# BHP

> BHP is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Mining, Energy and Mineral. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bhp
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/bhpbilliton
- Website: https://www.bhp.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BHP/

BHP is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Mining and Energy. BHP Billiton is an Anglo-Australian multinational mining and petroleum company headquartered in Melbourne and based in Australia. It is the world's largest mining company measured by 2011 revenues. As of February 2011, BHP Billiton was also the world's third-largest company measured by market capitalization.BHP Billiton was created in2001 through the merger of the Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) and the Anglo–Dutch Billiton plc. The result is a dual-listed company. The Australia-registered BHP Billiton Limited, which has equal financial share in the company, has a primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and is the largest company in Australia measured by market capitalisation. The UK-registered BHP Billiton Plc has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £67.6 billion as of 23 September 2013, the ninth-largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 3 | 30% |
| Energy | 2 | 20% |
| Mineral | 2 | 20% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 20% |
| Sensor | 1 | 10% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 10% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 3 | 30% |
| United States | 3 | 30% |
| Singapore | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baroness Vadera | Independent Non-Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baroness-shriti-vadera |
| Caoimhe Buckley | Vice President Employee Engagement and Communications, Corporate Affairs | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caoimhe-buckley |
| David Ruddell | Vice President of Strategy and Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ruddell |
| Gary Goldberg | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-goldberg |
| Harriet McMicking | Portfolio Strategy & Development Specialist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harriet-mcmicking |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atomionics | Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration. | $12.7M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| ZwitterCo | ZwitterCo provides revolutionary membrane solutions for the treatment of highly-impaired wastewater. | $58.4M | Series B | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| SiTration | SiTration improves ultra-durable filtration membranes intended for efficient separations in the harshest environments. Brendan Smith established the company in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2020. | $11.8M | Seed | Jun 05, 2024 |  |
| Filo Corp | Filo Corp focuses on the development of the Filo del Sol project, which contains a significant copper-gold-silver deposit. The company aims to expand its mineral resources through ongoing exploration efforts. Its pre-feasibility study highlights the project's robust economic potential and extensive mineralization. | $95.8M | Post-IPO Equity | May 31, 2023 |  |
| Filo Corp | Filo Corp focuses on the development of the Filo del Sol project, which contains a significant copper-gold-silver deposit. The company aims to expand its mineral resources through ongoing exploration efforts. Its pre-feasibility study highlights the project's robust economic potential and extensive mineralization. | $78.9M | Post-IPO Equity | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| KoBold Metals | KoBold Metals is investing in battery materials projects across the globe by combining basic ore-deposit science, big data, and scientific computing with patient private capital.The company's software uses datasets with conventional geochemical, geophysical and geological data in statistical association models to identify prospects to ensure acobalt supply for the electric vehicle revolution, enabling mineral exploration companies to find new sources of cobalt through machine learning and data analysis. | $192.5M | Series B | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Midland Exploration | Midland is a dynamic and aggressive mining exploration company that focuses on the discovery of gold mines, EGP, base metals and rare land in the province of Quebec. The company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange since March 2007. The Company is led by a management team and consultants experienced and highly respected skills in the mining sectorand also associated with several important mineral discoveries.Midland is looking for partnership opportunities in mining exploration. Recently the company has entered into significant agreements optionnant Patris Gold Property to Teck Resources Limited and its Casault gold projects in Jouvex and SOQUEM INC. Two other gold projects, Maritime-Cadillac and Laflamme, are currently in joint venture (JV) with Agnico Eagle and Maudore Minerals Ltd. respectively. Midland also the Ytterby project, a rare earth project located near the deposit Strange Lake in northern Quebec in joint venture (JV) with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and with whom an agreement of option for the project EGP Pallas was recently concluded. Recently, Midland acquired a new gold project Willbob high levels located in the Labrador Trough. | $1.8M | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 10, 2020 |  |
| Midland Exploration | Midland is a dynamic and aggressive mining exploration company that focuses on the discovery of gold mines, EGP, base metals and rare land in the province of Quebec. The company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange since March 2007. The Company is led by a management team and consultants experienced and highly respected skills in the mining sectorand also associated with several important mineral discoveries.Midland is looking for partnership opportunities in mining exploration. Recently the company has entered into significant agreements optionnant Patris Gold Property to Teck Resources Limited and its Casault gold projects in Jouvex and SOQUEM INC. Two other gold projects, Maritime-Cadillac and Laflamme, are currently in joint venture (JV) with Agnico Eagle and Maudore Minerals Ltd. respectively. Midland also the Ytterby project, a rare earth project located near the deposit Strange Lake in northern Quebec in joint venture (JV) with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and with whom an agreement of option for the project EGP Pallas was recently concluded. Recently, Midland acquired a new gold project Willbob high levels located in the Labrador Trough. | $6.9M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 18, 2019 |  |
| Carbon Engineering | Founded in 2009, CE is a Canadian-based clean energy company leading the commercialization of groundbreaking technology that captures CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, and synthesizes it into clean, affordable transportation fuels. From a pilot plant in Squamish, B.C., CE has been removing CO₂ from the atmosphere since 2015 and converting it intofuels since December 2017. | $68M | Private Equity | Mar 21, 2019 |  |
| Carbon Engineering | Founded in 2009, CE is a Canadian-based clean energy company leading the commercialization of groundbreaking technology that captures CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, and synthesizes it into clean, affordable transportation fuels. From a pilot plant in Squamish, B.C., CE has been removing CO₂ from the atmosphere since 2015 and converting it intofuels since December 2017. | $6M | Corporate Round | Mar 05, 2019 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2150](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2150) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apollo Projects](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-project) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Azolla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azolla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Horizon Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-horizon-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bond Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bond-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does BHP invest in?

BHP invests primarily in Mining, Energy and Mineral startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at BHP?

The team at BHP includes Baroness Vadera (Independent Non-Executive Director), Caoimhe Buckley (Vice President Employee Engagement and Communications, Corporate Affairs) and David Ruddell (Vice President of Strategy and Development), among 18 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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