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Energy is one of the six America 2030 sectors. A wave of nuclear startups is racing to build the firm power the AI era demands, but nearly all of them depend on fuel someone else has to supply. We invest across the firm-power stack, and we lean into the bottleneck everyone else is building around: the fuel.
Why now
Everyone is building reactors. Almost no one is making the fuel.
HALEU
The high-assay low-enriched uranium that most advanced reactors need. Supply has been dominated by Russia, and domestic capacity is only beginning to be built.
Firm power
AI data centers need power that runs around the clock, not when the weather allows. The demand has moved from renewables narratives to gigawatts that are actually dispatchable.
A wave of nuclear startups has moved faster than almost anyone expected, helped by executive action to accelerate US nuclear and by the surge in AI data-center power demand. Small modular reactors, microreactors, and fusion are all racing toward deployment. But nearly every one of them depends on enriched fuel that someone else has to supply, and with this many reactors being built at once, that fuel becomes the real bottleneck. High-assay low-enriched uranium in particular has been dominated by Russia, and Western capacity is only now being built. We invest across the firm-power stack that the AI era requires, advanced nuclear, grid-scale storage, and the power infrastructure data centers demand, but we lean into the layer everyone else is building around. That is why we have backed companies working on the fuel itself, including NewCleo, which is pursuing both reactor and recycled MOX fuel technology, rather than betting only on who builds the next reactor. We treat that focus as the thesis, not a hedge.
Sub-sector map
Energy, mapped from the reactor to the fuel that runs it.
America 2030 tracks energy across five clusters: advanced nuclear, grid and storage, battery materials, and AI data-center power, all built around the one we lean into hardest, the nuclear fuel that every reactor depends on.
Advanced Nuclear
The reactor race: SMRs, microreactors, and fusion.
Grid & Storage
Firm, dispatchable power for a reliable grid.
Battery Materials
The materials and recycling behind energy storage.
AI Data-Center Power
Powering the compute buildout, around the clock.
Nuclear Fuel — where we lean in
Every reactor needs fuel someone has to supply. This is the bottleneck, and our emphasis.
Company reports
The reactor race, and the fuel underneath it.
We invest across the firm-power stack the AI era demands, and we lean hardest into the bottleneck every reactor shares: the fuel.
The fuel bottleneck, where we lean in
NewCleo
Reactor and recycled MOX fuel in one: closing the fuel loop by running on spent-fuel-derived material.
Research →General Matter
Domestic HALEU enrichment, built to end the Russian and Chinese hold on advanced-reactor fuel.
Research inside →The reactor race
TerraPower
Sodium-cooled fast reactor with integrated storage, one of the most advanced US SMR programs.
Research →Aalo
Mass-manufactured microreactors aimed at data centers and cities, targeting 3¢ per kWh.
Research →Valar Atomics
High-temperature gas microreactors in a clustered gigasite model, first startup to reach criticality.
Research inside →Radiant Nuclear
Portable microreactors for remote and off-grid power, factory-built and truck-transportable.
Research inside →Last Energy
Small modular plants sold as a standardized product, aimed at fast, repeatable deployment.
Research inside →Commonwealth Fusion
High-field tokamak fusion out of MIT, targeting the first commercially relevant net-energy machine.
Research inside →Grid, storage & data-center power
Crusoe
Turning stranded and waste gas into behind-the-meter power for AI data centers.
Research →Form Energy
Iron-air multi-day storage, holding power for days rather than hours to firm up the grid.
Research inside →Base Power
Distributed home battery power, building a virtual power plant across the grid edge.
Research inside →Redwood Materials
Domestic battery recycling and materials, reshoring the supply chain behind energy storage.
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- Coverage spans advanced nuclear, nuclear fuel, storage, and firm power for data centers.
- Access is available through America 2030 or single-name SPVs when open.
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A wave of nuclear startups is racing to build reactors, but nearly all of them depend on enriched fuel someone else has to supply. With this many reactors being built at once, the fuel becomes the real bottleneck, high-assay low-enriched uranium in particular, where Western supply is only now being built. We invest across the firm-power stack, but we lean into the fuel layer, because that is where the constraint, and the durable position, sits.
