Nuclear Startup Transatomic Power Lands $2 Million for Research and Testing

摘要

Transatomic Power wants to build a new type of nuclear reactor, an endeavor that could take many years and hundreds of millions of dollars. Today, the startup is announcing that it's landed a venture investor-Founders Fund-willing to bankroll one early step in the journey. Cambridge, MA-based Transatomic has raised $2 million from FF Science, a portion of Founders Fund's $1 billion investment pool that is targeted at science-and engineering-based companies. Transatomic, which was started by two former MIT nuclear engineering students, previously raised about $1.5 million, mostly from angel investors.