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Google backs German startup Proxima Fusion aiming for Europe\'s first commercial fusion power plant
Google has invested in German startup Proxima Fusion, which is aiming to build Europe’s first commercial nuclear fusion power plant. Proxima Fusion said it closed a 411 million euro funding round, valuing the company at $2.7 billion. The round was led by XTX Ventures and EastX Ventures, with RWE and Google as strategic investors. The company is developing a stellarator and targets an early-2030s demonstration plant and a commercial facility later in the decade.
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Desktop fusion device achieves 11 million-degree plasma milestone toward commercialisation
U.S. fusion startup Avalanche said it has generated plasma of about 11 million degrees Celsius in a desktop-sized prototype, reaching a temperature close to the sun’s core. The company said this clears a key technical threshold for fusion, though it does not mean net energy production. Avalanche is pursuing a small, low-cost system and said it has raised less than $50 million to reach this stage. The result has not been peer reviewed.
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Fusion startup listing rush sparks industry split, with concerns it is too soon and results must come first
Investment appetite in the fusion energy industry continues, but divisions are sharpening over when companies should go public and how they should pursue monetisation. Fusion startups raised about $1.6 billion in the past 12 months, but opinions differ on whether firms should list before reaching the “scientific breakeven” milestone. Debate has centred on TAE Technologies and General Fusion, which have unveiled merger-based listing plans.
