Mint Innovation
About
E-waste recycling
Mint Innovation is the world’s first clean technology company that uses natural biomass and smart chemistry to extract metals, such as gold and copper, from electronic waste on a commercial scale.
Mint’s technology is unique because it offers economically attractive ‘green metals’ (metals with a lower carbon lifecycle) to the market, has a significantly lower carbon impact than outdated processes, and is deployed at local scale which stops waste from being sent to landfill or shipped overseas.
- Location
- Auckland
- Website
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- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 11-50
- Industry
- CleanTech
- Funding stage
- Series C
Culture
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Snapshot of Mint Innovation
Turning E-Waste into Opportunity
Mint Innovation is on a mission to change the way the world thinks about electronic waste.
Founded in 2016, the company has developed world-first clean technology that uses natural biomass and smart chemistry to recover valuable metals, like gold, copper, and palladium, from e-waste, all without harming the planet.
Rather than shipping old electronics overseas or letting them rot in landfill, Mint’s biorefineries allow cities to process their own e-waste locally. The result? A secure circular supply of green metals that reduces carbon emissions, lowers costs, and helps build the sustainable technologies of tomorrow.
With the world’s first commercial-scale biorefinery launched in Sydney and a NZD $60 million Series C raise now secured, Mint is scaling globally. This is just the beginning of a journey to deploy biorefineries in every major city.
Why Mint Innovation Is a Great Place to Work
Big Impact, Global Mission At Mint, your work will directly reduce landfill, cut emissions, and help cities around the world build circular economies. It’s science with soul and a lot of scale.
Backed to Grow Fresh off a $60M raise and a successful commercial launch, Mint is expanding fast. You’ll join a venture-backed, high-traction company poised to deploy clean tech solutions globally.
A Team of World-Class Thinkers From chemists to engineers to commercial operators, Mint brings together brilliant minds who want to do good and do it well. There’s a deep culture of curiosity, rigour, and collaboration.
Technology That Works This isn’t just an idea in a lab. Mint’s solution is live, proven, and commercially viable. You’ll be helping scale a product with real-world traction and transformative potential. ** Pioneering in CleanTech** Mint is creating a new category in cleantech, urban biorefineries. This is a rare chance to get in early on a solution that could change the way cities handle waste and supply metals.
If you're excited by science, sustainability, and systems-level change, Mint Innovation is a interesting place to check out.