Gates Frontier

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 28, 2026 · North America · Sep 29, 2026

Gates Frontier is the investor named in LifeMine and Mazama announcements, with Mazama’s relationship also confirmed by co-investor commentary.

Recorded funding activity

Mazama develops engineered geothermal reservoirs in very hot rock. LifeMine develops medicines using fungal genomes, while Hertha works on continuous iron and steel production. The investor remains distinct from Gates Foundation, Gates Ventures and Breakthrough Energy.

Sources
Rounds participated in
2
Confirmed lead rounds
0
All roles disclosed
New companies
2
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$243.7M
2 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A1
Series C+1

By primary sector

Industrial tech2

By country

United States2

Rounds

2 in this selection
VEIR

VEIR designs superconducting power delivery systems for AI data centers.

$110MSeries C
Participant
Hertha Metals

Develops a continuous process for producing iron and steel from different ore grades using natural gas or hydrogen.

$133.7MSeries A
Participant