Key facts
- KoBold Metals’s last known valuation is $3.0B (Jan 2025).
- It has raised $1.2B across 7 recorded rounds; the latest was Later Stage VC ($280.0M) in Jan 2026.
- Notable investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Climate Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Breakthrough Energy, StepStone Group — 32 tracked in total.
- KoBold Metals has filed 3 Form Ds with the SEC since 2022, most recently Nov 2025 ($163.4M sold to 24 investors).
- Status: Privately Held (backing).
Leadership
- Kurt House Ph.DCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
- Mfikeyi MakayChief Executive Officer of KoBold Metals Africa
- Josh Goldman Ph.DCo-Founder & President
- Charles ParkChief Financial Officer
- ·Post-money valuations for all 7 rounds
- ·The complete investor list — 32 names
- ·Watchlist + deal alerts for KoBold Metals
Funding rounds
7 roundsAbout KoBold Metals
Operator of a mineral exploration company intended to discover materials critical for the electric vehicle and renewable energy revolutions. The company's artificial intelligence tools build on the concept of efficacy of information to determine which data to collect at each exploration step, thereby maximizing uncertainty reduction, enabling clients to improve the pace and efficacy of natural resource exploration materially.
- Sector
- Materials and Resources
- HQ
- Berkeley, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- 200
- Website
- koboldmetals.com/
- Ownership
- Privately Held (backing)
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