16 university spinouts to watch, according to VCs

Turn2X converts renewable electricity and CO2 into e-Methane, a molecule chemically identical to fossil gas that runs through the infrastructure Europe already has. First Momentum invested at pre-seed and has now followed on into its €20M Series A.

Private fusion has raised $14.2 billion and still hasn't delivered a single net watt to the grid. The physics is on schedule, as the 1950s predicted, but manufacturing is not. What's missing? Short answer: the factory.

What determines a first-round raise? Most happens before the pitch. Get insights from a VC investor and three founders who built $16m Series A materials startups or $30m Series B electric drive companies.