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A comment on Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft. Parent comment

Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by ramraj07 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @03:54PM (#35892614)
It doesn’t seem to be improving through Silicon Valley VC money though. Name one SV funded biotech startup. Ginkgo is cool though.
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Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by s1artibartfast on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @05:32PM (#35893825)
BioNTech's mRNA vaccine technology is a pretty great example of a VC funded startup success story that had huge impact and profit.

If you want to constrain your question to Silicon Valley specifically

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Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by ramraj07 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:32AM (#35897539)
I did make the SV (especially YC) VC funding distinction. Biotech has long been funded by VC money and while not perfect it worked better than what is happening now. I was particularly a fan of 3rd Rock ventures, their investments all followed (in my opinion) the most scientifically sound ideas.
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