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Hades Mining has closed a \u20ac15 million seed funding round. HV Capital and Headline led the financing, with Project A and Visionaries Tomorrow participating again, and additional investors including Founders Factory, Viessmann Generations Group, Interface Capital, and Founder Lake. This round comes less than six months after the initial funding round. Pre-seed financing<\/a> over 5.5 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich-based startup claims to be building Europe's first technology-driven mining and energy platform. At its core is a company-owned [device\/system - context needed]. Laser drilling system<\/a>This is intended to make drilling significantly cheaper, faster, and more environmentally friendly. Drilling is considered the biggest cost factor, especially in mining and geothermal energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder and CEO Max Werner explains in interview<\/a>Europe today imports almost all of its critical raw materials from unstable regions of the world and is simultaneously heavily dependent on fossil fuels. According to Werner, traditional drilling methods are reaching their limits, particularly in Europe's complex geology. Hades Mining is rethinking the entire process and developing technologies specifically tailored to these conditions. The company aims to unlock deposits and energy sources that were previously simply inaccessible or uneconomical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"If you fundamentally change the cost and speed of drilling, you change the overall economic equation for production. That's exactly what Europe needs right now: a leap in performance, not incremental improvements."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

HV Capital quotes Max Werner<\/strong> in a LinkedIn post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growth spurt in Munich<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Christian Miele<\/strong> Headline also emphasizes LinkedIn<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"Hades is exactly the kind of high-tech industrial company that Europe currently needs \u2013 focused on sovereignty, resilience and scalability."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

With the new capital, the startup plans to further develop its laser drilling system, undertake large-scale mining and energy projects, and triple the size of its team in Munich. Hades Mining aims to begin selling critical raw materials mined in Europe as early as 2029.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just six months after raising \u20ac5.5 million in pre-seed funding, Hades Mining has secured another \u20ac15 million. 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