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Prime Movers Lab

Founders Dakin Sloss

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Total investments 59
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$33M
Portfolio companies 40
Rounds per year 9.83
Lead investments 15
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.32
Exits 1
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Aerospace
  • Biotechnology
  • Transportation
  • Health Care
  • Energy
Summary

In 2018 was created Prime Movers Lab, which is appeared as VC. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. Prime Movers Lab seemed to be an CVC arrangement as part of the organization. The main department of described VC is located in the Jackson.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2019.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7-8 participants. Despite the Prime Movers Lab, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, One Way Ventures, Mountain Nazca. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, Mountain Nazca, Liquid 2 Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, University of Wyoming Foundation, Quiet Capital.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Momentus For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Aerospace, Transportation.

The fund was created by Dakin Sloss.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Carbon Capture

Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
$80M12 Mar 2024 Pasadena, California, United States

Zafrens

Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Life Science
$23M11 Dec 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Lyten

Advanced Materials
Manufacturing
$200M12 Sep 2023 San Jose, California, United States

Dalan Animal Health

Biotechnology
Health Care
$4M27 Jun 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States

Focused Energy

Energy
Laser
$11M22 Jun 2023 -

Paradromics

Health Care
Medical Device
Neuroscience
$50M18 May 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Robust.AI

Robotics
Software
$20M20 Apr 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Dimension Inx

3D Printing
Biotechnology
Medical
Medical Device
$12M01 Feb 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Spartan Radar

Automotive
Industrial Automation
$17M31 Jan 2023 Los Alamitos, California, United States
News
Space Perspective raises $40M for balloons that can take people into space

– Space Perspective has raised $40m so it can give space tourists a gentle ride to the edge of space by attaching vehicles to giant space balloons.
– The company has already sold out its initial reservations for $125,000 for a six-hour flight.
– Billed as the world’s first luxury spaceflight experience, Cape Canaveral-based Space Perspective argues that you can enjoy the thrill of space exploration without having to endure a multi-g-force ride on a rocket.
– Instead, a balloon the size of a football stadium will take you up gently to the edge of the atmosphere, 20 miles above the Earth.
– There, you can snap pictures that show the view of Earth from space, including the curvature of the planet.
– VC firm Prime Movers Lab led the round with additional participation from existing and new investors.

Elevian Raises $40M Series A

– Elevian, an emerging biotech company developing medicines that restore youthful regenerative capacity with the potential to treat and prevent multiple age-related diseases, has raised $40m in an oversubscribed Series A round.
– The round was led by Prime Movers Lab.
– Additional investors include Bold Capital, Leslie Ventures, John A Kuelbs Family Office and others.

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Total investments 59
Average round size 33M
Rounds per year 9.83
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 15
Follow on index 0.32
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.76

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Carbon Capture

Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
$80M12 Mar 2024 Pasadena, California, United States

Zafrens

Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Life Science
$23M11 Dec 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Lyten

Advanced Materials
Manufacturing
$200M12 Sep 2023 San Jose, California, United States

Dalan Animal Health

Biotechnology
Health Care
$4M27 Jun 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States

Focused Energy

Energy
Laser
$11M22 Jun 2023 -

Paradromics

Health Care
Medical Device
Neuroscience
$50M18 May 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Robust.AI

Robotics
Software
$20M20 Apr 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Dimension Inx

3D Printing
Biotechnology
Medical
Medical Device
$12M01 Feb 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Spartan Radar

Automotive
Industrial Automation
$17M31 Jan 2023 Los Alamitos, California, United States
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