Co-Founder in Residence, In-Situ Mineral Recovery Innovation

Job Description

About the Role

Title: Co-Founder in Residence, In-Situ Mineral Recovery Innovation

Location: Remote, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Job Description:

Interested in revolutionizing the status quo of mining?

Join Us as a Founder in Residence

We’re on the lookout for entrepreneurial individuals with technical and commercial domain expertise with keen interest in founding, and building a global scale, impact driven, high growth company from ground up (full-time).

We are seeking applications from experienced industry, startup and/or new science or engineering based technology development professionals from anywhere in the world to work with us on sustainable mineral extraction.

You’ll work closely with the DSV team and the current Founder in Residence for this area to co-found and spin-out a new company. Once the new venture is incorporated with pre-seed investment from DSV, you and your co-founder(s) will own the majority stake in the business and continue receiving support from the DSV team post-spinout.

The role is full-time, remote initially until venture incorporation and spin-out.

The Opportunity Area: In-situ nickel extraction

We are searching for a visionary and technically proficient co-founder to lead the development of a groundbreaking in-situ mineral extraction technology. This technology aims to facilitate the mining of critical minerals, essential for the sustainable energy transition, without the need for traditional excavation or ore crushing methods. Our first focus will be on mineral extraction from nickel lateritic deposits.

Our Approach

We’re currently building anoutcomes graph, working backwards from the desired high-level outcomes:

Preserving Nature: Minimizing environmental impact by preventing excavation and reducing chemical usage;

Boosting Efficiency: Dramatically enhancing the rate of mineral extraction;

Protecting Ecosystems: Ensuring the integrity of ecosystems by avoiding disruptive traditional mining practices.

Our initial target market is nickel from lateritic deposits, but the technology has the potential to be adapted for other critical minerals in the future.

Requirements

Who Should Apply

Most suitable candidates will likely meet multiple of the following criteria:

PhD or equivalent industry R&D know-how focused on geochemistry, metallurgy, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or environmental engineering;

In-depth knowledge of state-of-the-art (SOTA) technologies and constraints in high voltage applications and the mineral industry;

Broad knowledge in designing extractive systems;

Industry specific know-how, commercial knowledge (e.g., strategic partnerships, manufacturing, procurement etc.) and network within the mining and sustainability sectors;

Experience in building and scaling new technologies from concept to demonstration;

And/or experience in building and scaling a high-growth enterprise (leadership/c-suite roles).

Required soft skills:

High level of creativity and curiosity;

Collaborative, with experience managing teams / projects;

Good sense of humour 🙂

Benefits

Our Offer

By joining DSV, you will be part of a team of operators who have founded companies and led the translation of science at some of the most respected universities, charities, funds, and government agencies. Here’s what we offer:

Access to optimised, purpose-built, proprietary tools, resources, and processes to help create high-impact ventures from scratch.

Opportunity area-specific know-how from our network of Partners and Advisors.

Up to 250k in investment to incorporate the new venture and develop early proof-of-concept data.

Guaranteed income of 4,166 per month paid as a consultancy fee until the company is launched and the pre-seed investment is secured.

Majority equity stake in the new company for you and your co-founders.

Continuous post-spinout support, including fundraising, commercial partnerships, recruitment, and team-building.

Collaborative support from dozens of Founders currently at DSV across sectors.

About DSV

Deep Science Ventures (DSV) is on a mission to create a future in which both humans and the planet can thrive. We use our unique venture creation process to create, spin-out, and invest in science companies, combining available scientific knowledge and founder-type scientists into high-impact ventures. Operating in four sectors-Pharmaceuticals, Climate, Agriculture, and Computation-we tackle the challenges defining these areas by taking a first principles approach and partnering with leading institutions.