Zap Energy

Energy · Seattle, US

Nuclear fusion energy startup developing a Z-pinch fusion reactor.

Founders

Benj Conway (United Kingdom · ♂) — A former British diplomat and frontier-markets investor, he teamed up with University of Washington fusion physicists to commercialize their sheared-flow Z-pinch research as Zap Energy.
Uri Shumlak (United States · ♂) — A plasma physics professor whose decades of sheared-flow Z-pinch research at the University of Washington became the scientific foundation of Zap Energy's fusion approach.
Brian A. Nelson (United States · ♂) — A plasma physics researcher of 35+ years at the University of Washington who co-founded Zap Energy to turn the FuZE experiment into a compact fusion device.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Jun 2022	Series C Zap Energy, a US nuclear-fusion startup, raised an oversubscribed $160M Series C led by Lowercarbon Capital, with Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Shell Ventures and others.	$160M

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