Orion Resource Partners is an investment firm that provides flexible capital solutions to mining and natural resources companies worldwide. The firm focuses on debt, structured equity, and production-linked financing for base and precious metals projects, and also utilizes off-take arrangements, streaming, and royalties as part of its financing approach. With a disciplined, risk-adjusted investment process, Orion evaluates opportunities across publicly traded and private entities in the metals and materials sectors and offers capital solutions tailored to project development, production timelines, and capital structure needs. Headquartered in New York, the firm serves clients globally, aiming to align financing with value creation in mining ventures.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Washington, providing patient capital to climate and energy technology companies across seed, early, and later stages. It concentrates on environmental services, climate change, climate technology, and cleantech, investing minority stakes to back technologies that deliver reliable, affordable power while reducing emissions and advancing zero-emission energy solutions.

CIBC is a Canadian multinational bank offering a full range of financial services to individuals, small businesses, corporations, and institutions. Its activities span commercial banking, wealth management, asset management, and investment banking, including corporate and investment banking, equity and debt financing, advisory services, and cross-border banking. The organization operates through divisions such as CIBC Bank (providing retail and commercial banking), CIBC Bank USA (Americas-based commercial banking), CIBC World Markets and CIBC Capital Markets (investment banking and capital markets), and asset management units including CIBC Asset Management and CIBC Global Asset Management. CIBC serves clients across North America with offices in Toronto, Chicago and other international locations, and focuses on serving mid-market companies, high net worth individuals, pension plans, and financial institutions. The bank emphasizes long-standing client relationships, community investment, and a broad geographic footprint in Canada and the United States.

BDC Venture Capital is a major Canadian venture capital investor that engages across the development cycle from seed to expansion, concentrating on technology-based companies with high growth potential that can become market leaders. It supports the growth of Canadian businesses through financing, consulting services, and securitization, with a focus on small and mid-sized enterprises. Since its inception in 1975, it has invested in more than 400 companies spanning life sciences, telecommunications, information technology, and advanced technologies, aiming to foster innovation and scale across the Canadian economy.

IQT focuses on advancing innovative technology solutions tailored for the intelligence and defense sectors. By fostering the development of cutting-edge tools, IQT aims to enhance the capabilities of these communities in their efforts to ensure national security. The organization plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between emerging technologies and their practical applications within government agencies, ultimately contributing to the safety and protection of the nation.

Established in 2001, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a Canadian organization that funds and supports innovative cleantech projects. It focuses on moving groundbreaking technologies to market, creating jobs, driving economic growth, and promoting environmental benefits. SDTC operates independently but collaborates with various stakeholders from private industry, academia, and governments.

BMW Group is a premium automobile and motorcycle manufacturer based in Germany that produces luxury cars, convertibles, touring motorcycles, and related mobility services. It operates a global sales network and 31 production and assembly facilities in 15 countries, and offers premium financial and mobility services. The company emphasizes sustainability and digitalisation through Efficient Dynamics, aiming to reduce fuel consumption and emissions while maintaining competitive value chains. Its brands include BMW, Mini Cooper, Rolls-Royce, and BMW Motorrad, and it focuses on innovation in production technology, electrification, and on-demand mobility to shape the future of personal mobility.

Eldorado Gold Corp is a Canadian gold and base metals producer with mining, development, and exploration projects in Europe, Asia, and South America, and operations in Turkey, Canada, and Greece. It maintains a portfolio of assets including Kisladag, Efemcukuru, Skouries, Perama Hill, and Certej, and emphasizes responsible operations, safety and environmental standards, and partnerships with local communities.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

Evok Innovations is a venture capital firm based in Vancouver, Canada, focused on cleantech and energy-transition technologies. It backs early-stage companies developing decarbonization solutions across North America, including carbon management, clean fuels, electrification, and critical minerals, with investments spanning sectors such as cleantech, energy and infrastructure to accelerate deployment of critical energy transition technologies.

Endeavour Silver Corp is a Canadian mineral company engaged in the evaluation, acquisition, exploration, development, and exploitation of precious metal properties in Mexico and Chile. It operates the Guanacevi and Bolanitos silver mines in Mexico and the El Cubo silver-gold mine in Guanajuato; it is developing the Terronera project and maintains exploration programs in Mexico, Chile, and the United States. In 2012 it acquired Mexgold Resources and its subsidiaries, expanding its producing assets in the Guanajuato district.

