Commonwealth Fusion

company

About

Commonwealth Fusion is an MIT spinoff research company that focuses on bringing fusion energy technology to market.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$1.80B
Industries
Clean Energy,Electrical Distribution,Energy,Environmental Engineering,Renewable Energy
Founded date
Jan 1, 2017
Number Of Employee
251 - 500
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC
Also Known As
Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Commonwealth Fusion is a research company that develops energy through an inexhaustible power plant. It uses rare-earth barium copper oxide superconductor technology to develop energy. They combine proven physics backed by decades of government-funded fusion research with a revolutionary superconducting magnet technology to accelerate the path to commercial fusion energy

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is on track to bring fusion energy technology to the market. CFS was spun out of MIT and is collaborating with MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center to leverage decades of research combined with the innovation and speed of the private sector. Supported by the investors in breakthrough energy technologies, the CFS team is uniquely positioned to deliver the fastest path to commercial fusion energy.

Commonwealth Fusion began operation in 2017, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$1.99B
Commonwealth Fusion has raised a total of $1.99B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 1, 2021 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 1, 2021 Series B $1.80B 30 Tiger Global Management Detail
May 26, 2020 Series A $84M 13 Temasek Holdings Detail
Jun 27, 2019 Series A $115M 10 Breakthrough Energy Ventures Detail
Jun 17, 2019 Seed 1 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
0
Commonwealth Fusion has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 10, 2020, when Topicals raised $2.60M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Aug 10, 2020 Topicals
Seed $2.60M Beauty

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
36
Commonwealth Fusion is funded by 36 investors. Tiger Global Management and Bill Gates are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Tiger Global Management Yes Series B
Bill Gates Series B
Breakthrough Energy Ventures Series B
Coatue Series B
DFJ Growth Series B
Emerson Collective Series B
Eni Series B
Equinor Ventures Series B
Fine Structure Venture Series B
FootPrint Coalition Series B

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
11
Commonwealth Fusion has 11 current employee profiles, including Executive Robert Mumgaard
Executive
Executive
Executive
Employee
Employee