Hertha Metals
Advanced Materials · Metals & Metallurgy
$151.3Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
5open roles
$133.6Mlatest round · Venture round · Apr 2026 · 7 mo ago
5backers · Pear VC, Clean Energy Ventures
Overview
At Hertha Metals, we are developing advanced steel solutions to accelerate the growth and global competitiveness of the U.S. steel industry.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 5 open roles at Hertha Metals. Hertha Metals is headquartered in Conroe, United States. It was founded in 2022. It has raised $151.3M in 2 funding rounds. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $133.6M, announced in 2026.
- Open roles
- 5Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Conroe, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2022Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $151.3MSum of 2 equity rounds Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $133.6M · Apr 7, 2026SEC Form D filing · sec.gov
- Technologies in its job postings
- 7Named in its job postings
Official records
Funding and backers
Total raised
$151.3M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$133.6M
Venture round · Apr 2026 · 7 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
5
+3 posted in 30 days
Backers
5
Pear VC, Clean Energy Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
7 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
54/100
hiring for its size, a new city, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 7
Raised a round Venture round $133.6M · SEC Form D
Jul 22, 2025
Launched Hertha Metals Unveils Breakthrough Process to Accelerate American-Made Steel and High-Purity Iron Production · herthametals.com
May 24, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $17.7M · SEC Form D
2022
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Apr 2026 | $133.6M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2024 | $17.7M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Hertha Metals, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Laureen MerouehExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Jobs
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≈ $73k – $135k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · 3+ years exp · United States
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≈ $52k – $100k per year (Estimated) · Remote (likely United States) · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Conroe
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
53/100
Stable
Open positions
5
2 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
22 days
faster than 56% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~7 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
25% ▲
Hardware
13% ▲
Finance
13% ▼
HR
13% ▲
Management
13% ▼
Operations
13% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: United States
Oct 2026
People
Laureen Meroueh
Executive Officer, Director
Rajesh Swaminathan
Director
Ryan Panchadsaram
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Hertha Metals over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
7
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
67/100
Languages
MATLAB
Python
SQL
Cloud & platforms
Power BI
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Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
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News
Conroe-Based Hertha Metals Revolutionizes Future of Domestic Steel Production
The Woodlands Online recently featured Hertha Metals and its breakthrough approach to producing high-purity iron and sustainable steel in Conroe, Texas. The article highlights the company's innovative single-step steelmaking technology, its plans for comm
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Conroe startup Hertha Metals plans commercial steel plant after securing $17M in funding
The Houston Business Journal highlights Hertha Metals' plans to build its first commercial production facility following a $17 million funding round. The article explores the company's expansion strategy, its breakthrough single-step steelmaking technolog
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A Better Tomorrow is Made Here Featuring Hertha Metals
The Conroe Economic Development Council recently highlighted Hertha Metals and its mission to transform the future of steelmaking through innovative, low-emission technology. The feature explores how Founder and CEO Dr. Laureen Meroueh's vision is helping
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Seventh grade students enthusiastically embrace Conroe's Youth to Career Fair
Hertha Metals recently participated in Conroe's inaugural Youth to Career Fair, where nearly 1,800 seventh-grade students explored career opportunities across a variety of industries. CEO and Founder Dr. Laureen Meroueh and Operations & Talent Acquisition
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Testing Her Metal: Laureen Meroueh's $1 Billion Plan to Revolutionize the Steel Industry
Inc. recently profiled Hertha Metals Founder and CEO Dr. Laureen Meroueh, highlighting her vision to transform steel production with a groundbreaking single-step process that reduces costs and emissions. The feature explores Hertha's rapid growth, its pla
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Hertha Metals Says It Has Faster, Cheaper Steel Tech
Everyone's talking about the rare earth crisis. Almost no one's talking about the iron crisis hiding inside it.The high-performance permanent magnets inside fighter jets, missiles, submarines, and radar systems all have a silent dependency: high purity ir
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Laureen Meroueh interviewed onstage as Opening Keynote at AIST Association for Iron & Steel - Women in Steel Conference
At the Association for Iron & Steel Technology's 2025 Women in Steel Conference, Laureen Meroueh, Founder and CEO of Hertha Metals, sat down with Jennifer S. Betts, CEO of Magnar Metals, to lead the opening session of the conference. Some of the topics co
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Congressman Morgan Luttrell Tours Hertha Metals' Texas Plant Driving U.S. Steel and Iron Independence
On August 11th, CEO Laureen Meroueh and Hertha Metals - a domestic steel and high-purity iron producing company based out of Conroe - hosted Congressman Morg...
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Hertha Metals Unveils Breakthrough Process to Accelerate American-Made Steel and High-Purity Iron Production
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)- Hertha Metals today announced it has validated a significant technology breakthrough in modern steelmaking: a single-step process that is cheaper, more energy efficient, and just as scalable as conventional methods. The company h
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Startup Claims Its Green Steel Will Be Cheaper Than Regular Steel
Bloomberg recently spotlighted Hertha Metals for our breakthrough approach to low-emission steel production. Backed by leading innovators, our process is designed to reduce environmental impact without increasing costs-marking a major milestone in the fut
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Conroe
Conroe
United States
HQ
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 67% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for HR, Management, Operations
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