# BHP Ventures

> BHP Ventures is a VC fund in Australia backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Australia, Philippines
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.bhp.com/about/our-businesses/ventures

BHP Ventures is a venture capital firm.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 7 | 24% |
| Renewable Energy | 6 | 21% |
| Mining | 4 | 14% |
| CleanTech | 4 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 14% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 38% |
| Series B | 7 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |
| Series C | 2 | 7% |
| Series D | 2 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 48% |
| Canada | 3 | 10% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Laurel M. V. Buckner | Vice President | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurel-m-v-buckner |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cuprum Metals | Cuprum Metals exclusive technology uses cutting-edge leaching methods to extract untapped copper deposits with the highest, fastest recovery rates and the least amount of environmental effect. | $19.4M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Terra AI | Terra's AI platform models and optimizes complex natural resource projects, enabling faster designs, reduced capital costs, and improved energy/resource output for large-scale developments. | $20M | Series A | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Disa | Disa is an innovative materials liberation company providing solutions that optimize the world’s use of resources and radically disrupt best practices in the mining and reclamation industries. Disa utilizes patented liberation technology and other equipment to isolate targeted materials in order to deliver efficiencies, reduce costs, and mitigateenvironmental impacts to its users. Disa platforms isolate a vast array of geologic material ranging from precious and industrial metals, to hydrocarbons and abandoned uranium mine material. | $33M | Series A | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| pH7 | pH7 is a cleantech firm that develops and implements methods for the sustainable extraction and refining of strategic metals, which are required for the transition to renewable energy. This pilot project will offer the industry a solution for the sustainable extraction of Platinum Group Metals from secondary and primary resources using green,biodegradable, and recyclable solvents rather than smelting methodologies. | $6.2M | Series B | Apr 13, 2026 |  |
| Allonnia | Allonnia is a bioremediation company focused on waste management. | $20M | Series A | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| pH7 | pH7 is a cleantech firm that develops and implements methods for the sustainable extraction and refining of strategic metals, which are required for the transition to renewable energy. This pilot project will offer the industry a solution for the sustainable extraction of Platinum Group Metals from secondary and primary resources using green,biodegradable, and recyclable solvents rather than smelting methodologies. | $25.6M | Series B | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Field AI | Field AI develops autonomy software that equips mobile robots with a universal, risk-aware brain. It offers Field Foundation Models™ (FFMs) that enable embodiment-agnostic operation across legged, wheeled, flying, and tracked platforms. The company’s technology empowers robots to work safely in dynamic, unmapped environments, without reliance onGPS, pre-programmed routes, or maps, operating fully at the edge in real-time. Robots using this software can be deployed across industries such as construction, energy, mining, agriculture, urban operations, manufacturing, power and utilities, and federal applications, among others. | $314M | Series A | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| GeologicAI | GeologicAI is a software company specializes in Oil and Gas software. | $44M | Series B | Jul 17, 2025 |  |
| Boston Metal | Boston Metal is a provider of industrial-scale, metals production solutions utilizing its Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) process. MOE provides the metals industry with a more efficient, lower cost, and greener solution for the production of a wide array of metals and alloys from a wide variety of feedstocks. Boston Metal was spun-out of MIT in2012 with an investment from Ingo Wender and has since scaled the technology 1,000x and produced thousands of kilograms of metal. Boston Metal’s headquarters and industrial development center are located in Woburn, MA. | $51M | Convertible Note | Jul 10, 2025 |  |
| Amogy | Amogy is a company that develops carbon-free energy solutions aimed at decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, including maritime, power generation, and heavy industry. Its patented ammonia cracking technology efficiently splits liquid ammonia to generate electrical power in conjunction with hydrogen fuel cells. | $56M |  | Jan 15, 2025 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Temasek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/temasek) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Lowercarbon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercarbon-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Valor Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valor-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does BHP Ventures invest in?

BHP Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Mining startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact BHP Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at BHP Ventures?

The team at BHP Ventures includes Laurel M. V. Buckner (Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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