# Zeno Power: space company profile

> Zeno Power: Developer of radioisotope power systems (nuclear batteries) for space and subsea use, including an americium-241 fueled radioisotope Stirling generator for NASA lunar surface missions.

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## Profile facts

- Name: Zeno Power (legal name Zeno Power Systems, Inc.)
- What it does: Developer of radioisotope power systems (nuclear batteries) for space and subsea use, including an americium-241 fueled radioisotope Stirling generator for NASA lunar surface missions. (SpaceNexus profile description)
- Sector: infrastructure
- Headquarters: Washington, DC, US
- Status: active
- Ownership: private
- Publicly traded: no
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: not recorded

## Funding

- Raised privately: $50M (1 private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last Round: Series B (May 2025)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-14 | Series B | $50.0M | Hanaco Ventures | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/zeno-power-raises-50m-series-b/) |

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## Space Score

- Score 406 of 1000.
- Not ranked: Only 44% of applicable weight is backed by data; 50% is needed to rank.
- 3 of 7 inputs measured, insufficient data, 44% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-13 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (38% of this total): not measured; counted at the roster median, 44; not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
- Government space demand (25% of this total): 0 of 100
- Capital access (19% of this total): 78 of 100
- Momentum (19% of this total): not measured; counted at the roster median, 50; not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
- Flight record (20% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=zeno-power#breakdown)
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
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## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-22 | NASA | THE NASA INNOVATIVE ADVANCED CONCEPTS (NIAC) PROGRAM FOCUSES ON EARLY-STAGE FEASIBILITY STUDIES OF VISIONARY CONCEPTS THAT ADDRESS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE GOALS. CONCEPTS ARE SOL… | $175K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_80NSSC26K0832_080) |
| 2022-08-16 | DoD | (RPS) RADIOISOTOPE POWER SYSTEM | $15.0M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA945322CA019_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 0

## Sources

- [SpaceNexus company database](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles): profile facts, with the verification date above
- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Federal award records: contract awards

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