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Snapshot 2026-10-16- Startup SignalsTop 25%↓10
- Climate & SustainabilityTop 25%↓1
- Nuclear#5of 20–
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Thea Energy, founded in 2022 in Princeton, New Jersey, designs a novel fusion reactor using programmable magnets to redefine global energy supply.
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Funding history
- 2026-05Series B$100M
Investors · General Innovation Capital Partners、Linse Capital、Calm Ventures、Climate Capital、US Innovative Technology Fund
- 2024-02Series A$20M
Investors · AngloAmerican、Mercator Partners、OrionIndustrialVentures、Lowercarbon Capital、11.2 Capital、Starlight Ventures、Prelude Ventures、Hitachi Ventures
Source · SVTR Weekly #039
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TAE Technologies
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Radiant
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Blue Energy
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Tokamak Energy
Climate & SustainabilityTokamak Energy, founded in 2008 in the UK, develops compact nuclear fusion reactors using high-temperature superconducting magnets to control and confine superheated plasma. The company spun out of the UK Atomic Energy Authority in 2009 and aims to operate a pilot power plant from 2034.
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