Alpha Future Funds – Projects Track Grant
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and large companies, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Funding is an equity investment of Up to $55,000,000. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country.
Alpha Future Funds selectively invests up to $55M into early-stage exploration and development projects in base metals and critical commodities essential to the energy transition, taking a proactive operational role as first professional capital. The fund targets companies advancing minerals critical to decarbonization and clean energy infrastructure.
About this grant
Alpha Future Funds operates a dual-track investment approach combining technological innovations with real-world projects to drive transformative change in the transition to clean energy and sustainable resource management. The fund invests in early-stage companies and exploration projects developing technology solutions and securing raw materials essential for future energy systems. The Projects Track specifically focuses on early-stage exploration and development opportunities in key commodities, with a value-chain approach that targets upstream exploration opportunities and technologies increasing efficiency throughout transition-critical value chains. The fund aims to supply the huge demand for transition-linked raw materials by investing in assets and technologies that enable a cleaner, more transparent, and efficient future.
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Eligibility
Early-stage companies and exploration projects working on technology solutions in mining and energy transition. The fund invests as first professional capital into technologies or projects where it can take a proactive role. Eligible sectors include automation and electrification, METS (mining equipment technology services), supply chain transparency, and early-stage exploration and development in base metals. The fund has a global mandate with Europe as core geography and considers investments from seed stage onwards, including businesses with positive cash flow.
Key requirements
- ✓Early-stage exploration or development projects in base metals or critical commodities
- ✓Clear connection to energy transition and decarbonization value chains
- ✓Willingness to accept proactive operational involvement from fund as first professional capital
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Frequently asked questions
- How much funding does Alpha Future Funds offer?
- Alpha Future Funds – Projects Track offers up to $55M.
- Who can apply for Alpha Future Funds – Projects Track?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme, large-company. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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Low-carbon materials funding covers cement, concrete, steel, chemicals, timber and novel building materials with lower embodied carbon. It ranges from research grants to demonstration plants and public procurement that specifies lower-carbon products. Calls often ask for lifecycle assessment, product testing against standards and interest from buyers in construction or manufacturing.
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