Advancing positron production technology for use in non-destructive testing and in-space propulsion.
Physicists Dr. Ryan Weed and Joshua Machacek conceived of a company that would enhance positron production and storage technologies during their doctoral research at the Australian National University. Bala Ramamurthy, Dr. Sean Casey and Mike Barrucco – engineers with experience in aerospace engineering projects, scientific equipment development and project management joined the Positron Dynamics team in 2012. Breakout Labs, part of the Thiel foundation, provided initial funding for their efforts in 2012. Positron Dynamics has patents in positron moderation techniques.
Physicists Dr. Ryan Weed and Joshua Machacek conceived of a company that would enhance positron production and storage technologies during their doctoral research at the Australian National University. Bala Ramamurthy, Dr. Sean Casey and Mike Barrucco – engineers with experience in aerospace engineering projects, scientific equipment development and project management joined the Positron Dynamics team in 2012. Breakout Labs, part of the Thiel foundation, provided initial funding for their efforts in 2012. Positron Dynamics has patents in positron moderation techniques.
Location: United States, California, Livermore
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $350K
Founded date: 2012
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Breakout L... | breakoutla... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.04.2012 | Grant | $350K | - |
Mentions in press and media 4
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.03.2021 | Antimatter rocket is a future spacecraft that could reach the speed of 72 million miles per hour | Last July, NASA successfully launched the Mars Perseverance rover into space. After traveling for 203 days and 300 million miles at the speed of about 24,600 miles per hour, NASA Perseverance Rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. Today... |
| 29.04.2012 | Positron Dynamics Receives $350K Grant | Positron Dynamics, a company that focuses on enhancing the production and collection of positrons, a class of elementary particles with several applications, received an up to $350k grant from the Thiel Foundation. The foundation awarded th... |
| 17.04.2012 | Peter Thiel’s Breakout Labs Awards $350K Each To Six Ambitious Biotech Startups | While most of us are still reeling in shock after last week’s one billion Instagram buy, Peter Thiel — through both Founders Fund and the Thiel Foundation — is leading the charge into a future where humans don’t age or suffer from cancer, a... |
| 17.04.2012 | Peter Thiel's Breakout Labs funds 6 startups $350k each | PayPal co-founder, tech investment guru, looks at bringing more VC to biotech innovations As Silicon Valley continues to search for the fastest Wi-Fi chip or the thinnest smartphone, one of the biggest investors in social networking and new... |