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Blue Energy Secures $45M to Make Clean, Reliable Nuclear Power Commercially Viable
Blue Energy, a nuclear power plant company, emerged from stealth with a $45 million Series A fundraise co-led by Engine Ventures and At One Ventures, with investment from Angular Ventures, Tamarack Global, Propeller Ventures, Starlight Ventures, and Nucleation Capital. Blue Energy also introduced its modular nuclear power plant that can be centrally manufactured in existing shipyards. Shipyard manufacturing reduces the cost and build time of deploying nuclear power safely, making nuclear power economically competitive with fossil fuels and renewables. The funding will be used to advance Blue Energy’s core engineering work and site development, and secure additional partners.
The AI datacenter and manufacturing boom has emphasized the demand for reliable, clean electricity in the U.S. and the world. To decarbonize and grow electricity production while maintaining energy affordability and security, the global energy generation mix must include more nuclear power. However, new nuclear plant construction projects face multi-year delays and exorbitant costs. While there have been exciting advancements in nuclear reactor technology, reactors make up less than 10% of the cost of nuclear power plants; over 90% of the cost comes from construction and regulatory challenges in the rest of the plant. Blue Energy’s innovation is a modular, reactor-agnostic power plant architecture to house the next generation of nuclear reactors. Blue Energy’s power plants use centralized shipyard manufacturing to dramatically reduce the capital costs from $10K/kW to $2K/kW and shrink build times from 10 years to 2 years.
Blue Energy is reactor agnostic, partnering with reactor vendors and designing modular power plants to house them. By partnering with reactor vendors, Blue Energy can leverage existing regulatory progress to further accelerate the time to market for their modular nuclear power plant.
TEMO raises €6 million!
TEMO, the French specialist in electric motors for boats, has completed a €6 million Series A financing round with the US impact fund At One Ventures, the Ecotechnologies 2 fund, managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance as part of the France 2030 programme, and business angels.
Thanks to this first round of Series A funding, the company will be able to accelerate the development of its range. The company’s ambition is to add three new power units to its catalogue by 2027, so that the entire fleet of small sailing yachts and recreational craft can be powered electrically. TEMO’s cutting-edge technology enables boaters to enjoy clean, quiet, smooth sailing, while complying with current and future regulations.
Evove closes ÂŁ5.7 million funding round to accelerate growth and scale-up of the next generation of filtration membranes
UK technology business Evove has today announced the completion of a funding round of ÂŁ5.7 million. Capital was injected by existing investors and two new international specialist investors from climate-tech and additive manufacturing venture funds, alongside continued support from existing investors. The round was led by At One Ventures, backers of high growth companies using disruptive deep tech to upend the unit economics of established and emerging industries while dramatically reducing their planetary footprint.