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Prime Movers Lab
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Prime Movers Lab is a venture capital firm and family of funds focused on breakthrough scientific startups, with an emphasis on technically ambitious companies in areas like energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and agriculture. Public filings and firm materials place its business in Jackson/Teton Village, Wyoming, in the United States.
In the psychedelic ecosystem, Prime Movers Lab is relevant because it has explicitly backed psychedelic medicine and related neuroplasticity work, including Gilgamesh and a participation in Beckley Psytech’s most recent round through an SPV. Its public portfolio and ideas pages also show ongoing attention to psychedelics alongside adjacent neuroscience and biotech themes.
Investor Context
Venture CapitalInvestment Context
This stakeholder is listed as a Venture Capital Fund within Venture Capital. Its public geography context is global. Public stage signals include Seed, Series A/B, and Growth / Late Stage. Public focus areas include Drug Development.
Public Portfolio Examples
- Gilgamesh Pharmaprivate placement
- Beckley Psytechseries round via SPV - undisclosed
Prime Movers Lab presents itself as a small-number, high-conviction investor in breakthrough science, with a bias toward technically differentiated companies that can scale into large markets. Its public materials show clear interest in psychedelic medicine and neuroplasticity, including Gilgamesh in the portfolio and a reported SPV participation in Beckley Psytech, which makes it a meaningful investor stakeholder for the psychedelic ecosystem even though its broader strategy is much wider than psychedelics alone.
Investor Type
Venture Capital Fund
Geographic Scope
Global
Psychedelic Focus
Psychedelic-Adjacent Focus
Engagement
Active
Investment Stage Focus
Investment Focus Areas
Portfolio Stakeholders
Recorded Investments
Date unknown
private placement
Listed by Prime Movers Lab as a portfolio company with a psychedelic medicine focus.
Prime Movers Lab | PortfolioDate unknown
series round via SPV - undisclosed
Prime Movers Lab said it participated in Beckley Psytech’s most recent round through an SPV.
Psychedelic MedicineThe Path
Date unknown
seed - $14 million
Prime Movers Lab led the seed round for The Path, an AI therapy startup with adjacency to mental health and psychedelic-style care models.
Prime Movers Lab | NewsQuick Facts
- Founded
- 2016
- HQ
- Jackson / Teton Village, Wyoming, United States
- Website
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