Funding Breakthrough Scientific Startups

Prime Movers Lab invests in breakthrough scientific startups founded by Prime Movers, the inventors who transform billions of lives. We invest in seed-stage companies reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and computing.

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Portfolio

Groundbreaking space propulsion to enable in-space transportation.

Industrial solar heat available at the same price as natural gas.

Indoor vertical farming using aquaponics to be the lowest cost producer.

COVID-19 diagnostic and vaccine to end the pandemic.

Autonomous electric airplanes for agricultural aerial application.

Advanced nano-structuring revolutionizing cooling and textiles products.

Cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing tools.

Our Portfolio

Team

We offer Prime Movers comprehensive resources and integrated coaching to support the transformation of world-class technical experts into extraordinary executives. Our team has developed in-depth academic scientific research, commercialized novel intellectual property, scaled significant enterprises, and mentored renowned scientists on their entrepreneurial journey.

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Featured News

The Wall Street Journal — January 29, 2020

New Venture Firm Prime Movers Lab Focuses on Science Tech for Physical World

Prime Movers Lab has raised its first fund, a $100 million vehicle that will target early-stage startups developing new and emerging science-based technologies.

Blog — March 17, 2019

Founders Are Our Customers: How We Serve Prime Movers

Although most investors tout a founder-friendly approach, few follow through on this lofty ambition. This post explains how we at Prime Movers Lab partner with Prime Movers, the creators of breakthrough scientific inventions, to commercialize their technologies and transform billions of lives. Most importantly, we view and treat the founders of our current and potential portfolio companies as customers.