aid: alta-resource-technologies
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name: Alta Resource Technologies
description: >-
  Alta Resource Technologies is a Colorado-based deep-tech company reinventing how
  critical minerals are sourced. It uses advanced biochemistry — customizable, engineered
  proteins licensed from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and co-developed with
  researchers at Pennsylvania State University — to selectively separate high-purity rare
  earth elements and other strategic metals from low-grade ores, mining tailings, and
  electronic-waste streams such as end-of-life hard disk drives. The protein-based platform
  binds target elements out of complex, low-concentration solutions with high selectivity
  while dramatically reducing the environmental footprint of conventional mining and
  refining, strengthening U.S. and allied critical-mineral supply chains. Alta emerged from
  stealth in January 2025 and expanded its Series Seed to $10M, backed by DCVC, Voyager
  Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and Orion Industrial Ventures. As a materials-science and biochemistry
  company, Alta does not publish a public developer API, SDKs, or a developer portal; this
  API Evangelist profile carries its identity and website properties only.
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x-source: vc-portfolio
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Critical Minerals
- Rare Earth Elements
- Biotechnology
- Mining
- Materials Science
- Clean Technology
- Recycling
- Supply Chain
apis: []
common:
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  url: security/alta-resource-technologies-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
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- type: About
  url: https://altatech.io/about
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://altatech.io/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://altatech.io/privacy-policy
- type: Support
  url: https://altatech.io/contact
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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