Explosive growth in electrification, AI infrastructure, green energy and defense is driving unprecedented demand for critical raw materials, exposing a dangerous supply crunch—but also a massive opportunity. Every year, millions of tons of e-waste and spent catalysts are burned or landfilled, releasing toxins and wasting the silver, gold and PGMs essential for solar, fuel cells, electrolysers and advanced electronics.

BioMetallica exists to turn this lost stream into a strategic, circular supply of high-value metals, helping industry secure the resources that power the energy transition and digital economy.

We are a deep tech startup that uses synthetic biology to recover critical materials from electronic waste and spent catalysts. Backed by SOSV, IndieBio, and the National University of Singapore, we are building the infrastructure for a true circular economy, but the circular economy is widely misunderstood, often reduced to buzzwords. For a deep tech startup l...