exære is seeking transnational consortium partners for RAMP Joint Call 2026, Topic 2 (secondary sources). We are looking to connect with:

Industrial waste stream holders (smelter operators, WEEE recyclers, mining/tailings operators) producers who can provide characterized secondary streams (e.g. slag, leachates, acid mine drainage, red mud) containing technology-critical metals for pilot-scale adsorption trials.

Recycling and metallurgy companies interested in integrating our technology into existing recovery flowsheets.

Process design and engineering partners (companies or institutes) with expertise in hydrometallurgical process design, flowsheet integration, or pilot-to-industrial scale-up, to help translate our biopolymer adsorption technology into deployable unit operations within existing or new recovery plants.

Research organisations and universities with expertise in hydrometallurgy, analytical chemistry, or circular economy systems modelling, to complement our biopolymer adsorbent development and TU Hamburg (CREM) collaboration.

Consortium co-applicants able to fulfil RAMP's eligibility requirement (≥3 partners, funding requested from ≥3 countries, ≥2 EU/associated).

We are open to leading a work package on adsorbent development and metal selectivity testing, and welcome partners who can lead or co-lead process design and pilot-scale engineering work packages.

exære is a Hamburg-based deeptech startup developing biopolymer-based adsorbents derived from agricultural residues for the selective recovery of technology-critical metal from industrial waste streams.

The company is affiliated with CREM at TU Hamburg (TUHH), backed by IFB Innovationsstarter Hamburg.

The founding team combines experience in technology commercialization and patented biopolymer scale-up know-how.