Nuclear startups defy climate tech slump with record funding for 2025

Some of the European founders behind this year's nuclear funding record. Names listed at bottom of the article. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop
29 Sept 2025
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Some of the European founders behind this year's nuclear funding record. Names listed at bottom of the article. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop
Nuclear energy startups have defied the overall downturn in climate tech funding and raised more venture capital this year than ever before.

The uptick coincides with an increased private and public investment focus on energy security – a potential selling point of both nuclear fission and fusion.

We crunched the data to unveil Europe’s rising nuclear stars.

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