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Everett, WA, USA · Private · zapenergy.com
Sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch
Open roles
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no public job board
Federal awards
$7.8M
2 grants, contracts, loans
Last private raise
$130M
Form D · 2024-07-15
SEC filings
5
latest 2024-07-31
POLICYDOE adds helium to the Critical Material List
DOE added helium to its Critical Material List, citing semiconductors, natural-gas leak testing and quantum computing. Helium also cools fusion magnets and high-temperature gas reactors. Affects Fusion.
+ THESISREGULATORYDOE approves Zap Energy capacitor design and first prototype
The DOE approved two Zap capacitor milestones under the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program: a 35 kV, 50,000 A peak capacitor design projected to last 6 billion pulses, and a 2.8-pound in-house prototype.
zapenergy.com →+ THESISFUNDING · COMPANY ROUNDCompany round: Soros Fund Management (lead) and others$130M
Closed · Series D; company total over $330M
legacy.zapenergy.com →+ THESISFUNDING · SEC FORM Dprivate raise reported (amended)$163M
Offering size $162,610,820
sec.gov →+ THESISFEDERAL AWARDDepartment of Energy grant$999K
Zap energy, inc. control number 2212-1531 bethe project title: sheared flow stabilized z-pinch performance improvement
usaspending.gov →+ THESISFEDERAL AWARDDepartment of Energy grant$6.8M
Zap energy incorporated - new award control number: 1858-1874 project title: electrode technology development for the sheared-flow z-pinch fusion reactor this cooperative agreement
usaspending.gov →+ THESISHow it works
Instead of holding plasma steady, these machines form plasma rings or columns and squeeze them hard and fast, making fusion in repeated pulses. Field-reversed configurations, Z-pinches and magnetized-target designs work this way.
OPEN IN 3D →Others on this approach
ProofCentury platform running repetitive Z-pinch shots with liquid-metal wallsOct 9, 2024legacy.zapenergy.com
NextShow plant systems at power-plant cadence
Supply-chain security
Secured · Contracted · At risk · Unknown — rated only on public evidence; Unknown means nothing has been disclosed.
Sources: company job boards (daily), SEC EDGAR, USAspending.gov, and the reviewed technology spreadsheets. Public records only cover US entities, so foreign companies and private firms that don't file will show gaps.
Money behind this company's projects. Company-wide raises are listed but not counted in totals.
Read from SEC 8-Ks (bankruptcy, default, delisting, restatement, impairment, restructuring), cash runway in annual reports, Form D raises and the 30-day hiring trend. A prompt to look closer, not a credit rating.
No public job board on Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby, so hiring isn't tracked for this company yet.
Companies file a Form D within 15 days of selling shares privately. “Sold” is the amount raised so far in that offering; amended notices (D/A) update earlier ones.
| First sale | Notice | Offered | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-15 | D · filed 2024-07-31 | $130M | $130M |
| 2022-05-24 | D/A · filed 2022-07-06 | $163M | $163M |
| 2022-05-24 | D · filed 2022-06-07 | $161M | $110M |
| 2021-04-20 | D · filed 2021-04-23 | $28M | $25M |
| 2019-08-28 | D · filed 2019-09-09 | $7.2M | $1.1M |
Matched recipient: ZAP ENERGY INC
STEP 2/4 · AT RISK REBCO superconducting tapeHigh-temperature superconducting magnets use a rare-earth barium copper oxide layer.
STEP 3/3 · WATCH Copper-intensive technologiesMagnet coils and stabilizers; also every grid and transmission project.
No minerals, policies or partners linked yet. Add them in the review spreadsheet.
2026-10-07 · regulatory
DOE approves Zap Energy capacitor design and first prototypeThe DOE approved two Zap capacitor milestones under the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program: a 35 kV, 50,000 A peak capacitor design projected to last 6 billion pulses, and a 2.8-pound in-house prototype.Only Form D notices on file (shown at left).