The capital readiness layer for critical minerals

From pit to bankable.

CapVein turns a mining project's own data into evidence investors, lenders and DFIs trust, and shows exactly what to fix next.

What stage is your project at?
In development with Irish research partners · Human in the loop · Cork, Ireland
The mission

The energy transition runs on minerals.

Net zero is not built from policy. It is built from the critical raw materials in every battery, motor, chip and grid connection powering the transition.

16.5yrs
Average time from discovery to production. 2030 is four years away.
IEA · The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions
What they bring

In every screen, battery
and server you use.

Phones
Cobalt · lithium · rare earths
Computers
Copper · gallium · tantalum
AI data centres
Copper · silicon · germanium
Electric vehicles
Lithium · nickel · graphite
The problem

The capital exists.
The evidence doesn't.

40%
EU processing target for critical minerals by 2030
€2bn
A year committed by the EIB to critical raw materials projects
Sources: EU Critical Raw Materials Act · European Investment Bank
11 mo
Three institutions. Three rejections.
Every answer was already public.
Illustrative
Approach

Three steps.
From pit to bankable.

Good operations make a mine investable. We make that visible.

01
Bring it together
Your project's information in one place, in context: the asset, its surroundings and its story.
02
Keep it on track
How the project is run, measured against what funders expect. AI analyses; people make every decision.
03
Prove it
A clear readiness score, every finding sourced, and the evidence ready when funders ask.
Value chain

Where we start.
The critical mineral value chain.

Focus now
Extraction
Development to operating mine
Focus now
Processing
Refining and separation
Next
Recycling
Batteries, scrap, e-waste
Next
Manufacturing
Batteries, magnets, chips
How we help

Ready to raise.
Ready to build. Ready to operate.

01
Raise
Know where you stand with your next funder, and what to fix first.
Pilots open
02
Build
Keep lenders and DFIs confident from financial close to first production.
Coming soon
03
Operate
Show investors how your operation performs, as it happens.
Coming soon
Team

Who we are.

Doris Murphy
Doris Murphy
Founder & CEO
Stephen Murphy
Stephen Murphy
Co-founder
Keshia Murphy
Keshia Murphy
Co-founder
Board · Appointment in progress
Mining finance and governance
Senior mining executive. Operations, boards and project finance.
Advisers · Onboarding
Mining and applied AI
Specialists in mining, finance and responsible AI.
Research collaboration

Research-backed.
Built to the highest standard.

CapVein is being developed with Irish research partners, bringing academic rigour to AI design, responsible assessment methodology, and data provenance.

Responsible AI design
Human-in-the-loop methodology. Every AI finding is sourced, reviewable, and auditable by the project team.
Document intelligence
Research-grade extraction and structuring of geological, environmental, and financial documents.
Data provenance
Traceability architecture from first document upload to capital-ready profile. Grounded in Irish and EU data standards.

The minerals exist.
The capital exists.
The decade does not.

For projects
A small number of development-stage projects will receive a free readiness diagnostic.
For institutions
Early access for a small number of institutions.
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About

A global challenge.
Requires a global response.

CapVein is the capital readiness layer for critical minerals. We sit between mining projects and the capital that funds them, turning a project's own information into evidence investors, lenders and DFIs can trust. Good operations make a mine investable. We make that visible.

Today, critical-minerals projects on land. Tomorrow, every resource project, wherever it is.

In development with Irish research partners
Human in the loop
Cork, Ireland