Get answers to all your questions about the Tech Metal Transformation Challenge, a new funding opportunity under STRIDE Ventures. This session is ideal for innovators, scientists, engineers, and early-stage teams working on transformative technologies for the U.S. critical metals supply chain.

​What to Expect

​Overview of the Tech Metal Transformation Challenge:
Learn about our staged, non-dilutive funding model designed to support high-risk, high-reward projects developing end-to-end prototype systems for extracting, converting, and reintroducing metals from complex U.S. waste streams.

​Funding Structure:

• ​Multi-round support with increasing award levels for teams that demonstrate strong technical progress
• ​Opportunities for interdisciplinary teams spanning biological, chemical, and physical–mechanical approaches
• ​Access to expert guidance and a structured evaluation process modeled after successful deep-tech innovation agencies

​Program Benefits:
Discover how the Challenge helps early-stage teams advance breakthrough technologies through funding, feedback from expert jurors, visibility, and access to a national network of critical-metals, manufacturing, and innovation specialists.

​Q&A:
Engage directly with the STRIDE team and get answers to your specific questions, including the application process, eligibility, evaluation criteria, program structure, and how to strengthen your submission.

​Who Should Attend:

• ​Scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs in materials, metallurgy, bioprocessing, recycling, and advanced manufacturing
• ​Early-stage startups and university-based teams working on metal extraction, metal conversion, or prototype system development
• ​Innovators seeking non-dilutive funding to accelerate high-impact technologies