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Recently Funded Natural Resources Startups in the United Kingdom

Updated Sep 2026

FundedIQ tracks 23 funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom (UK), with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Natural Resources startup funding landscape in the United Kingdom, along with the 23 most recently funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom.

The median disclosed round is $2.7M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $930K and $11M. London and Basingstoke hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom closed 13 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 7 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $194M in disclosed capital.

Capital in London concentrates around specialized venture firms. These backers favor mid-sized teams over lean startups. Since many rounds lack a clear stage, the segment contains a mix of stealth projects and established players. This ambiguity means a prospect encounters varying levels of maturity across the United Kingdom, shifting from urban centers to smaller towns like Basingstoke.

Natural Resources funded startup statistics in the United Kingdom

Funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom
23
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
7
13 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$194M
12 of 13 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$2.7M
middle half $930K to $11M

Most recent funding round on record: Jun 2026.

23 most recently funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom

23 shown

Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.

S
Basingstoke, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Spotless Water is introducing the UK's first self-service network for distributing ultra pure water. Right…
Series Unknown ·
$8.6M
T
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Tungsten West plc producing hemerdon mine. With demand for strategic metals, including tungsten and tin…
Series Unknown ·
$25M
E
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Empire Metals is a mineral exploration and resource development firm that focuses on important mineral…
Series Unknown ·
$11M
A
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
ARC Minerals is engaged in the identification, evaluation, acquisition and development of natural resource…
Series Unknown ·
$4.1M
W
Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Weardale Lithium Limited is an innovative natural resources development company seeking to provide a secure…
Series Unknown ·
$940k
S
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Savannah Resources Plc is a mineral resource development company listed and regulated on the Alternative…
Series Unknown ·
$128M
S
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Strategic Minerals is a UK-based company that specializes in the production and development of minerals.
Series Unknown ·
$1.3M
V
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Vast Resources plc is a mining and resource development company listed on AIM and focused on advancing…
Series Unknown ·
$520k
K
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Kore Potash Plc (AIM: KP2, ASX: KP2, JSE: KP2) is an advanced stage mineral exploration and development…
Series Unknown ·
$900k
A
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Anglesey Mining is a company that specializes in mining activities, specifically focusing on the exploration…
Series Unknown ·
$300k
U
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
UNDO is a global leader in developing projects that remove carbon dioxide, with a focus on enhanced rock…
Series Unknown ·
Undisclosed
X
Rotherham, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Xeros Ltd. is a recently established company that specializes in creating laundry cleaning technology that…
Series Unknown ·
$140k
C
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Caracal is a gold production developer with various gold mining operations.
·
$990k
T
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Trident Royalties (TRR) is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker TRR.…
·
$2.3B
E
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Empire Metals is a company focused on exploring and developing copper and gold resources. They work on…
Series Unknown ·
$3.7M
U
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
URA In order to prove-up early-stage exploration projects for continuous monetization and the generation of…
Series Unknown ·
$300k
A
Cheltenham, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Adriatic Metals is a company that specializes in exploring and developing precious and base metals. They…
Series Unknown ·
$32M
A
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Alien Metals Ltd is a company involved in the development of exploration and mining projects. Arian Silver…
Series Unknown ·
$1.0M
F
Blackburn, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
First Class Metals Plc. is a mining company that specializes in exploring and developing the valuable…
Series Unknown ·
$1.3M
O
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Oracle Power PLC, formerly Oracle Coalfields PLC, is a United Kingdom-based company involved in the…
Series Unknown ·
$460k
G
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Great Southern Copper is a mineral exploration company targeting copper in Chile, the largest copper…
Series Unknown ·
$630k
H
London, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
Post-IPO Equity ·
$80M
B
Roche, United Kingdom · Natural Resources
British Lithium discovers, evaluates, develops, and operates mineral resource projects.
Grant ·
$2.0M

Where are funded Natural Resources startups located in the United Kingdom?

Where funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom are based, by the city on the company record.

City
Funded startups
Bishop Auckland
1
Blackburn
1
Roche
1
Rotherham
1

About the FundedIQ Natural Resources startup funding data in the United Kingdom

FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.

Figures on this page cover the 23 funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (1 of 13 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom is dated Jun 2026.

The table above shows the 23 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.

Frequently asked questions

How many funded Natural Resources startups are there in the United Kingdom?

FundedIQ tracks 23 funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom. This page lists the 23 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.

How much funding have Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom raised?

Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom tracked by FundedIQ have raised $194M in disclosed capital across 13 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 7 rounds in the last 12 months. 12 of those 13 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.

Which cities have the most funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom?

London leads with 17 companies, then Basingstoke (1), Bishop Auckland (1) and Blackburn (1).

What is a typical funding round size for Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom?

The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $2.7M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $930K and $11M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.

How often is the Natural Resources startup funding data in the United Kingdom updated?

The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Natural Resources startups in the United Kingdom is dated Jun 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.

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