At the 2025 Angel Investment Conference held recently, as a representative in the field of hard & core science and technology, founder and chief scientist of Startorus Fusion Tan Yi shared the company’s breakthrough in the field of controllable nuclear fusion. With the theme of “Gathering Early Investment and Lighting the Future of Science and Technology Creation”, the conference was co-sponsored by Shanghai Institute of Finance for of Technology Entrepreneurship and Shanghai Angel Group, aiming at exploring science and technology innovation projects with potential for change. With the unique advantages of “Tsinghua Gene + Subversive Innovation”, Startorus Fusion has become the benchmark enterprise of “Future Energy Track” in the eyes of Angel Capital.

In the “In the “Looking for the Way of Scientific Research” section of the conference, Tan Yi deeply analyzed the core problems that restrict the commercialization process of traditional Tokamak apparatus due to their huge size and high cost. In response to this challenge, the technical route of “compact repetitive reconnection fusion reactor” is innovatively proposed by Startorus Fusion: using spherical Tokamak design and high temperature superconducting magnet technology to greatly reduce the size of the apparatus; using repetitive pulse operation and magnetic reconnection heating technology to break through the traditional steady-state output limitation; and innovatively using the mode of double-reactor alternating work and equipment sharing, which not only guarantees the stable output of power, but also significantly reduces the construction cost. This series of innovations has strongly promoted the commercialization of fusion energy.

Angel investment is an important driving force for technological innovation, and early capital support is particularly critical in disruptive areas such as controlled nuclear fusion, which are long-cycle and high-barrier. As a leading angel investment platform in China, Shanghai Angel Group has always focused on exploring hard & core technology projects with strategic value. The technological breakthrough and team strength of Startorus Fusion are perfectly in line with the angel investment concept of “Investing Early, Investing Small and Micro Enterprises and Investing Hard & Core Technology”.

As one of the top enterprises in the field of fusion energy in China, Startorus Fusion has built the dual advantages of “Technology + Team”. The company not only has strong scientific research strength, but also shows excellent engineering ability: it only took 279 days to build the experimental apparatus and successfully light the first plasma; it completed the original technical scheme verification within 11 months; it has mastered the whole process technology of high temperature superconducting magnet research and development; and it has realized commercial application of a number of fusion derivative technologies. At present, the company has completed the preliminary engineering verification, and is steadily advancing in accordance with the five-step fusion energy development roadmap, which is in the key research and development period of the third stage.

The development of fusion energy is not only a scientific breakthrough, but also an innovation of engineering and business model. Startorus Fusion is committed to the rapid and economical realization of fusion energy, and the vision and support of angel investors is an important driving force to achieve this goal. The Angel Investment Conference has set up an efficient docking platform for science and technology enterprises and investment institutions. Startorus Fusion is looking forward to accelerating the process of technology research and development and industrialization through in-depth cooperation with early capital, so that the “artificial sun” can illuminate the future of human energy as soon as possible.