Impossible Mining, a San Jose, CA-based startup building responsible seabed mining & refining technology, closed an additional $10.1m in seed funding.
Justin Hamilton led the round with additional participation by a select group YC investors, including all three former CEOs of ARM Holdings PLC (Mr. Simon Segars and Mr. Warren East), as well as existing investors Chalet.vc as well as Aureolis Ventures.vc, CapitalX. Climate Collective, Futureland Ventures.
The funds will be used by the company to test and develop its technology.
Led by Oliver Gunasekara, CEO & Co-Founder, Impossible Mining is advancing a four-mile deep robotic collection system which leverages Bio-Extraction technology.
The YC W22 startup announced its key advisors, including the following:
Bob Galyen, former CTO of CATL
Mr. Dan Lankford, Former CEO of AT&T Microelectronics – Europe
Mr. Justin Manley, AUV design expert
Simon Segars, former CEO of ARM, and board member at SoftBank
SoftIron CEO, Mr. Phil Straw is an underwater expert
FinSMEs
22/06/2022
