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 $1mm-$3mm in seed-stage companies reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and computing.

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Portfolio

Groundbreaking space propulsion at one-third of competitors’ costs.

Advanced materials revolutionizing plastics manufacturing.

Cutting-Edge Semiconductor Manufacturing.

Hybrid AI-physics models to reduce R&D costs by a factor of ten.

Brain upgrades to measurably improve cognitive performance.

Lifelike AI personas extending human capability beyond imagination.

Gene therapy to cure complex diseases of aging.

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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

Forbes — July 18, 2019

Startup That Wants To Ferry Spacecraft Into Deep Space Raises $25.5m

Silicon Valley-based startup Momentus announced that it had raised $25.5 million in Series A funding towards its novel “space tug” concept – and hopes to launch its spacecraft for the first time in 2020.

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.