Prime Movers Lab
Jackson, Wyoming · Invests in US; Europe · Website
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Prime Movers Lab partners with serial entrepreneurs building breakthrough scientific companies that tackle the world's biggest problems. We believe the best venture partners provide operational excellence, technical expertise, and hands-on support—not just capital. We invest in companies reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and agriculture.
Likely not a fit for
We avoid consumer applications, pure software, companies pre-science validation, first-time founders without track record, and purely financial engineering plays.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $1.2B
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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Fort Robotics provides safety and security solutions for smart machines and autonomous systems, offering a range of products including remote controls and safety controllers for industrial applications.
Lyten is a supermaterial applications company unleashing extraordinary possibilities in our journey to net zero and beyond. The company specializes in Lyten 3D Graphene, a novel decarbonization supermaterial that enhances various industries, including electric vehicles with sustainable Lithium-Sulfur batteries.
Boom Supersonic is building the world’s fastest airliner, the Overture, optimized for speed, safety, and sustainability, while also developing Superpower natural gas turbines for AI data centers.
Axiom Space is the leading provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure. We operate end-to-end missions to the ISS while developing its successor, Axiom Station, and building next-generation spacesuits for low-Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond.
Tarana Wireless is a technology company that has developed the next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) platform, designed to deliver reliable, high-speed broadband services efficiently. Their products, including the G1 and G2 base nodes, enable service providers to offer fiber-class broadband over wireless connections, addressing the digital divide and enhancing competition in the broadband market.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is the world's largest and leading commercial fusion energy company, focused on developing high-temperature superconducting magnets to enable the transition to clean, abundant fusion energy.
E-Space is creating an entirely new suite of global capabilities to improve lives, business efficiencies and build a smarter planet through innovative satellite technology and connectivity solutions.
Pyka.com offers free branded templates to engage customers through the GoDaddy app.
Focused Energy provides engineered solutions across various sectors, specializing in control systems and data acquisition systems, with extensive experience in product development and systems integration.
Paradromics is creating data-driven, BCI-based therapies for untreatable brain-health conditions. Our core technology is a brain-computer interface (BCI) platform engineered for longevity and real-time data processing.
Recent activity
- Apr 2026
Satori Neuro
Series C · Participated
- Oct 2025
Redwood Materials
Series E · Lead
- Sep 2025
Colossal Biosciences
Series C · Lead
- Aug 2025
FORT Robotics
Series B · Lead
- Jul 2025
Lyten
Series C · Participated
- Jun 2025
Quantum Space
Series A · Lead
- Aug 2024
Boom Supersonic
Series B · Lead
Prime Movers Lab in the news
Value Research
Vaxxinity Inc. Class A (VAXX) Shareholding Pattern – Promoters, FIIs & DIIs
10 days ago
PA Media
Humanoid Raises $152 Million at $1.35 Billion Post-Money Valuation, Becoming Europe's First Pure-Play Humanoid Robotics Unicorn
1 month ago
Business Wire
Humanoid Raises $152 Million at $1.35 Billion Post-Money Valuation, Becoming Europe's First Pure-Play Humanoid Robotics Unicorn
1 month ago
marketscreener.com
SKL Robotics LTD announced that it has received $152 million in funding from Aglaé Ventures, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital Co., Ltd., Prime Movers Lab LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH, Schaeffler AG
1 month ago
Startup Fortune
London startup Humanoid becomes Europe's first humanoid robotics unicorn
1 month ago
Finimize
Robotics Startup Humanoid Joins The Billion-Dollar Physical AI Club
1 month ago
Tech.eu
UK robotics startup Humanoid hits $1.35B valuation with $152M Series A
1 month ago
Forbes
Humanoid Raises $152 Million At $1.35 Billion Valuation: Europe’s Newest Robot Unicorn
1 month ago
EU-Startups
New Unicorn! Humanoid secures €133 million at €1.1 billion valuation to scale industrial robotics and physical AI
1 month ago
Reuters
Robotics startup Humanoid raises $152 million Series A round at $1.35 billion valuation
1 month ago
SiliconANGLE
Humanoid raises $152M at $1.35B valuation to bring human-like robots into factories
1 month ago
MLQ.ai
Focused Energy Raises $240M Series A for Laser Fusion, Largest in Industry
3 months ago
The Tech Buzz
Focused Energy Lands $240M Series A for Laser Fusion Power
3 months ago
Axios
Corgi hits $2.6B, $240M for laser fusion, and a Bach to Rock acquisition
3 months ago
Business Wire
Focused Energy Raises $240 Million in Series A Financing
3 months ago
pulse2.com
The Path: $14.3 Million Seed Raised For AI Therapy Platform Focused On Proactive Mental Health Care
3 months ago
FinSMEs
The Path Raises $14.3M in Seed Funding
3 months ago
TechCrunch
The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy
3 months ago
PR Newswire
The Path Raises $14.3M in Seed Funding to Redefine Mental Health Care
3 months ago
The Business Journals
Ashburn startup Overview Energy strikes deal with Meta to beam solar power from space
4 months ago
PR Newswire
Prime Movers Lab Raises $245 Million Early-Stage Fund to Advance Breakthrough Science Startups
Jul 2023
Via Satellite
Prime Movers Lab Invests $15M in Quantum Space
Dec 2022
Payload Space
Quantum Space Raises $15M
Dec 2022
SpaceNews
Quantum Space Receives $15 Million Investment from Prime Movers Lab
Dec 2022
Forbes
Prime Movers Lab Raises A $500 Million Early Growth Fund To Invest In Breakthrough Science
Sep 2022
Institutional Investor
Prime Movers Lab’s New Fund Attracted Bill Ackman and Dmitry Balyasny. Its Founder Says SPAC Mergers Are Coming.
Feb 2021
CNBC
Prime Movers Lab's Dakin Sloss on what he's investing in during the pandemic
Oct 2020
Crunchbase
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