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Giraffe Bio raises $6.4M for copper recovery

Startup uses engineered microbes to extract more copper

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Giraffe Bio raises $6.4M for copper recovery

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Giraffe Bio raised a $6.4 million seed round led by Orion Industrial Ventures to scale mineral-specific chemicals that help mines recover up to 5% more copper, as supplies could fall 25% short of demand by 2040.

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copperminingbiotechnologycritical mineralsstartup funding

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