European Investment Fund (EIF) is a public institution established in 1994 to improve access to finance for Europe's small and medium-sized businesses. It designs and develops venture capital and guarantee instruments to support SMEs and to catalyse private investment, aiming to build a robust European equity ecosystem. EIF engages in venture capital, growth capital, and guarantee operations, backing innovative entrepreneurs primarily in technology and life sciences, as well as across other sectors. Through cornerstone investments and fund participation, EIF seeks to crowd in private investors and stimulate venture activity across Europe. Its equity portfolio has grown substantially, with assets under management exceeding EUR 14 billion, reflecting its broad role in strengthening SME finance and supporting entrepreneurship and growth.

EIT RawMaterials, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, supports the European raw materials sector by funding early-stage startups in mining, exploration, processing, recycling, and substitution. The organization also serves as a platform that connects business, academia, research, and investment to foster disruptive and breakthrough innovations. By engaging schools and higher education, it cultivates the next generation of raw materials professionals and researchers. Through its activities, it aims to strengthen innovation, collaboration, and competitiveness across the raw materials value chain in the European Union.

Chrysalix Venture Capital is a Vancouver-based venture capital firm founded in 2001 that specializes in industrial innovation and clean-tech. It invests in early-stage startups globally that address energy efficiency, renewable energy, manufacturing and related sectors, and provides portfolio companies with deep industry and technical knowledge, management and board support, and access to capital. The firm also supports IP management and facilitates networking with industrial and financial partners. Its focus areas include artificial intelligence, data analytics, sensor components, the Internet of Things, robotics, blockchain, advanced materials, and chemicals, alongside broader clean-tech and renewable technologies.

Troilus Gold is a Canadian-based mineral resource company focused on restarting and expanding the former Troilus gold and copper mine, located in the Frotêt-Evans Greenstone Belt in Quebec. The company advances the Troilus project through advanced-stage exploration and early development on a 43,500-hectare property near Chibougamau, Quebec, aiming to unlock the asset’s production potential.

Lion Selection Group is a Melbourne-based investment company publicly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. It pursues long-term investments in the mining sector with a focus on junior mining opportunities, including early-stage exploration and development projects. The group pools investors' capital to form a diversified portfolio of mining-related companies, aiming to provide sustained exposure to the sector through patient, growth-oriented holdings.

Desjardins Group is a cooperative financial group based in Montreal, Canada. It provides a broad range of financial services to individuals and businesses, including consumer banking, mortgages, lending, deposit products, insurance, and wealth management. For business clients, it offers financing, cash management, trade finance, payroll and HR support, and advisory services. The group also operates through affiliated investment and capital markets entities, delivering asset management, venture capital, securities brokerage, and corporate financing services. Desjardins supports regional development and cooperative networks across Quebec and beyond, with a focus on sustainable growth and social responsibility. Its ecosystem includes Desjardins Capital, Desjardins Securities, and Desjardins Asset Management among others, enabling capital formation, investment management, and financial services across multiple sectors, from small- and medium-sized enterprises to large institutions. The company combines cooperative principles with diversified financial offerings to serve individuals, businesses, and communities.

Shenzhen Capital Group is a government-backed venture capital firm established by the Shenzhen Government in 1999. It focuses on cultivating national industries and brands, promoting economic transformation, and developing emerging sectors. The firm invests primarily in small to medium-sized enterprises and innovative high-tech companies across start-up, growth, and transformation stages, targeting industries aligned with national policies such as information technology, internet and new media, biopharma, new energy, environmental protection, chemical engineering, new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, consumer goods, and modern services. Through its portfolio, it aims to build national champions and support industrial upgrading in China, leveraging its capital base to support long-term value creation.

Novo Resources is a mining exploration company focused on evaluating, acquiring, and exploring gold properties, with projects in Australia, Canada, and the USA, including Beatons Creek and Marble Bar paleoplacer gold prospects in Western Australia and a right to earn a significant interest in the Pilbara Paleoplacer Gold Project. The Beatons Creek Tenements cover exposures of Archaean pyritic conglomerates that host gold mineralization and have a history of shallow reef mining dating back to the late 1800s. Novo Resources pursues exploration and development of paleoplacer and other gold targets through acquisitions and earn-in arrangements.