- Most advanced reactors depend on externally supplied enriched fuel.
- HALEU supply has been dominated by Russia; domestic capacity is early.
- We back the fuel layer alongside the reactors, not only the reactors.
HALEU, high-assay low-enriched uranium, is the fuel most advanced reactors and microreactors are designed to run on. It has been enriched to a higher level than conventional reactor fuel, and until recently supply was dominated by Russia. Building Western HALEU capacity is now a national priority, which makes domestic enrichment one of the highest-leverage positions in the entire nuclear buildout.
- HALEU is the fuel next-generation reactors and microreactors require.
- Supply has been concentrated in Russia, creating a strategic bottleneck.
- Domestic enrichment capacity is early, capital-intensive, and strategically critical.
Our energy coverage spans the fuel layer (NewCleo, pursuing reactor and recycled MOX fuel; General Matter, domestic HALEU enrichment), the reactor race (TerraPower, Aalo, Valar Atomics, Radiant Nuclear, Last Energy, and fusion pioneer Commonwealth Fusion), and firm power for the grid and AI data centers (Crusoe, Form Energy, Base Power, Redwood Materials).
- Fuel: NewCleo (reactor + MOX) and General Matter (HALEU enrichment).
- Reactors: TerraPower, Aalo, Valar Atomics, Radiant, Last Energy, Commonwealth Fusion.
- Grid, storage, and data-center power: Crusoe, Form Energy, Base Power, Redwood Materials.
Many of the leading SMR and microreactor companies are still private, including TerraPower, Aalo, Valar Atomics, Radiant Nuclear, and Last Energy. IPO CLUB covers them and provides access for accredited investors through America 2030 or single-name SPVs when an allocation is open. We pair reactor exposure with the fuel layer those reactors depend on.
- Leading SMR and microreactor names remain private.
- Access is available to accredited investors via America 2030 or SPVs when open.
- We deliberately pair reactor exposure with fuel-layer exposure.
AI data centers need power that runs around the clock, which has shifted the energy conversation from intermittent renewables toward firm, dispatchable power: advanced nuclear, multi-day storage, and behind-the-meter generation. That demand is a major reason nuclear and grid-firming technologies are attracting capital now, and it is central to how we think about the sector.
- AI compute needs continuous, dispatchable power, not intermittent supply.
- This favors advanced nuclear, multi-day storage, and firm generation.
- Companies like Crusoe target power directly for data-center compute.
A single-name SPV gives concentrated exposure to one company, so the outcome depends entirely on that company. America 2030 spreads exposure across many companies in Energy and five other sectors, Defense, AI Infrastructure, Robotics, Critical Minerals, and Space, trading concentration for diversification. No energy single-name is open right now; America 2030 is the route open today.
- Single-name SPVs concentrate risk and return in one company.
- America 2030 spreads exposure across Energy and five other sectors.
- Neither approach removes the underlying illiquidity and loss risk of private investing.
Pre-IPO investments are speculative, illiquid, and involve the risk of total loss. Energy and nuclear companies carry added exposure to long development timelines, heavy capital requirements, licensing and regulatory approval, and dependence on policy and fuel supply. These investments are suitable only for accredited investors and qualified purchasers who can bear a complete loss of capital.
- Pre-IPO investments are speculative, illiquid, and can result in total loss.
- Nuclear adds licensing, regulatory, capital-intensity, and fuel-supply risk.
- Suitable only for accredited investors and qualified purchasers who can bear a complete loss.
America 2030 has a minimum investment of $50,000. Minimums for single-name SPVs vary by deal, depending on availability and secondary supply at the time, and are confirmed inside the Data Room for each live allocation.
- America 2030 minimum investment: $50,000.
- Single-name SPV minimums vary by deal and are confirmed inside the Data Room.
- Availability is subject to secondary supply at the time of investment.
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