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New cash for “micro-fusion” startup

Ben Geman reports on a new micro-fusion energy startup.

The C3 Take
  • Avalanche Energy has received $40 million in Series A funding from Founders Fund and Toyota Ventures.
  • The company makes micro-fusion reactors which Avalanche says are able to be more affordably deployed and scaled which would theoretically speed up its commercialization.
  • If successful, this technology could unlock the way for the deployment of fusion energy.

“‘We want to build the smallest fusion reactor in the world. Then we’re talking about a project that’s maybe tens of millions of dollars, not billions, and you could actually do it with a small team,'” Avalanche CEO Robin Langtry tells the paper.”

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