General Fusion achieves critical technology milestone for practical fusion power

10 Jan 2022 | General Fusion, News, Portfolio, Press Coverage

Successful performance of plasma compression prototype confirms path to commercialization  10 January 2022: General Fusion announced today it has successfully achieved several aggressive performance goals of a prototype system for its Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP)....

Trunkrs: faster, greener, friendlier

30 Nov 2021 | News, Portfolio, Press Coverage, Press Releases, Trunkrs

“The thing about ecommerce is that, even if you live in a small village, the internet offers everything at your fingertips. It’s awesome,” says Jan Wijn, CEO of Trunkrs, a logistics company based in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, that is out to improve the delivery...

General Fusion establishes U.S. headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

11 Nov 2021 | General Fusion, News, Portfolio, Press Coverage, Press Releases

General Fusion creating up to 50 U.S. jobs to quicken its pace of fusion commercialization  VANCOUVER, Canada (10 November 2021): Today, General Fusion announced its new United States base of operations in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the company advances plans for a...

Optiswiss and Luxexcel announce cooperation for 3D printed smart eyewear

8 Sep 2021 | Luxexcel, News, Portfolio, Press Coverage, Press Releases

Basel, Switzerland and Eindhoven, The Netherlands – September 8th, 2021 – Optiswiss, the leading Swiss lens manufacturer with distribution throughout Europe, has partnered with Luxexcel to bring commercial 3D printed lenses to market for use in regular eyewear and...

SET Ventures portfolio company Energyworx announces €5.1M investment led by Eneco Ventures

8 Jul 2021 | Energyworx, News, Portfolio, Press Releases

SaaS-based energy data management platform supports utility companies with the energy transition; investment will be used to scale platform and accelerate international growth HOUSTON, UNITED STATES and HOUTEN, THE NETHERLANDS – July 8, 2021 – Energyworx, a market...

Hardware Is Not Enough to Enable the Energy System Transition

2 Jul 2021 | Depsys, Energyworx, ESFORIN, FlexiDAO, Green Eagle Solutions, GreenCom Networks, News, Portfolio, Press Releases, Sonnen

Observations from a VC investor focused on the European energy sector By Julia Padberg, Principal, SET Ventures “The biggest challenge of the energy system transition lies in the orchestration, integration, and management of enormous volumes of decentralized and...