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Jackson, Wyoming. It invests in companies developing technologies to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a focus on sectors including energy, impact, transportation, industrial materials, and agriculture. The firm supports research and commercialization of emissions-reducing solutions and backing for entrepreneurs pursuing ways to lower emissions, remove carbon, and actively cool the planet.

Cowin Capital is an investment firm based in Shenzhen, China, founded in 2000, specializing in private placement equity investments in small and medium-sized enterprises with a long-term horizon. It funds pioneering ventures across a range of sectors, including health, technology, telecommunications, energy, electronics and environmental protection, and supports growth from early stage through expansion. The firm has invested in hundreds of companies and has facilitated numerous exits or public listings, reflecting a track record of helping portfolio companies scale and reach new markets.

Clean Energy Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm that invests in seed- and early-stage climate technology startups across North America, Europe and Israel. It focuses on advancing energy storage, grid connectivity, renewable energy production, clean transportation, and the water–energy nexus, supporting technologies and business models with scale potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The firm backs companies that address climate change through market-driven approaches and seeks to accelerate commercialization of disruptive clean energy innovations.

Premier African Minerals is a mining company active in Africa that explores, evaluates and develops mineral properties, focusing on tungsten, lithium and tantalum. It operates projects through RHA and RHA Mauritius for wolframite, and through Zulu and Zulu Mauritius for lithium and tantalite, supported by its head office.

Finindus is a Belgian investment company based in Zelzate that provides early stage and growth financing to innovative companies along the metal value chain, with a focus on materials, processing and sustainable manufacturing. Backed by ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Region and linked to OCAS, a metal research center with campuses in Zelzate and Zwijnaarde, Finindus makes equity and debt investments ranging from 0.5 to 5 million euros per round, up to 10 million euros per company, primarily in Europe with Flanders as its sweet spot. It adds value through its network, industry experience, and access to OCAS researchers and infrastructure to support portfolio companies in areas such as new alloys, surface functionalization, composites, forming, joining, coating, and energy-efficient manufacturing including CO2 capture and waste valorization.

GFG Resources is a North American-focused precious metals exploration company that advances district-scale gold projects in tier-1 mining jurisdictions. It acquires, explores, and develops gold properties in Canada and the United States, including the Pen and Dore gold projects in Ontario and the Rattlesnake Hills property in Wyoming. Pen gold project spans about 475 square kilometers southwest of Timmins, Ontario; Dore covers about 212 square kilometers in Ontario; Rattlesnake Hills encompasses about 30,400 acres in Natrona County, Wyoming. The company is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada, and seeks to maximize value by advancing these projects on the ground.

Oxford Science Enterprises is a university-partnered venture firm that collaborates with the University of Oxford to translate fundamental technologies into companies. It funds life sciences, artificial intelligence and software, healthcare, and deep-tech ventures addressing major challenges such as nuclear fusion, quantum computing, and infectious disease treatments. Founded in 2015, it has raised more than £600 million to build a technology ecosystem and leverages its network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector experts to pursue co-investment, recruit senior management, and launch spin-outs from Oxford research.

IMM Investment is a Seoul-based independent private equity and venture capital firm established in 1999. The company engages in mezzanine and growth investments and pursues opportunities in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate restructuring, private equity, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and cross-border transactions. It concentrates on medium-sized companies operating in information technology infrastructure, wireless communications, software, contents, and other technology-enabled sectors, with a particular emphasis on information technology, healthcare/biotech, and manufacturing. The firm typically takes an active role in governance and strategic direction and focuses on opportunities within South Korea and cross-border contexts. IMM Investment aims to support portfolio companies through growth, expansion, and consolidation, leveraging its long-standing relationships with institutional investors and investment professionals.

New Pacific Metals is a Canadian-based mining company focused on the exploration and development of silver, gold, lead and zinc properties in Bolivia and Canada. In Bolivia, the company advances the Silver Sand project and other properties including Carangas and Silverstrike. In Canada, it owns the Tagish Lake Gold Project in Yukon, which it acquired in 2010; the project features infrastructure such as an all-weather road, a 300-tonne-per-day mill, a tailings reclamation site, service buildings and an all-weather camp. The company operates from its Vancouver headquarters and pursues value through its mineral portfolio in Bolivian and Canadian districts.

