Nuclear Startups

Company Country Category Investment Stage Website Technology / Strategic Focus
Aalo Atomics USA Fission Series B aalo.com Sodium-cooled microreactor (U-ZrH fuel); "Gigafactory" model.
Antares Nuclear USA Fission Series A https://www.google.com/search?q=antaresnuclear.com https://www.google.com/search?q=antaresnuclear.com
Arkenlight UK Nuclear Battery Pre-Seed arkenlight.co.uk Betavoltaic batteries using upcycled Carbon-14.
Avalanche Energy USA Fusion Series B avalanche.energy "Orbitron" electrostatic confinement fusion.
Betavolt China Nuclear Battery Seed betavolt.tech Atomic batteries using Nickel-63 and diamond semiconductors.
Blossom Energy Japan Fission Seed blossomenergy.jp High-Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) for thermal applications.
Blue Capsule France Fission Seed blue-capsule.com Sodium-cooled SMR with TRISO fuel for industrial heat.
Blue Energy USA Fission Series A blueenergy.co Maritime modular reactors; shipyard-manufactured, underwater.
Blykalla Sweden Fission Series B https://www.google.com/search?q=blykalla.com https://www.google.com/search?q=blykalla.com
Boston Atomics USA Fission Seed / Grant bostonatomics.com MIGHTR: Modular Integrated Gas-cooled High-Temp Reactor.
Caelus Italy Support Bootstrapped caelus-nuclear.com AI and software suite for nuclear licensing and digital twins.
Calogena France Fission Corporate calogena.com Low-pressure water-cooled microreactor (Groupe Gorgé).
City Labs USA Nuclear Battery Series A citylabs.net Tritium-based betavoltaic batteries for rugged electronics.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems USA Fusion Series B cfs.energy SPARC Tokamak with HTS magnets.
Copenhagen Atomics Denmark Fission Seed / Crowd copenhagenatomics.com Thorium Molten Salt Reactor; waste burner.
Core Power UK Fission Strategic corepower.energy Maritime Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR).
Curio USA Fuel Cycle Seed curio.energy Nuclear waste recycling and reprocessing (TRU).
Deep Fission USA Fission Seed deepfission.com PWR deployed in deep underground boreholes.
Emerald Horizon Austria Fission Series A emerald-horizon.com Accelerator-Driven System (ADES) using Thorium in Molten Salt.
Emerald Nuclear USA Fission Seed https://www.google.com/search?q=emeraldnuclear.com https://www.google.com/search?q=emeraldnuclear.com
Energy Singularity China Fusion Series A energysingularity.cn Tokamak using High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnets.
EX-Fusion Japan Fusion Series A ex-fusion.com Laser fusion with dual-use commercial strategy.
Exodys Energy USA Fission Seed exodysenergy.com Fast Chloride-Molten Salt Reactor (FC-MSR) & Waste Recycling.
General Fusion Canada Fusion Series E generalfusion.com Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) using liquid metal liner.
Hadron Energy USA Fission SPAC / Pre-Public hadronenergy.com "Hadron Halo" Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) using Light Water tech.
HALEU Energy Fuel USA Fuel Cycle Public (Sub.) nanonuclearenergy.com Domestic supply chain for HALEU fuel (Nano Nuclear).
Helical Fusion Japan Fusion Series A https://www.google.com/search?q=helical-fusion.com https://www.google.com/search?q=helical-fusion.com
HelicitySpace USA Fusion Seed helicityspace.com Magneto-inertial fusion propulsion for spaceflight.
Helion Energy USA Fusion Series E helionenergy.com Magneto-inertial fusion (pulsed magnetic fields).
Hephaestus Technologies * UK Fusion / Support Pre-Seed hephtechnologies.com AI-accelerated plasma simulation and control engines.
Hexana France Fission Series A hexana.com Sodium-cooled fast reactor with thermal energy storage.
Howe Industries USA Propulsion Grant / Seed howeindustries.net Advanced space propulsion (radioisotope/fission-thermal).
Jimmy France Fission Series A jimmy-energy.eu Atomic thermal generators (HTR) for industrial process heat.
Kairos Power USA Fission Private / Growth kairospower.com Fluoride salt-cooled High-temperature Reactor (KP-FHR).
