Podcasts
Category Visionaries by Front Lines, by Brett STAPPER
Francesco Volpe, Founder of Renaissance Fusion: $30M Raised to Build the Future of Nuclear Fusion Technology
Topics Discussed:
• Technical foundations of Renaissance Fusion's approach to nuclear fusion
• Contrasting approaches to nuclear energy policy between France and Germany
• Strategies for addressing public perception and safety concerns
• Dual-track go-to-market strategy leveraging superconductor technology
• Capital requirements and fundraising in deep tech
• Key technological milestones and development roadmap
2024/12/23 - Episode 652 - 19 minutes - available on Apple Podcasts, PodBean, Spotify and YouTube
TechBio Founders - NextSequence by Loretta TIOIELA
Decoupling energy from fuels and emissions by building a super-star on earth, with Francesco VOLPE and Martin KUPP, CEO and CSO at Renaissance Fusion
Renaissance Fusion is a fusion energy company on a mission to decouple energy from fuels and emissions by building stellarators, the most efficient, steady, and stable fusion reactors on earth.
2024/06/21 - Episode 31 - 48 minutes - available on Apple Podcasts, NextSequence and Spotify
Mission Shunya by Girish Shivakumar
Renaissance of Fusion: Francesco Volpe on reinventing Nuclear Energy
Topics Discussed:
🔬 What makes stellarator fusion different — and why it’s hard
🇪🇺 Why Europe is taking a unique path in the fusion race
⚙️ How scientific R&D translates (or struggles) to become commercial tech
🧪 What makes building a fusion startup different from any other energy venture
🌍 How fusion fits into the broader clean energy transition
2025/08/03 - Episode 113 - 43 minutes - available on Apple Podcasts, AudioBoom, PodBean, Spotify and YouTube
DigitalValley - Seed Talk by Dennis NIEDERHAGEN
Renaissance Fusion: Frankreichs einziges Fusionsenergie-Startup - Co-Founder: Martin Kupp
Renaissance Fusion, gegründet im Juli 2020, ist ein Unternehmen, das sich auf die Entwicklung und Realisierung von Fusionsenergie konzentriert. Mit Sitz in Grenoble, Frankreich, arbeiten sie an innovativen Lösungen in der Fusionsenergieforschung. Ihre Werte wie Umwelt- und Gesellschaftsverantwortung, Geschwindigkeit in der Umsetzung, Einfachheit in der Technologie, und fantastischer Realismus prägen ihre Arbeit. (Mehr)
2024/02/01 - Season 1, Episode 57 - 1 hour 1 minute - available on Apple Podcasts , podcast.de and Spotify
Studio Energie by Remco DE BOER
Francesco Volpe (Renaissance Fusion) on the challenges of building a nuclear fusion reactor
With nuclear fusion gaining global momentum and investor interest soaring, companies are edging ever closer to building what has long been seen as the holy grail of energy: machines capable of generating unlimited, clean, and sustainable power.
One of the most promising fusion start-ups is Renaissance Fusion in Grenoble, France.
2025/06/24 - 47 minutes - available on Apple Podcasts, PlayerFM, PodScan, Soundcloud, Spotify.