Hades Mining
$17.9M seed round led by Headline and HV Capital, with Project A participating (per investor-tracking aggregator).
About Hades Mining
Hades Mining is a El Salvador-based company founded in 2024, now around 34 people. It has raised $17.9M in disclosed funding.
Founded by Dr Max Werner (Founder & CEO; previously Adarga, Bundeswehr Wir. Dienen. Deutschland.; London School of Economics and Political Science), Dan Gengenbach (Co-Founder & CTO; previously DTCP, Fortlane Partners; Technical University of Munich), Björn Dressler (COO Hades Mining; repeat founder; previously Bosch USA, Isar Aerospace; INSEAD).
Its investors also appear on FundFinder's most-active lists for Seed · Fintech (111 funds), Seed · Generalist (110 funds), Seed · Healthcare & Wellbeing (87 funds).
Company facts from Harmonic and public filings; team backgrounds from public profiles. Refreshed weekly.
Seed · $17.9M · Feb 2026
- Founders Factory — London venture studio and accelerator founded in 2015 by Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, building startups from scratch and accelerating existing ones with corporate partners across fintech, climate, health and deep t · cheques £30k+
- HV Capital — Formerly HV Holtzbrinck Ventures — one of Europe's largest early-stage and growth investors, managing around €3B across nine fund generations and backing companies from seed through growth with cheques from ~€500k to €50 · cheques £400k – £40M
- Headline — Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in winning teams across stages and geographies. · cheques £1.5M – £15M
- Project A Ventures — Project A is a Berlin- and London-based operational VC firm that invests at pre-seed and seed, and even earlier at the idea stage through its Studio model. · cheques £1M – £10M