Founded across life sciences, mining, and aerospace.

We close the gap between where critical minerals are and where the West can reach them.

Team

The people building the platform.

Bijan Harandi

Chief Executive Officer

Systems Biology
Case Western Reserve

Directs corporate strategy, capital formation, and strategic partnerships. Research background spans Martian soil habitability at Tufts University and the farthest biological experiment in history at NASA Ames.

Michael Cory, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Synthetic Biology
Harvard Medical School

Synthetic biologist focused on biological rare earth separation. Leads scientific research and platform R&D.

Jaume Puig

Chief Technology Officer

Space Radiobiology
Laurentian / SNOLAB

Biomedical engineer building hardware for extreme environments, including microgravity. Architects the platform.

Bond McGillivray

Chief Commercial Officer

Space Resources & Mining Economics
Colorado School of Mines

Mineral and energy economist focused on critical mineral markets. Leads commercial strategy and growth.

Jay Chen

Operations & Strategy

Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins

Biomedical engineer with research across space bioscience, medical devices, and regenerative medicine.

Advisory Board

Guided by renowned experts and operators.

Dr. Ehsan Vahidi

Extractive Metallurgy
University of Nevada

Dr. Nicholas Goldner

General Partner
Next Sequence VC

Dr. Christopher Mason

Genomics
Cornell University

Dr. Pamela Silver

Systems Biology
Harvard University

Traction

Early signals, ahead of the raise.

Funding 2025

Backed by HopStone Capital with non-dilutive pre-seed funding.

HopStone Capital, Johns Hopkins →

Recognition 2026

Finalist at the Tufts $100K New Ventures Competition.

Derby Entrepreneurship Center, Tufts →

Grant 2026

Awarded a Big Idea Grant by Case Western Reserve University supporting early-stage ventures.