GUV editor Thierry Heles spoke to professionals from three fusion energy technology companies to gauge the challenges involved in scaling a breakthrough technology.
The second matinee session on the second day of Global Corporate Venturing Symposium was moderated by Thierry Heles, editor of Global University Venturing.
The panel was made up of representatives from fusion power technology developers: Klaas de Boer, managing director at General Fusion; Nicholas Hawker and Jonathan Carling, CEOs of First Light Fusion and Tokamak Energy respectively; and Jim Wilkinson, chief financial officer of university venture fund Oxford Sciences Innovation.
Asked how useful milestones were, Hawker said: “Milestones are tangible…