Rare Earths Innovation Through The Investors Eye
Labs4Minerals Expert Webinar Rare Earths Innovation Through the Investor's Eye June 30th, 2026 5:00 pm IST
Agenda:
Opening: Jack Scher, NetZero Ventures
Rare Earths: What's Interesting, Hard, and Investable — Jason Holt, PhD, Partner, Orion Industrial Ventures
The Corporate Investor Perspective on Rare Earths — Andrea Siciliani, Principal, TechEnergy Ventures
From Tech to a Scalable Startup — Yael Weisz-Zilberman, VP Business Development, NetZero Ventures
Live Q&A
The webinars are conducted in collaboration with Science Abroad and Tel Aviv Global.
This webinar session is conducted ahead of the launch of the Labs4Minerals Competition.
Ahead of the Labs4Minerals competition (applications open July 13th), we are hosting a series of webinars and in-person meetups with our industry experts — the individuals shaping the future of critical minerals and rare earths.
Each session is designed to give entrepreneurs and academic researchers a clearer view of two things that rarely show up in a journal article: what industry actually needs, and how the VC community evaluates early-stage deep-tech.
What you'll take away:
A deep-dive on rare earths: where the real opportunities, bottlenecks, and investable theses sit
How corporate and venture investors assess early-stage technologies in critical minerals — what gets funded, what doesn't, and why
Practical guidance on positioning academic research for commercial translation, from competition application through to startup formation
Direct Q&A with experts from Orion Industrial Ventures, TechEnergy Ventures, and the wider Labs4Minerals investor and operator network
Who should attend: Entrepreneurs, early-stage ventures, academic researchers — whether you're already preparing an application or still exploring whether your work is a fit.
For more information about the Competition — launching July 13th.