Prime Moves Lab Rundown: Axiom Space Raises $350M, Boom Prepares XB-1 Test Flight, & CarbonCapture Secures $12.5M in DOE Funding

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2 min readSep 8, 2023

Check out the latest headlines from across the Prime Movers Lab portfolio, including Axiom Space’s $350M Series C and Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 progress ahead of test flights in Mojave later this year. Vaxxinity also published positive trial results for its active immunotherapy candidate, UB-311, in Alzheimer’s. In addition, CarbonCapture Inc. and a team of strategic partners received $12.5 million in funding from the United States Department of Energy to initiate the development of a megaton-scale direct air capture hub in Southwest Wyoming. Here are these and other exciting stories from the last month:

CNBC: Axiom Space raises $350 million from Saudi and Korean investors (Axiom Space)

Aviation Week: FAA Clears Boom Supersonic For XB-1 Flight Tests (Boom Supersonic)

Los Angeles Times: How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air (CarbonCapture Inc.)

Longevity Technology: Vaxxinity publishes positive results in Alzheimer’s trial (Vaxxinity)

TechCrunch: 7 founders explain what fusion power needs to go mainstream (Focused Energy)

Crunchbase: 6 Tips From An Investor For Raising Money For Your Startup (Prime Movers Lab)

Via Satellite: Quantum Space Exec Details Plan to Open Access to GEO (Quantum Space)

NASA: NASA Selects Axiom Space for Another Private Space Mission in 2024 (Axiom Space)

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