First Light Fusion

Component Supplier Fusion Technology Developer

Projects: 1 Funding (Investment): 5 Jobs: 1 News: 1 Publications: 2

Founding Year

2011

Location

Kidlington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Company Founders

Nicholas Hawker

Yiannis Ventikos

Leadership

Graham O'Keeffe, Acting CEO

David Bryon, CFO

Nicholas Hawker, Chief Scientific Officer

Ryan Ramsey, COO

Website

firstlightfusion.com

First Light Fusion is a supplier of amplification technologies for inertial confinement fusion.

News

First Light Fusion announces the promotion of Dr. Jonathan Skidmore to Chief Scientist

Aug 5, 2026 • First Light Fusion

Publications

An Induction Coilgun Drive Concept for Stabilized Levitating Projectiles

Aug 1, 2026 • IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

X-ray diagnostics, analysis, verification, and exploration (xDAVE) code for the prediction and interpretation of x-ray Thomson scattering experiments

Aug 1, 2026 • Physics of Plasmas

Projects

First Light Machine 3

2019 - Present

Funding Received (Investment)

April 19, 2026

roundFunding Round

$33,874,000

FundersUnited Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)East X Ventures

AnnouncementFunding Round: First Light Fusion announces £25m of new funding

February 13, 2022

roundSeries C

$45,000,000

FundersTencent Hostplus

+ 3 More

AnnouncementSeries C

December 22, 2020

roundSeries B

$25,000,000

FundersIP Group Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI)

+ 1 More

AnnouncementSeries B

August 18, 2015

roundSeries A

$29,800,000

FundersIP Group Invesco Asset Management Limited

+ 1 More

AnnouncementSeries A

July 6, 2011

roundSeed

$1,230,000

FundersIP Group ParkWalk Advisors

AnnouncementSeed

Jobs

IT Systems Engineer

First Light Fusion

Kidlington, United Kingdom

Software Engineering

Full-time

Found 3 months ago

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