The Startup Exchange team is looking for 10 Startups to present and exhibit at the conference.
Anglo American, a British mining company, is looking for startups in bio technology, rapid access, improved recovery, dry processing, mining legacy, sensor fusion, and EPC disruption.
Rio Tinto seeks sensing technology solutions for environmental monitoring and waste streams characterisation.
P&G is seeking startups for innovative consumer experiences: 1) Making a Sustainable Lifestyle Effortless 2) AI Technologies for Digital Expert Advisors with conversational AI and hybrid human-ML, 3) Transformative Transactions including sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, and autonomous supply chain, 4) Automation of Daily In-Home Consumer Tasks, and 5) Enabling Breakthrough Growth for Omnichannel Brands.
Startups working on smarter exploration, lower-impact extraction, waste, water & materials recovery, and autonomy, robotics & digital infrastructure are invited to apply by February 2026. The program takes place in Perth (Australia) and remote. Select startups will receive 4 months of operational support.
Nexa Resources is a global mining company and one of the invested companies of Votorantim (one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America). They are interested in clean environmental technologies for mining industry, including tailings, water and air purification.
Anurag Bajpayee, Founder and CEO, Gradiant
IWC is looking to MIT for new materials for watch casings, movements and leather straps. IWC’s focus is on further improving the mechanical watch. IWC is known for using new materials in watch making.