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⚛️ 60 Fusion and Fission Frontrunners
Plus: Andreessen Horowitz, Brimstone, DCVC, Crux, Discipulus Ventures join the Speaker lineup
Nuclear fusion and fission are edging closer to clean energy abundance.
From fusion startups chasing the power of the stars to next-gen fission reactors splitting atoms with fast-to-deploy designs, it’s been hard to miss the millions that are flowing into technologies with potential to rewrite the energy playbook.
The global fusion market alone could hit $611 billion by 2034, with $9+ billion already invested. Mega-funding is on the rise and in just the last few weeks:
Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $863 million in a Series B2 round. The round brings its total funding to nearly $3 billion to advance its Sparc fusion reactor and future commercial power plant.
Aalo Atomics announced $100 million in a Series B funding round to advance its small modular reactor technology and launch its first facility in 2026.
General Fusion secured $22 million to advance its LM26 prototype toward key scientific milestones.
As teams around the world race to prove lasers, tokamaks, stellarators, magneto-inertial systems, and modular reactors can deliver limitless, carbon-free power, there is no single path to nuclear.
We mapped 60 trailblazers reshaping nuclear energy, from seed-stage innovators to billion-dollar scale-ups and caught up with 11 experts in the space to understand the science and potential of the solutions.
In this week’s edition:
⚛️ 60 Fusion and Fission Frontrunners
Here at Hack, we’ve mapped 60 breakthrough companies pushing the boundaries of nuclear energy. See who’s hitting milestones, attracting funding and redefining what clean, carbon-free energy could look like.
Whether you’re tracking breakthrough physics, investment trends or the next generation of commercial reactors, this cheatsheet covers the technologies and teams racing to unlock a future of limitless nuclear power along with exclusive insights from: Firefly Fusion, First Light Fusion, Nano Nuclear Energy, NearStar Fusion, nT-Tao Compact Fusion Power, Nucleation Capital, Realta Fusion, SHINE Technologies, Thea Energy, Tokamak Energy and World Fund.
🎤 14 Speakers Revealed
The HackSummit is bringing together the sharpest minds in Climate Deep Tech to accelerate abundance and investment into impact at Newlab, Brooklyn this December
14 Founders, CEOs and VC Partners are already confirmed to join us on the HackSummit Stage to tackle big ideas on:
⛏️ Transformative approaches to metals and mining
🧱 Upending heavy industry with decarbonized cement
🍽️ Next-generation, naturally derived texturized proteins
🛥️ Building America’s next-generation maritime company
🌧️ Modern precipitation, geoengineering enhancement systems
💸 Capital markets platform for clean energy and manufacturing
🪸 Restoring seagrass ecosystems with autonomous underwater vehicles
Join Founders of Brimstone, Crux, Durin, Earth AI, Endolith, Meala as well as Partners from Andreessen Horowitz, DCVC, Discipulus Ventures, SOSV and more for 2-days of dealmaking, insider perspectives and connections that matter at the HackSummit.
🚀 Get on Every Investor’s Radar at HackSummit
In 2024, 20 Startups and Scaleups showcased their technology at the HackSummit’s Startup Fair.
Revealing what’s new and next in ClimateTech including advancements in long-duration energy storage, carbon-negative materials, carbon capture with waste heat and coral reef restoration.
Are you ready to follow in their footsteps? We’ve just opened applications for the next cohort of exciting talents.
Demo your technology, spark conversations with investors and potential partners and get the word out about your technology over the 2-day Summit on December 10-11th.
⌛️ Apply today to take a Startup Stand (includes 2 Summit passes) - and a free booth offered to the 2 most promising startups.
The HackSummit unites bold innovators from stealth ventures to early-stage startups, alongside top scaleups and the investors backing game-changing solutions.
Join us this December 10-11 where we’ll turn moonshot ideas into the scalable solutions the world needs most and unlock new funding and partnerships to get there faster.
See you there,
Laura at Hack
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