for data mining and Hadoop.United States$24M
AndiumAndium is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company based in New York, NY.United States$22M
Exploration and discovery
13 startups · $1.6B raised
KoBold MetalsKoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration and development company based in Berkeley, California.United States$1.5B
Atana ElementsAtana Elements is a Houston-based company focused on the exploration and development of critical minerals.United States$28M
VerAI DiscoveriesVerAI Discoveries is an AI-driven mineral asset generator based in Boston, Massachusetts, with a mission to enhance mineral discovUnited States$24M
EARTH AIEARTH AI is an AI-powered mineral exploration company based in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in San Francisco andUnited States$20M
TriStar GoldTriStar Gold is an exploration-stage junior mining company.United States$15M
Deep Sea Rare MineralsDeep Sea Rare Minerals is a mineral exploration company that develops subsea mineral resources.United States$5.0M
DurinDurin is a mining technology startup founded in 2024 and based in El Segundo, California.United States$3.4M
Mineral ForecastMineral Forecast is an AI-powered geosciences solution company founded in 2014, based in Santiago, Chile, with a presence in CambrUnited States$1.7M
Lithium
6 startups · $1.3B raised
Redwood MaterialsRedwood Materials is an American company based in Carson City, Nevada, focused on creating a sustainable supply chain for lithium-United States$1.2B
LithiosLithios is a technology company that uses electrochemistry for advanced lithium extraction from tough mixtures.United States$35M
Princeton Critical MineralsPrinceton Critical Minerals is a cleantech company that boosts lithium extraction and production from brine sources.United States$21M
EELI TechnologyEELI Technology, a Silicon Valley-based mining technology company, develops Advanced Lithium Recovery solutions, making lithium prUnited States$2.0M
The Orbital MiningThe Orbital Mining is a space startup develops high-voltage converter system with a low-mass cable and a lithium-ion battery.United States$500K
Minerva LithiumMinerva Lithium develops direct lithium extraction technology to provide global solutions to lithium brine industries.United States$75K
Extraction and processing
6 startups · $179M raised
Mesabi MetallicsMesabi Metallics Company LLC develops a mining and pellet plant for iron ore in Nashwauk, Minnesota, focusing on taconite processing.United States$150M
MaverickXMaverickX is a chemical technology company focused on developing advanced chemistries for natural resource extraction in the oil &United States$19M
Transition Metal SolutionsTransition Metal Solutions is a biotechnology startup founded in 2023, focused on developing custom chemical additives, referred tUnited States$6.0M
Quantec GeoscienceQuantec Geoscience is a provider of ground geophysical data acquisition, processing, inversion, and interpretation.United States$3.0M
Social Strategy 1Social Strategy 1 offers media intelligence services combined with natural language processing and data mining technologies.United States$780K
AstroForgeAstroForge is a deep-space mining company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Seal Beach, California.United States$266K
How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in United States. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in mining tech, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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