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Realta Fusion targets commercial fusion energy production within next decade

May 15, 2025

Madison-based Realta Fusion has raised $36 million in a Series A investment round and is targeting the mid-2030s for commercial fusion energy production, WisBusiness reports. Several investors joined the round, including the Wisconsin Alumni Research …

Posted in Funding, News, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Clean Energy, Environmental engineering, Research

Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor

May 13, 2025

Some fusion companies might be hitting a rough patch, but Realta Fusion is bucking the trend with a new fundraising round it says will allow it to finalize the design of its Anvil prototype reactor. …

Posted in Funding, News, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Clean Energy, Environmental engineering, Research

Capturing attention

April 22, 2025

Bu Wang didn’t set out to launch a carbon-capture company that would attract millions of dollars from major climate-focused investment firms. In the pre-pandemic days of 2019, the associate professor of civil and environmental engineering …

Posted in Funding, News, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Environmental engineering, Research, Sustainability

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