Fusion power. No magnets required. Sheared-flow stabilized Z-pinch is the most promising path to energy breakeven.
Location: United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $317.5M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Lowercarbo... | lowercarbo... |
| 20.05.2021 | Energy Imp... | energyimpa... |
| 12.07.2022 | DCVC | dcvc.com/ |
| - | MCMA Ventu... | mcma.ventu... |
| 28.07.2022 | Breakthrou... | breakthrou... |
| - | Fourth Rea... | fourthreal... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.10.2024 | Series D | $130M | - |
| 09.07.2022 | Series C | $160M | - |
| 19.05.2021 | Series B | $27.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.10.2024 | Zap Energy: $130 Million (Series D) Raised To Build A Scalable Fusion Energy Platform | Zap Energy announced it started operations of Century, its new high-rep-rate, liquid-metal-cooled fusion test platform. It closed $130 million of fresh capital, marking significant steps toward a commercial fusion power plant. Century is th... |
| 03.11.2022 | Digital commoditisation will lower cost of electricity | John Sanei, author, trend specialist and Singularity University faculty member. Technology is playing an increasingly important role in the commoditisation of products and services. The phenomenon dubbed “digital commoditisation” has led to... |
| 02.10.2022 | The biological theory that explains why investors are bullish on fusion | For decades, the answer to when fusion power would arrive was like the punchline to an oft-repeated joke — it was always 10 or 20 years away. Now, it might actually be on the cusp of commercialization. No, really. If that refrain sounds all... |
| 19.07.2022 | Google, Chevron back a $250 million investment in nuclear fusion startup TAE Technologies to generate unlimited carbon-free energy | Google and Chevron have joined a $250 million funding TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion startup developing commercial fusion power to generate unlimited carbon-free energy, the company announced today. The latest round brings the total rai... |
| 25.06.2022 | Zap Energy зажгла в прототипе термоядерного реактора нового поколения FuZE-Q первую плазму | 22.06.2022 До термоядерных станций и космических кораблей с термоядерным двигателем ещё далеко, но 22 июня Zap Energy выпустила пресс релиз о том, что компания первый раз зажгла плазму в реакторе FuZE-Q, построенном на принципе Z-pinch. На ... |
| 22.06.2022 | Zap Energy nets $160M Series C to advance its lightning-in-a-bottle fusion tech | Fusion startup Zap Energy has reached two milestones that could nudge it ahead in the race to offer low-cost, carbon-free energy — a $160 million Series C round and a successful test of a prototype fusion reactor that could pave the way to ... |
| 22.06.2022 | More funding for fusion: Seattle startup lands $160M and reveals technology breakthrough | Zap Energy’s co-founders, left to right: Chief Technology Officer Brian A Nelson, President Benj Conway, and Chief Science Officer Uri Shumlak. (Zap Energy Photo) The news: Seattle-area startup Zap Energy is edging closer to the promise of ... |
| 20.05.2021 | Zap Energy Raises $27.5M in Series B | SEATTLE, WA, Zap Energy has raised $27.5 million in Series B funding led by Addition. >> Click here for more funding data on Zap Energy >> To export Zap Energy funding data to PDF and Excel, click here Zap Energy, a pione... |
| 19.05.2021 | Zap Energy : Raises $27.5 Million to Advance Reactor Technology | Zap Energy, a pioneer in fusion energy technology, today announced that it has raised $27.5 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Addition, with participation from Energy Impact Partners, GA Capital and Fourth Realm, as well as ... |
| 19.05.2021 | Seattle startup Zap Energy lands $27.5M to build commercial fusion reactor without magnets | (Zap Energy Photo) New funding: Zap Energy raised a $27.5 million Series B round to fuel development of its fusion reactor that “can become one of the key enablers for a sustainable global energy future,” according to its CEO Benji Conway. ... |
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