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Deep Isolation: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Using Deep Isolation, commercial nuclear reactor spent fuel may be safely stored and disposed of. Our horizontal drill hole technology provides cost-effectiveness and safety. Deep Isolation is the first business to propose using this technique for the safe isolation of spent nuclear fuel beneath a billion tons of rock that has proven geologic stability and impermeability, despite the fact that drilling technology is conventional.

www.deepisolation.com LinkedIn Berkeley, United States 11-50 employees
Clean Energy Environmental Engineering Impact Investing Nuclear Renewable Energy Risk Management
Total raised
$41.5M
Rounds
4
Latest
Undisclosed round
Jan 2026

Deep Isolation has raised $41.5M across 4 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round announced in Jan 2026.

Deep Isolation Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$41.5M
across 4 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
4
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
Jan 2026
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Berkeley, United States

Latest funding round on record: Jan 2026.

Deep Isolation Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Undisclosed round
$33.0M
Undisclosed round
$4.9M
Grant
$3.6M

1 of 4 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Deep Isolation raised $3.6M in a Grant announced in Mar 2022.

8 months later, an undisclosed round of $4.9M was announced in Nov 2022.

2.7 years later, an undisclosed round of $33.0M was announced in Jul 2025.

6 months later, an undisclosed round was announced in Jan 2026 with no disclosed amount.

Deep Isolation Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Elizabeth Muller
CEO

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Deep Isolation Funding Compared to Other Energy Startups

Segment
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Median round
2,284
$15M
29,722
$7.5M

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Deep Isolation Funding FAQs

What does Deep Isolation do?

Using Deep Isolation, commercial nuclear reactor spent fuel may be safely stored and disposed of. Our horizontal drill hole technology provides cost-effectiveness and safety. Deep Isolation is the first business to propose using this technique for the safe isolation of spent nuclear fuel beneath a billion tons of rock that has proven geologic stability and impermeability, despite the fact that drilling technology is conventional.

How much funding has Deep Isolation raised?

Deep Isolation has raised $41.5M across 4 rounds on record.

When did Deep Isolation last raise funding?

Deep Isolation's most recent funding round on record was announced in Jan 2026. The amount was not disclosed.

Who is the CEO of Deep Isolation?

Elizabeth Muller is listed as CEO at Deep Isolation.

Where is Deep Isolation headquartered?

Deep Isolation is based in Berkeley, California, United States.

How many employees does Deep Isolation have?

Deep Isolation is in the 11-50 employee band.

About FundedIQ's Deep Isolation Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Deep Isolation is left off this page rather than filled in.

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