Global Energy Metals is a cobalt-focused explorer and developer that seeks to provide exposure to the rechargeable battery and energy storage materials market through a diversified portfolio of cobalt assets. The company pursues projects in Canada, Australia and the United States, including the Werner Lake cobalt project in Ontario; the Millennium cobalt project and Mount Isa prospects in Queensland; and the Lovelock Mine and Treasure Box projects in Nevada. Incorporated in 2015 and headquartered in Vancouver, it pursues an aggregation strategy that combines direct investment in advanced cobalt assets with streams, off-take agreements and physical material supply to end users. A distinguishing element is a strategic partnership with Beijing Easpring Material Technology that links the supply chain with downstream manufacturers, aiding project finance and metallurgical feasibility. Global Energy Metals aims to diversify cobalt supply away from the DRC and to build a reliable supply chain aligned with strict end-user specifications for the lithium-ion battery sector.

Chalmers Ventures is a Gothenburg, Sweden-based venture capital firm that supports startups through incubation, seed and early-stage investments, and growth financing. It operates programs such as an incubator, startup camp, accelerator, and technology transfer initiative, and emphasizes a connection to the Gothenburg region and Sweden. The firm focuses on information and communications technology, new materials, environmental engineering, medical technology, and biotechnology, and it conducts balance sheet investments, typically taking minority stakes in participating companies.

Voyager (US) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in San Francisco, California and New York, New York. It focuses on early-stage investments in decarbonization and climate technology, backing Pre-Seed to Series A rounds in mobility, energy, materials, food, the built environment, analytics, industrial systems, and carbon removal.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

Platina Resources is an Australian-based mineral exploration and development company focused on precious metals and base metals. It acquires and explores mineral deposits in Australia, the United States, and Greenland, with projects advanced through exploration, development, and joint ventures. The company’s portfolio includes the Challa Gold Project in Western Australia (100% ownership), the Skaergaard Project in eastern Greenland, and the Platina Scandium Project in New South Wales, along with a 30% stake in the Munni Munni project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Core targets include platinum group metals, gold, zinc, and other base metals. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mount Hawthorn, Australia, the company also engages in strategic investments in other mining and exploration ventures to support its growth.

InMotion Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Jaguar Land Rover, based in London. It identifies and invests in startups that advance the automotive industry, working with Jaguar Land Rover experts to align portfolio companies with the group’s global strategy. The firm provides capital and resources to purpose-driven businesses and prioritizes environmental and societal impact alongside strategic and financial returns. Its investment scope includes enterprise software, industrial technology and climate-related technologies that complement Jaguar Land Rover’s mobility platforms and sustainable initiatives.

DCVC is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that backs entrepreneurs developing deep technologies across artificial intelligence, exascale computing, climate, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense, security, and related deep tech sectors. The firm emphasizes combining advances in science and technology with computing and algorithmic advantage to enable more with less and to reduce capital expenditure and operating costs for portfolio companies. DCVC operates as a registered investment adviser and invests across stages to support transformational breakthroughs that benefit society.

Scrum Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2013. It invests in startups across a broad range of sectors including B2B, B2C, retail, financial services, healthcare, information technology, SaaS, mobile, AI, IoT, AR/VR, climate technology, digital health, and other tech-enabled areas, focusing on opportunities in the United States and Asia. The firm leverages a strong Asia network to help portfolio companies accelerate international growth, especially in Asian markets. Typical investment sizes range from $100,000 to $1 million alongside other investors. Scrum Ventures has expanded its platform through Scrum Studios, a collaboration with corporate partners such as Panasonic, Nintendo, and Dentsu, aimed at accelerating innovation and corporate-startup engagement.

KORE Mining focuses on precious metal exploration and development in North America. It holds the Imperial and Long Valley gold development projects in California, United States, and the FG Gold and Gold Creek exploration projects in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. The projects offer multimillion-ounce gold development opportunities and have the potential for near-surface, open-pit, heap-leachable deposits. The exploration portfolio shows strong discovery potential within an established mining district, combining relatively low technical risk with meaningful advancement potential.

Aruma Resources is an Australian mineral exploration company focused on gold and lithium exploration. Its Western Australia portfolio includes the Pilbara gold project along with Saltwater, Melrose and Scotia South prospects, while the Capital Project near Goulburn, New South Wales, broadens its geographic footprint. The company also pursues lithium opportunities with the Mt Deans Lithium Project and holds additional gold prospects such as Salmon Gums and Carter Well. Spanning about 1,572 square kilometers, Aruma employs a research-driven exploration model supported by an experienced board and management team to identify high-grade, sediment-hosted gold deposits. Based in West Perth, Australia, the company was incorporated in 2010 and seeks to advance its asset base through discovery and development across Australia.

