Dakin Sloss
Founder of Prime Movers Lab
Jackson, Wyoming
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2018 - Current
Prime Movers Lab invests in breakthrough scientific startups founded by Prime Movers, the inventors who transform billions of lives. We invest in early and growth stage companies reinventing human augmentation, energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, and agriculture. Our team is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs in their mission to commercialize breakthrough science and serve humanity. We offer Prime Movers comprehensive resources and integrated coaching. Our team has developed in-depth academic scientific research, commercialized novel physics intellectual property, scaled significant enterprises, and mentored renowned inventors on their entrepreneurial journey.
Prime Movers Lab invests in startups reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and agriculture.
Director
2020
Bringing affordable high speed internet to billions.
Director
2022
Transforming construction to deliver an affordable home to everyone.
Diamond Age offers robotic construction technology that is intended to address construction labor shortages.
Raised $58,000,000.00 from Alumni Ventures.
Chairman
2021
Nuclear fusion to provide abundant energy for all.
Focused Energy is a laser fusion startup dedicated to developing fusion as a means of generating clean alternative energy.
Raised $79,000,000.00 from VCP, Tony Florence and Prime Movers Lab.
Director
2022
Expanding our perspective to space to raise consciousness that we are one big family.
Space Perspective is a space travel company that provides an accessible carbon-neutral spaceflight experience.
Raised $65,083,333.00 from 100 Fundadores, InterFlight Global Capital and Gaingels.
Investor
2013 - 2018
Investor in Boom, Buildzoom, Fivetran, Meldium, Mystery Science, and SimpleLegal.
Founder, CEO
2013 - 2018
We create technology to optimize energy production for the oil and gas industry.
Tachyus is a software development company that offers technology platform to optimize energy production for the oil and gas industry.
Raised $39,328,000.00 from Montrose Lane.
Founder, CEO
2011 - 2013
OpenGov develops software to visualize, analyze, and share government financial data. As CEO, I designed the company's business plan and recruited the core team of engineers, designers, and sales folks to make the vision a reality. I directed product development and launched our first product in partnership with a cohort of beta partners. I laid the groundwork for a sales pipeline of hundreds of governments. To pay for this rapid growth, I secured millions of dollars of angel investment and venture capital.
OpenGov is a digital cloud software provider that helps local governments and state agencies run government operations.
Raised $178,000,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Cox Enterprises, Alumni Ventures, Castor Ventures and Lauder Partners.
Executive Director
2011 - 2012
Recruited a team of full-time staff and student interns working on data collection, analysis, visualization, research, social media, public relations and political outreach. Secured hundreds of thousands in donations from individuals and foundations. Managed media relations resulting in thousands of news articles. Delivered inspirational speeches about how technology can forge a better path for California. Developed world class network of supporters including high net-worth donors and a broad coalition of big name former political leaders.
Research Assistant
2010 - 2011
Completed independent summer research project in the field of astrophysics resulting in 20-page report, powerpoint presentation to faculty and poster presentation to department on weak gravitational lensing. Research was used as background analysis for later cosmic shear studies at Stanford.
Education
B.S.
2008 - 2011