Gates Frontier

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionSeries A

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
1 roles undisclosed
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 A2

By primary sector

AI1
Industrial tech1

By country

United States2

Rounds

2 in this selection
Hertha Metals

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

$133.7MSeries A
Participant
Neurophos

Develops photonic AI inference chips for data centers

$110MSeries A
Role not disclosed