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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Kieran Furlong Is Building a Star in an Old Hot-Dog Factory
Founder · Executive · Engineer

Kieran Furlong Is Building a Star in an Old Hot-Dog Factory

The Irish chemical engineer spent a career turning laboratory ideas into businesses. Now he is betting that a straight magnetic bottle, Wisconsin manufacturing, and patient capital can make fusion useful.

kieran-furlong · realta-fusionRead →
Legend
Ted Kniesche
Founder · Executive · Operator

Ted Kniesche

Ted Kniesche is the founder and CEO of Zero Industrial, a Charleston-based startup decarbonizing industrial heat by deploying commercially available thermal energy storage systems and selling clean heat and steam under long-term Heat-as-a-Service contracts. After two decades in clean energy development - including 13 years co-founding and building business development at Fulcrum BioEnergy - he launched Zero Industrial in 2024 with Jim McDermott and closed a $10 million Series A in April 2025 led by Evok Innovations.

thermal-energy-storage · industrial-decarbonizationRead →