Turns out nuclear startups raised $1.1 BILLION in 2025. And we’re not talking about your grandfather’s nuclear plant.
These are small modular reactors—think shipping container-sized power generation instead of massive cooling towers.
Standard Nuclear just closed $140M in Series A funding for something called TRISO fuel. (Uranium particles the size of poppy seeds coated in ceramic. I had to read that twice.)
Andreessen Horowitz is in. Chevron is in. Everyone’s piling into this space.
Why now? Two words: Artificial Intelligence.
AI needs insane amounts of electricity. Data centers are popping up everywhere, and they all need clean power. Nuclear is having its moment.
Meanwhile, European VC firm 2150 just raised €210M focused on climate solutions for cities. Their thesis? Cities create 70% of emissions and 80% of GDP. Fix the city, fix the climate.
So here I am, a recruiting guy in Northern Michigan, reading about nuclear fuel technology. You might be wondering… why does Bryan care?
Every single one of these companies will need to actually run a business at some point.
Revolutionary technology is great. But eventually someone has to figure out:
→ How do we track costs on a multi-year reactor build?
→ How do we manage supply chains spanning 15 countries?
→ How do we handle revenue recognition on decade-long contracts?
→ How do we stay compliant with constantly changing regulations?
That’s ERP. That’s Dynamics 365. That’s NetSuite.
I’ve spent 25+ years recruiting in the Microsoft Dynamics and NetSuite ecosystem and look for opportunities when I read announcement like this.
Funding announcements = future implementation projects. Companies scaling from 50 to 500 employees = ERP system upgrades. PE firms backing clean energy = portfolio companies needing serious systems talent.
The renewable energy sector is genuinely complex—project-based accounting, international supply chains, government incentives, regulatory compliance, specialized grid integrations. Not vanilla implementation work.
You need people who’ve done this before. And there aren’t many of them.
My hopeful prediction: The PE and VC firms writing these big checks? In 12-18 months, they’ll be scrambling for ERP talent to help portfolio companies operationalize.
The smart ones are thinking about this now.
The technology might be nuclear. But the back office still runs on enterprise software.
h/t Tim De Chant at TechCrunch for the reporting
Tim De Chant
Senior Reporter, Climate
Tim De Chant is a senior climate reporter at TechCrunch. He has written for a wide range of publications, including Wired magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Ars Technica, The Wire China, and NOVA Next, where he was founding editor.
Turns out nuclear startups raised $1.1 BILLION in 2025. And we’re not talking about your grandfather’s nuclear plant.
These are small modular reactors—think shipping container-sized power generation instead of massive cooling towers.
Standard Nuclear just closed $140M in Series A funding for something called TRISO fuel. (Uranium particles the size of poppy seeds coated in ceramic. I had to read that twice.)
Andreessen Horowitz is in. Chevron is in. Everyone’s piling into this space.
Why now? Two words: Artificial Intelligence.
AI needs insane amounts of electricity. Data centers are popping up everywhere, and they all need clean power. Nuclear is having its moment.
Meanwhile, European VC firm 2150 just raised €210M focused on climate solutions for cities. Their thesis? Cities create 70% of emissions and 80% of GDP. Fix the city, fix the climate.
So here I am, a recruiting guy in Northern Michigan, reading about nuclear fuel technology. You might be wondering… why does Bryan care?
Every single one of these companies will need to actually run a business at some point.
Revolutionary technology is great. But eventually someone has to figure out:
→ How do we track costs on a multi-year reactor build?
→ How do we manage supply chains spanning 15 countries?
→ How do we handle revenue recognition on decade-long contracts?
→ How do we stay compliant with constantly changing regulations?
That’s ERP. That’s Dynamics 365. That’s NetSuite.
I’ve spent 25+ years recruiting in the Microsoft Dynamics and NetSuite ecosystem and look for opportunities when I read announcement like this.
Funding announcements = future implementation projects. Companies scaling from 50 to 500 employees = ERP system upgrades. PE firms backing clean energy = portfolio companies needing serious systems talent.
The renewable energy sector is genuinely complex—project-based accounting, international supply chains, government incentives, regulatory compliance, specialized grid integrations. Not vanilla implementation work.
You need people who’ve done this before. And there aren’t many of them.
My hopeful prediction: The PE and VC firms writing these big checks? In 12-18 months, they’ll be scrambling for ERP talent to help portfolio companies operationalize.
The smart ones are thinking about this now.
The technology might be nuclear. But the back office still runs on enterprise software.
h/t Tim De Chant at TechCrunch for the reporting
Tim De Chant
Senior Reporter, Climate
Tim De Chant is a senior climate reporter at TechCrunch. He has written for a wide range of publications, including Wired magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Ars Technica, The Wire China, and NOVA Next, where he was founding editor.