IP Group investee company First Light Fusion raises £25m in fusion energy push

First Light Fusion, an IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO) portfolio company developing inertial fusion energy technology, has raised £25 million in the first close of a new funding round led by specialist fusion fund Starmaker One and backed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). The round was led by East X Ventures, a UK venture firm, through its Starmaker One fusion fund, with a significant strategic investment from the UKAEA, the government body responsible for leading the UK's fusion energy programme.