Great Western Exploration is an Australian mineral exploration company focused on gold, copper, nickel and base metals. It operates through Mineral Exploration and Finance and Administration segments and pursues a portfolio of projects in Western Australia, including the Finlayson Gold Target and Golden Corridor Project in the Kalgoorlie region, the Atley Gold Project in the Youanmi district, the Lake Way Potash Project near Wiluna, and the Yerrida South project as well as the Yerrida North joint venture and the Yandal West gold project. Incorporated in 2007 and based in Perth, the company concentrates on identifying, evaluating and exploring mineral properties with potential for precious and base metal deposits.

TDK Corporation is a global electronics components manufacturer founded in 1935 and rooted in magnetic materials. It was an early pioneer of ferrite and evolved into a major supplier of magnetic recording heads for hard disk drives. Today it supplies capacitors, inductors, ferrites, power supplies and other passive components, as well as sensors and MEMS devices, following the 2017 acquisition of InvenSense which broadened its MEMS portfolio. The company serves automotive, information and communications technology, industrial and consumer electronics markets through a worldwide network of sales, engineering and R&D. It leverages its materials expertise to expand its magnetic sensor business for mobile devices and automobiles, and maintains a global presence to support design and manufacturing across industries.

Group 11 Technologies develops a sustainable in-situ recovery process for mineral extraction. This process minimizes environmental issues and carbon footprint by extracting precious metals like gold while reducing noise, dust, and greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional open pit or underground mining.

Magna Terra Minerals is a Canada-based precious metals exploration company headquartered in Toronto. It pursues acquisition and exploration of mining properties and maintains a portfolio that includes two district-scale, resource-stage gold projects in New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador, along with activity in Argentina's Santa Cruz region within the Deseado Massif and projects in Quebec. The company focuses on advancing its exploration portfolio across Canada and Argentina, with favorable mining jurisdictions and an experienced management team guiding its strategy.

Midnight Sun Mining is a mineral exploration company focused on copper, cobalt, nickel, and gold in Africa, with its flagship Solwezi Project in the Zambia-Congo Copper Belt. The Solwezi licenses cover 506 square kilometers, and the company holds a 60% interest in them. The project is located near major copper operations, including First Quantum’s Kansanshi Mine, underscoring the area's mining context. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Centamin is a gold mining company with its flagship Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt, operating both open-pit and underground mining to supply ore feed. The company engages in exploration, development, and production of precious metals across multiple regions, including Egypt and projects in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Jersey, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Centamin emphasizes responsible mining practices and aims to build long-term value through partnerships with local communities and stakeholders. Based in Saint Helier, Jersey, the firm has a history dating to 1970 and focuses on expanding its resource base while maintaining safety and environmental standards.

CMC Metals is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on acquiring and exploring properties in Canada and the United States with the aim of developing high-potential silver-zinc-lead deposits into production. It owns the Silver Hart property in Yukon, comprising 116 contiguous and partial mineral claims over about 2,200 hectares, and holds an option to earn up to 100% of the Terra Nova property in the Gander Subzone of central Newfoundland, consisting of 71 claims over roughly 1,775 hectares. The company was incorporated in 1996, was formerly Bellevue Capital Corp, and changed its name to CMC Metals in 2005; it is headquartered in Vancouver. The business emphasizes progressing properties toward development and production through experienced management and efficient resource utilization.

Sarama Resources is an exploration company focused on discovering gold deposits in West Africa. It holds exploration licenses in Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Mali.

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.

SDIC Innovation Investment Management is the private equity and venture capital arm of State Development & Investment Corp. It makes investments across technology and manufacturing sectors, including mobile internet, internet of things, cloud computing, big data, information technology services, industrial robotics, and intelligent manufacturing. The firm also targets high-end medical equipment, diagnostics, high-value consumables, modern agricultural equipment, ships and marine engineering, new materials, clean energy, energy conservation, and healthcare; for new energy vehicles it focuses on intelligent upstream and downstream supply chains, power batteries and systems, and related technologies. Founded in 2009, the company is based in Beijing with an additional office in Asia. The firm aims to support development and deployment of innovative technologies through private equity and venture capital investments.