据知情人士透露，由俄亥俄州州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米共同创立并支持的核能初创企业Atlas Atomics，此次融资后的估值约为19亿美元。
Atomics, a nuclear startup cofounded and backed by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, has raised capital at around $1.9 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter.
此次A轮融资共筹集到约4亿美元资金。由于信息属于机密，相关人士要求匿名。General Catalyst牵头此次融资，Andreessen Horowitz也参与了投资。
The series A fundraiser generated about $400 million in fresh money, the people said, declining to be identified because the information is private. General Catalyst is leading the round and Andreessen Horowitz is participating in the capital raise.
目前仍处于保密阶段的Atlas Atomics由创始人凯文·甘掌舵，他拥有超过15年的能源行业投资经验。他最近任职于对冲基金Millennium，此前曾在D.E. Shaw & Co.工作。奥克岭国家实验室前首席运营官巴伦德拉·苏塔尔尚则担任该公司的首席核能官。
Atlas Atomics, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz declined to comment. Still in stealth mode, Atlas is helmed by cofounder Kevin Gan, who spent over 15 years investing in energy companies. He most recently worked at hedge fund Millennium, and prior to that at D.E. Shaw & Co. Balendra Sutharshan, a former chief operating officer of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is Atlas Atomic’s chief nuclear officer.
Atlas Atomics正在研发一种改良型重水反应堆技术，该技术无需使用浓缩铀，因此成本可能更低。当前，美国正迎来核能发展的新浪潮。唐纳德·特朗普总统已签署行政命令，计划到2050年将美国的核能产能提高四倍。
Atlas Atomics is in the process of developing improved heavy water reactor technology, which doesn’t rely on enriched uranium and may therefore be cheaper. Nuclear power is going through a renaissance in the US. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to quadruple US nuclear capacity by 2050.
凯文·甘在致犹他州能源发展办公室的信件中表示，该技术的目标是提供稳定可靠的电力、增加医用及工业用同位素的生产，并促进核燃料的循环利用。
In a letter to Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development, Gan said that their goal with that technology is to deliver reliable power, create more production of medical and industrial isotopes, and help support recycling of nuclear fuel.
拉马斯瓦米将扩大核能的普及范围并开发新的核能资源作为其竞选纲领的核心内容。去年，他还发布了一段视频，阐述核能将如何引领“美国的下一次革命”。
Ramaswamy has made expanding access to and creating new sources of nuclear energy a core part of his campaign. Last year, he published a video detailing how nuclear energy is going to lead to “America’s next revolution.”