Recupere Metals

  • Pre-seed
  • Industry
  • Energy
  • Katie Marsh

    CEO, Co-Founder

  • Julien Vaissette

    CTO, Co-Founder

Team blends 10+ years in finance and scaling businesses with unique technical expertise in wire microstructure

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Turning recycled copper into high-quality electrical wire, to secure a sovereign, sustainable copper supply for the west.

We're securing copper supply for the West by enabling electrical-grade wire production from 100% secondary copper scrap. Our breakthrough wire-forming process enhances conductivity unlocking 150Mt of underused copper scrap. Our process is a purely mechanical process and given we are unlocking secondary copper, we eliminate smelting, reduce GHGs, cut costs, and boost Western supply chain resilience. Our closed-loop AI system adapts to impurities, tackling the looming 6.5Mt copper gap by 2035

investors

  • Marble
  • Norrsken

18x less CO2

emissions compared to primary copper

We're securing Western copper supply by producing electrical-grade wire from 100% scrap using a breakthrough process that boosts conductivity and taps into 150Mt of underused copper scrap.

Problem

The world faces a growing copper shortage, with supply set to fall short by 6.5 Mt by 2035. Europe is especially vulnerable, already facing a 1.35 Mt smelting deficit and relying heavily on imports. Copper demand is projected to rise 70% by 2050, driven by clean technologies, which will account for half of 2030 demand. This gap threatens Europe’s economy—costing ~$13.5B annually—and its energy transition. With mining too slow and costly, recycled copper is the only scalable solution for Europe to secure a robust copper supply.

Solution

We are developing a wire-forming technology that enables the production of high-conductivity winding wires from lower-purity copper, unlocking vast secondary copper feedstock. By shifting away from the industry’s dependence on 99.95% purity copper, our innovation enhances conductivity through microstructural engineering, allowing the use of 99.5% purity copper while still achieving 99% IACS conductivity. By lowering the minimum required purity, this solution:
1. Unlocks over 150 Mt of landfill scrap globally;
2. Cuts costs;
3. And by eliminating smelting, we improve supply chain resilience by removing reliance on Asian-controlled refining operations.