24 Best Nuclear Technology Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Nuclear Technology Startups

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There are 25 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $5.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $209.3m.

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$577.8m

Money raised

Helion Energy is a fusion power company aiming to build the world's first fusion power plant.

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5

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$2.1b

Money raised

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research and development company developing fusion power systems based on ARC tokamak reactors.

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$5.0m

Money raised

Avalanche Energy Designs is an American start-up company designing, testing, and building micro-fusion reactors.

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2

Funding Rounds

$21.1m

Money raised

LeadCold is a company developing lead-cooled small nuclear reactor technology founded in 2013 by Janne Wallenius, Jesper Ejenstam and Peter Szakalos.

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5

Funding Rounds

$40.7m

Money raised

Terrestrial Energy is developing molten salt nuclear reactors.

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2

Funding Rounds

$49.2m

Money raised

Renaissance Fusion is a nuclear fusion reactor manufacturer founded in 2020 by Francesco A Volpe.

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7

Funding Rounds

$172.1m

Money raised

Tokamak Energy is a fusion energy producer founded in 2009 by Alan Sykes, David Kingham and Mikhail Gryaznevich.

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7

Funding Rounds

$332.8m

Money raised

Zap Energy is developing compact fusion power that doesn't require magnets or lasers.

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$150.0k

Money raised

HelicitySpace is a fusion propulsion and power company, developing technology for spacecraft.

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2

Funding Rounds

$12.9m

Money raised

A company that was developing an advanced technology mini nuclear reactor, based on intellectual property developed by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It was located in Denver, Colorado.

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$7.5m

Money raised

A nuclear energy company making a stable salt reactor.

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$39.0m

Money raised

A company developing its own petawatt class and high energy laser system coupled with a sophisticated target physics infrastructure exclusively dedicated to commercial "neutron-lean" fusion energy.

1

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$763.0k

Money raised

A nuclear reactor design company developing Waste-Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor. The company ceased operations in September 2018.

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Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

A nuclear fusion research company based in Tempe, Arizona.

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Funding Rounds

$1.2b

Money raised

TAE Technologies, Inc., formerly known as Tri Alpha Energy, is a California-based renewable energy company focused on developing commercial fusion energy.

4

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$69.9m

Money raised

A company that develops molecular imaging agents to detect and monitor chronic human diseases

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$3.0m

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Software platform and professional services for complex systems modeling and simulation, targeting in particular energy networks and urban planning applications.

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2

Funding Rounds

$110.0m

Money raised

Radiant is an El Segundo, California-based clean energy company focused on the development of climate-friendly nuclear microreactors.

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1

Funding Rounds

$65.0m

Money raised

Ionic Materials is a battery manufacturing company.

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$23.5m

Money raised

Blue Earth Diagnostics Limited is an Oxford-based developer and supplier of molecular imaging agents.

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$12.7m

Money raised

Cloud-based software for managing field services in complex industries like nuclear and oil & gas.

3

Funding Rounds

$80.5m

Money raised

Northstar Medical Radioisotopes, Llc is a Madison, Wisconsin-based company developing products and technologies for medical diagnostics founded in 2006.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.7m

Money raised

Pioneering cleantech company in area of cost-effective renewable energy production and nutrient recycling from wet biomass.

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$21.0m

Money raised

A company developing nuclear reactors with molten salt as coolant and thorium as fuel.

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