Sensmet Raises €1.5M To Scale Real-time Metals Monitoring Technology In Europe

The funding aims to strengthen the supply of critical and strategic raw materials in Europe.

Sensmet’s breakthrough Micro-Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy (µDOES) technology enables real-time, online multi-metal analysis of liquid samples.

It is particularly useful in monitoring battery metals such as lithium during production and recycling processes.

By delivering laboratory-grade results in real time, the technology helps improve process efficiency, increase metal recovery, ensure product quality, and reduce environmental impact. Sensmet’s solutions are used across wastewater treatment, battery recycling, lithium production and fertiliser manufacturing.

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The new funding will help scale and deploy its µDOES analysers, supporting Europe’s raw materials resilience and industrial competitiveness.

EIT RawMaterials is a European innovation organisation focused on securing a sustainable and independent supply of raw materials for Europe. Co-funded by the European Commission, it operates as one of the continent’s most active innovation ecosystems in the raw materials sector.

The organisation supports technologies and industrial solutions that improve access to critical materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements, which are essential for batteries, renewable energy systems, and advanced manufacturing.

“Our highly innovative technology provides process managers with continuous measurements for key metals within liquid process streams,” explains Sensmet CEO, Dr Toni Laurila.

“This enables them, for example, to extract critically important metals much more efficiently than would have been previously possible when relying on laboratory analysis.”

About Sensmet Ltd

Sensmet Ltd provides real-time analysis of lithium, battery metals, and other trace metals in liquid processes. Founded in 2017 the company’s µDOES technology simplifies optical emission spectroscopy and delivers ICP-OES-level performance directly at the process line. It enables fully automated, low-maintenance, online multi-metal monitoring in industrial applications.