Kyoto Fusioneering Japan Fusion Series C kyotofusioneering.com Fusion subsystems (gyrotrons, breeding blankets).
Last Energy USA Fission Series C lastenergy.com PWR Microreactor (20MWe); "Power-as-a-Service".
Maritime Fusion USA Fusion Seed N/A Compact HTS tokamak for maritime propulsion.
Marvel Fusion Germany Fusion Series B marvelfusion.com Laser fusion using proton-boron fuel (aneutronic).
Moltex Energy UK / Can Fission Series A moltexenergy.com Stable Salt Reactor (SSR); recycling spent CANDU fuel.
Myrrha Belgium Fission Gov / Strategic myrrha.be Accelerator-Driven System (ADS) research reactor.
Naarea France Fission Series A naarea.fr Molten salt fast neutron microreactor (XAMR).
Nano Nuclear Energy USA Fission Public nanonuclearenergy.com Microreactors (ZEUS, ODIN), fuel fabrication, and transport.
Natura Resources USA Fission Seed / Grant naturaresources.org Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) for research and commercial use.
Neo Fusion China Fusion Strategic N/A Hybrid state-private fusion venture.
Newcleo UK / It / Fr Fission Series B newcleo.com Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors (LFR) using MOX fuel from waste.
Novatron Fusion Group * Sweden Fusion Seed novatronfusion.com Stable Magnetic Mirror concept (concave magnetic field).
Nt-tao Israel Fusion Series A nt-tao.com Compact fusion; ultra-fast plasma heating & high density.
NuCube Energy USA Fission Pre-Seed nucube.energy Solid-state fission microreactor (DeccaCell/NuSun).
Oklo USA Fission Public oklo.com Liquid metal cooled fast reactor (Aurora).
Otrera Nuclear Energy France Fission Seed https://www.google.com/search?q=otrera-nuclear.com https://www.google.com/search?q=otrera-nuclear.com
Perpetual Atomics UK Nuclear Battery Seed perpetualatomics.com Americium-based isotopes for space power.
Proxima Fusion Germany Fusion Series A proximafusion.com Quasi-isodynamic stellarator fusion.
Radiant USA Fission Series C radiantnuclear.com Portable microreactor (Kaleidos); TRISO fuel/Helium cooled.
Renaissance Fusion Fr / It Fusion Series A renaissancefusion.com Stellarator with liquid metal walls.
Saltfoss Denmark Fission Seed saltfoss.com Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR) on floating barges.
Seaborg Technologies Denmark Fission Series A seaborg.com Molten Salt Reactors for maritime/floating deployment.
Stargena USA Nuclear Battery Seed stargena.com Radioisotope Power Cell using decay heat.
Startorus Fusion China Fusion Pre-Series A startorus.com Spherical Tokamak fusion.
Steady Energy Finland Fission Seed steadyenergy.com District heating reactor (LDR-50); simple low-pressure design.
TAE Technologies USA Fusion Series G tae.com Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) fusion.
TerraPower USA Fission Private Equity terrapower.com Sodium-cooled fast reactor (Natrium) with molten salt storage.
Terrestrial Energy Canada Fission Series D terrestrialenergy.com Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) for heat and power.
Thorizon Neth / Fr Fission Seed thorizon.com Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) using modular fuel cartridges.
Tokamak Energy UK Fusion Series C tokamakenergy.co.uk Spherical Tokamak with HTS magnets.
Transmutex Switzerland Fission Series A transmutex.com Accelerator-Driven System (ADS) for waste transmutation.
Type One Energy USA Fusion Seed typeoneenergy.com Stellarator fusion using additive manufacturing.
Ultra Safe Nuclear (USNC) USA Fission Late Stage https://www.google.com/search?q=usnc.com Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) using TRISO fuel.
Valar Atomics USA Fission Seed valaratomics.com Gas-cooled SMR for hydrocarbon synthesis.
X-energy USA Fission Series C x-energy.com High-temperature gas reactor (Xe-100) and TRISO fuel fabrication.
Zap Energy USA Fusion Series D zapenergy.com Sheared-flow Z-pinch fusion (no external magnets).
Zeno Power USA Nuclear Battery Series A zenopower.com Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) using Strontium-90.
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