5/27/2026
SPRIND PARTICIPATES IN FOCUSED ENERGY'S FINANCING ROUND
The Darmstadt-based laser fusion company receives $240 million from German and international investors
In addition to the Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation SPRIND, the investors include RWE, the European Innovation Council Fund, the Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen, Futury Capitaland the previous lead investor, Prime Movers Lab.
The oversubscribed round attracted not only financially strong investors from Germany, Europe, Asia, and the Gulf region - including potential buyers of fusion energy - but also capital providers willing to fund the entire construction phase through to a fusion power plant.
Fusion energy is entering a new era in Germany and Europe. It is now about how we can effectively translate our scientific excellence and industrial strength in fusion technology - prioritized by the German High-Tech Agenda - into industrial value creation,
explains Thomas Forner, co-founder and CEO of Focused Energy.
Focused Energy is making a long-term commitment to Europe, with a clear focus on Germany and particularly Hesse as the central location for industrial implementation.
Focused Energy’s new capital is to be invested into the former RWE power plant site in Biblis, Hesse. By utilizing the existing infrastructure at the Biblis site and RWE’s power plant expertise, the development of fusion systems will significantly accelerate, and will lead to the establishment of a new leading industry in Hesse.
Building the first commercial fusion reactor is the most important moonshot mission of the 21st century. We want to prove that breakthrough innovations capable of significantly improving our lives can originate in Germany. This requires the successful collaboration of science, government, startups, and industry. This financing round is an impressive blueprint for exactly that.
Focused Energy is a German American fusion company headquartered in Darmstadt, with offices in Berlin, Austin, and San Francisco. Founded in 2021 as a spin-off of Technical University Darmstadt, the company develops laser-based fusion technology with the goal of making clean, safe, and virtually inexhaustible energy industrially usable.
The goal is to transfer fusion technology from research into industrial application in Germany and to build the world’s first laser fusion power plant in Biblis together with partners from industry and science by the mid-2030s.
As the world’s leading company in laser fusion, Focused Energy pursues a consistently industry-oriented approach: building on decades of international fusion research and the technological expertise of its founders, the company combines scientific excellence with the speed and scalability of a privately financed high-tech company. With a team of more than 160 leading scientists and engineers from over 20 nations, Focused Energy is driving the development toward the first commercial laser fusion power plant and is playing a key role in shaping the build-up of a new fusion industry ecosystem.
Further information: focused-energy.co
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