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DEVELOP: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

DEVELOP produces clean metals for sustainable energy and storage from base-metal mining projects.

www.develop.com.au LinkedIn Perth, Australia 101-250 employees
Mineral Mining Precious Metals
Total raised
$350M
Rounds
1
Latest
Undisclosed round
Jun 2026

DEVELOP has raised $350M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $350M announced in Jun 2026.

That round is above the $2.3M median round size for Natural Resources companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

DEVELOP Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$350M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$350M in Jun 2026
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
Perth, Australia

Latest funding round on record: Jun 2026.

DEVELOP Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$350M

DEVELOP Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Mel Van
Founder
—

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

DEVELOP Funding Compared to Other Natural Resources Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
1,170
$4.1M

DEVELOP's latest round of $350M is above the median round in Natural Resources. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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DEVELOP Funding FAQs

What does DEVELOP do?

DEVELOP produces clean metals for sustainable energy and storage from base-metal mining projects.

How much funding has DEVELOP raised?

DEVELOP has raised $350M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $350M announced in Jun 2026.

When did DEVELOP last raise funding?

DEVELOP's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $350M, announced in Jun 2026.

Who founded DEVELOP?

FundedIQ lists Mel Van (Founder) at DEVELOP.

Where is DEVELOP headquartered?

DEVELOP is based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

How many employees does DEVELOP have?

DEVELOP is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does DEVELOP's funding compare to other Natural Resources startups?

DEVELOP's latest round of $350M is above the $2.3M median round size for Natural Resources companies on FundedIQ across 620 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's DEVELOP Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for DEVELOP is left off this page rather than filled in.

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