# Dakin Sloss

> Dakin Sloss is a seed investor at Prime Movers Lab (Jackson) backing Energy and Software. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Prime Movers Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prime-movers-lab)
- Location: Jackson, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 65%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dakin-sloss/33/3b6/746
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dakinsloss
- Website: http://www.dakinsloss.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dakin.sloss

Dakin Sloss is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is Founder and General Partner of Prime Movers Lab, the world’s leading partner of breakthrough scientific startups. He has led investments in transformative companies including Momentus, Heliogen, Vaxxinity, Tarana, Upward Farms, Focused Energy, Gilgamesh, Boom, and Carbon Capture.Prime Movers Lab I is on track to be one of the top performing funds of 2018.Prior to founding Prime Movers Lab, Dakin served as founding CEO of Tachyus and OpenGov. He is also a philanthropist dedicated to ending world hunger, resolving the global mental health pandemic, and redesigning early childhood education to cultivate integrated beings across body, mind and spirit. Dakin studied Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy at Stanford University. Dakin has been recognized as one of Yahoo Finance’s THE NEXT: 21 people who will have a significant impact on the worlds of finance, business, sports or politics in the year ahead and was featured on CNBC discussing the rise of SPACs. In 2016, Dakin was recognized as the featured Forbes 30 Under 30 energy entrepreneur. In 2017, he was named as a San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40 honoree.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 10% |
| Software | 2 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 10% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 10% |
| SaaS | 1 | 5% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 35% |
| Series A | 5 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Focused Energy | Focused Energy develops laser-driven fusion technology to create sustainable energy sources. The company focuses on innovative approaches to harness fusion power, aiming to generate clean energy through advanced scientific methods. By leveraging insights from research and development, Focused Energy explores various pathways for achieving practicalfusion applications. Their work builds upon established frameworks in the field, contributing to a future where fusion energy can play a significant role in meeting global energy needs. The company collaborates with scientific institutions and industry partners to advance its mission of making fusion energy a viable option for widespread use. | $240M | Series A | May 27, 2026 |  |
| The Path | The Path is an outcome-focused, AI-driven mental wellness application co-founded by motivational speaker Tony Robbins and a neuroscientist. Engineered to actively challenge users rather than just provide validation, the platform blends traditional cognitive frameworks with advanced computational power to drive tangible personal progress. | $14.3M | Seed | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Dalan Animal Health | Dalan Animal Health is a vaccine platform with the potential to combat a variety of devastating bee diseases. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Athens, Georgia, United States. | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Focused Energy | Focused Energy develops laser-driven fusion technology to create sustainable energy sources. The company focuses on innovative approaches to harness fusion power, aiming to generate clean energy through advanced scientific methods. By leveraging insights from research and development, Focused Energy explores various pathways for achieving practicalfusion applications. Their work builds upon established frameworks in the field, contributing to a future where fusion energy can play a significant role in meeting global energy needs. The company collaborates with scientific institutions and industry partners to advance its mission of making fusion energy a viable option for widespread use. | $11M | Series A | Jun 22, 2023 |  |
| Paradromics | Paradromics is building a high data-rate brain computer interface (BCI) to provide technology solutions for people with neurological and brain-related conditions. | $50.1M | Series A | May 18, 2023 |  |
| Paradromics | Paradromics is building a high data-rate brain computer interface (BCI) to provide technology solutions for people with neurological and brain-related conditions. | $8.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Tarana Wireless | Tarana Wireless™ has pioneered a carrier-class universal wireless transport solution that is a breakthrough innovation with deterministic True NLOS performance, ubiquitous coverage, multi-kilometer range, industry-leading spectral efficiency, unprecedented capacity and scalability, zero-touch operation, and considerably lower total cost ofownership. It has the flexibility to be deployed for a wide range of applications including small cell backhaul, last mile fiber extension, tactical mobile operations, and more.Visit www.TaranaWireless.com for additional information. | $170M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 23, 2022 |  |
| Focused Energy | Focused Energy develops laser-driven fusion technology to create sustainable energy sources. The company focuses on innovative approaches to harness fusion power, aiming to generate clean energy through advanced scientific methods. By leveraging insights from research and development, Focused Energy explores various pathways for achieving practicalfusion applications. Their work builds upon established frameworks in the field, contributing to a future where fusion energy can play a significant role in meeting global energy needs. The company collaborates with scientific institutions and industry partners to advance its mission of making fusion energy a viable option for widespread use. | $15M | Seed | Sep 23, 2021 |  |
| Paradromics | Paradromics is building a high data-rate brain computer interface (BCI) to provide technology solutions for people with neurological and brain-related conditions. | $20M | Seed | Jul 22, 2021 |  |
| Heliogen | Heliogen is a renewable energy technology company focused on eliminating the need for fossil fuels in heavy industry and powering a sustainable future. The company’s AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar technology aims to cost-effectively deliver near 24/7 carbon-free energy in the form of heat, power, or green hydrogen fuel at scale – forthe first time in history. Heliogen was created at Idealab, the leading technology incubator founded by Bill Gross in 1996. For more information about Heliogen, please visit heliogen.com. | $83M | Corporate Round | Jun 15, 2021 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nazca Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nazca-ventures-3) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Harmonix Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neue-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [8090 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8090-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ACE & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-and-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dolby Family Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dolby-family-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Quiet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quiet-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Prime Movers Lab

VC Fund · Jackson, United States

Prime Movers Lab is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in startups reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and agriculture.

5 contacts available at Prime Movers Lab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anton Brevde | Chief of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anton-brevde |
| Brad Pruente | Partner, Prime Movers Lab | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-pruente-f98d |
| Amy Kruse | Partner & Principal Biologist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-kruse |
| Dakin Sloss | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dakin-sloss |
| Gabrielle Sloss | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabrielle-sloss |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Dakin Sloss invest in?

Dakin Sloss invests primarily in Energy, Software and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dakin Sloss last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dakin Sloss closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co