Molten Salt Solutions
Science & Engineering · Nuclear Engineering
$10Mtotal raised · 4 rounds on record
$7Mlatest round · Venture round · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
$5Mrevenue · 2023 · SEC Form D 0002042433-24-000001
2backers · Future Ventures, Vanedge Capital
Overview
Molten Salt Solutions: Lithium Isotope Enrichment for Advanced Nuclear Power.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$10M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$7M
Venture round · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
14
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +17% in a year
Grants
$1.3M
2 grants · CORDIS
Revenue
$5M
2023 · SEC Form D 0002042433-24-000001
Backers
2
Future Ventures, Vanedge Capital
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 31
Raised a round Venture round $7M · AOL.com
Oct 18, 2024
Raised a round Seed $3M · SEC Form D
2024
Founded
May 1, 2023
Won a grant $1M · CORDIS
Feb 15, 2021
Won a grant $256k · CORDIS
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Aug 2026 | $7M | — | AOL.com |
| Seed | Oct 2024 | $3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | May 2023 | $1M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Feb 2021 | $256k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Molten Salt Solutions, Inc | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
John EllingExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Executive Officer
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News
Molten Salt Solutions Raises $7 Million to Scale Lithium Enrichment for Advanced Nuclear Energy
Funding will accelerate pilot-scale production of lithium-6 and lithium-7 isotopes, strengthening a critical domestic supply chain for next-generation energy technologies.SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Molten Salt Solutions, Inc. (MSS), a N
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Molten Salt Solutions Raises $7 Million to Scale Lithium Enrichment for Advanced Nuclear Energy - AOL
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The Missing Ingredient for Fusion Energy
Listen in to the Everybody in the Pool Podcast with CEO John Elling. "We need to triple global energy production by 2050. Renewables are scaling fast, but the real wild card that could change everything might just be fusion. The physics and engineering ar
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Molten Salt Solutions Expands Across Nuclear Sector with New Customer Fissionaire
Molten Salt Solutions today announced a commercial agreement with Fissionaire to supply lithium-7 for use in the company
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First Commercial Supply Agreements
We're excited to share that Molten Salt Solutions has signed strategic agreements with Type One Energy and Gauss Fusion to supply enriched lithium for next-generation fusion systems. Fusion energy is gaining real momentum, but one challenge is clear: ther
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Molten Salt Solutions Signs Strategic Agreements to Supply Enriched Lithium for Fusion Energy
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Molten Salt Solutions is Presenting at ISFNT-16
On November 13th, Dr. Elling will be presenting work to date toward a fusion-ready lithium material standard. The trace analysis work funded by the Clean Air Task Force (Boston, MA) reveals that the trace element concentrations and variabilities will be p
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Molten Salt Solutions Awarded DOE INFUSE Funding to Develop Fusion-Grade Lithium Material Specifications
Molten Salt Solutions (MSS) is proud to announce it has been selected for funding under the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Innovation...
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Building an Advanced Energy Ecosystem
I'm delighted to be on a panel discussing the opportunities in the fusion energy supply chain! Please join me Monday September 15th from...
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Santa Fe
United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff