East X Ventures

East X Ventures is a London-based deep-tech venture capital firm that invests in founders transforming frontier science into commercial realities. The firm focuses on the physical infrastructure of the next economy, with investments spanning fusion, next-generation power systems, advanced manufacturing, supply chains, and artificial intelligence. They operate through a flagship fund, Starmaker One, which is dedicated to fusion energy, and an affiliated company, East Innovate, which covers the broader deep-tech landscape.

Founded in 2023 by General Partners Theodore Mollinger and Nathan Mosher, East X Ventures emerged as the venture capital arm of East X, a quantitative systematic commodity investment firm. The firm leverages its parent company's extensive expertise in commodity markets, energy, and supply chains to identify and back science-led companies with high-growth, world-scale potential. Their investment philosophy combines early-stage capital with deep market insight to foster transformative innovation and long-term impact.

East X Ventures boasts a diverse portfolio of companies at the forefront of technological advancement. Notable investments include Tokamak Energy, focused on commercializing fusion energy; Figure AI, developing humanoid robots to address labor shortages; Nu Quantum, building quantum networks for scalable quantum computing; and Proxima Fusion, which is constructing stellarators for future power generation. Other portfolio companies span areas such as laser fusion systems, synthetic fuel production, and advanced AI for real-time adaptive control.

The investment team at East X Ventures is led by General Partners Theodore Mollinger and Nathan Mosher, with Curran Kalha serving as an Investor. The wider team includes Miriam Blastiak in IR & Fundraising, Tom Cooper-Jones in Strategic Finance, and Michael Floyd as Finance Manager. This team brings a blend of investment acumen and strategic operational support to their portfolio companies, aiming to empower them to build and scale industries at an international level.