fusion power

Proxima Fusion raises $21M to build on its ‘stellarator’ approach to nuclear fusion

Munich-based Proxima has raised €20 million ($21.7M) in a seed round to begin building its first generation of fusion power plants.

Thea Energy raises $20M Series A for pixel-inspired fusion power plants

The startup is betting that software can supplant manufacturing precision in its quest to deliver reliable, inexpensive fusion power.

Helicity Space raises $5M to unlock fusion propulsion – and fast travel in deep space

Helicity Space has closed a $5 million seed funding to accelerate development of a technology that could finally unlock fast, efficient travel in deep space. That technology is fusion propulsion, whic

Climate tech’s biggest hits and misses in 2023

For the broader economy, this was the year of the recession that never arrived. But for climate tech, it was a year of both great hits and big misses.

6 surveys that will get you prepped for Disrupt

Just in case you're wondering what's happening in the sectors that we're going to talk about at Disrupt, we've put together a handy primer of surveys.

What’s more venture capital than space lasers?

Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups. We brought TechCrunch+ senior climate reporter Tim De Chant on to talk climate tech and the sustainability stage at Disrupt.

7 founders explain what fusion power needs to go mainstream

If the 2020s are going to be the decade of AI, then the 2030s could be the decade of fusion power. That is, if the sector’s startups are able to deliver.

7 founders and CEOs discuss fusion power’s most pressing challenges

Capital is pouring into the sector at an opportune time, as fusion power startups can now make rapid gains thanks to a convergence of factors.

Scientists repeat breakthrough fusion experiment, netting more power than before

We still don’t know what the scientists did to better their numbers, but the bump in energy-out suggests that the new results are not a fluke.

With $10T on the line, 6 fusion investors explain why they’re all in

Fusion power is expensive and risky, but the potential rewards are enormous. Here's why 6 investors believe it could be the future of energy.

Wisconsin has quietly become a hotbed of fusion power startups. Will it last?

In the last few years, the state has become a hotbed of fusion startups. But it faces myriad challenges that could knock it from its pedestal.

Realta Fusion lights up with $9M seed for industrial heat led by Khosla Ventures

Decarbonizing industrial heat isn't easy, but a startup thinks it can harness the power of the sun to make it happen.

Three climate technologies every investor should have in their portfolio

There’s no way to create a definitive list of climate technologies to invest in, but here are three areas that deserve a closer look.

Helion Energy will provide Microsoft with fusion power starting in 2028

Helion, the clean energy company with its eye firmly on the fusion prize, announced a couple of years ago that it had secured $2.2 billion of funding to help it develop cleaner, safer energy at a comm

Fusion startup Type One Energy gets $29M seed round to fast-track its reactor designs

The company is betting that outsourcing will fast-track its unique fusion reactor designs.

5 promising fusion startups that aren’t unicorns — yet

A range of new fusion power companies are racing to build the supply chain for what could become a $40 trillion industry.

World-record fusion experiment produced even more energy than expected

Commercial fusion is still probably decades away, but promising results show how we might get there.

Breakthrough fusion power announcement expected tomorrow. Here’s what it means

For decades, fusion power has been just around the corner. Is this the moment we’ve all been waiting for?

The biological theory that explains why investors are bullish on fusion

Investors are betting large amounts of money on fusion. Here's why they're so confident the technology has banished the ghosts of its past.

Zap Energy nets $160M Series C to advance its lightning-in-a-bottle fusion tech

Zap Energy has reached two milestones that could nudge it ahead in the race to offer low-cost, carbon-free energy — a $160 million Series C round, and a successful test of a prototype fusion reactor
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