Cleantech start-up Mint Innovation raises $5.2M to prepare for commercial deployment

Cleantech start-up Mint Innovation raises $5.2M to prepare for commercial deployment
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Dec. 11 (BusinessDesk) - Cleantech start-up Mint Innovation has raised almost $5.2 million from mostly Kiwi investors as it starts preparing for commercial deployment.  The biotech firm has developed techniques using chemistry and microbiology to recover valuable metals from electronic waste, which makes it easier for the recyclers to secure as much value as they can. Mint Innovation has been running a pilot project in Auckland and now wants to scale up with a view to launching commercial operations in 2020.  Chief execu...