Dan Brunner

Experience

1. Future Tech PartnersPartnercurrent2025 — present
2. Brunner FlooringCTO (Chief Tongue-and-Groove Officer)2025
3. Commonwealth Fusion SystemsCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer2018 — 2024Cambridge, MA
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Research Scientist2016 — 2018Cambridge, MA
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Postdoc2014 — 2016Cambridge, MA
6. ASMLDesign Engineer2013 — 2014Veldhoven, Netherlands
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion CenterPhD Candidate2008 — 2013Cambridge, MA
8. UC San Diego - Nonneutral Plasma GroupResearcher2007La Jolla, CA
9. Northwestern University - Lauhon GroupResearcher2006Evanston, IL
10. Brunner FurnitureWarehouse Handyman2000 — 2004Hartford, WI

Education

1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD, Applied Plasma Physics2008 — 2013
2. Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyBS, Engineering Physics2004 — 2008

Skills & more

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Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

FWFred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesALAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHTHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBFBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMHMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDADelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

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Also attended Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology10

KMKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechJHJim HustonManaging Director at Portland Seed FundCMChrissy MeyerPartner at Root Ventures Manager, LlcRRRyan RakestrawDirector, Temasek at The Yield Lab Asia PacificSTSrikanth TirumalaVenture Advisor at Inflexor VenturesBSBret SmallAssociate Partner at Natural Bridges Ventures (NBV)

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Shared employers

Also worked at Commonwealth Fusion Systems10

KMKike MirallesInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKMKent MadsenFounding Managing Partner Emeritus & Venture Partner at EPIC VENTURESRGRandy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJTKTim KrysiekManaging Partner at MassMutual VenturesCACarly AndersonPrincipal at Prelude VenturesHEHisham ElhaddadManaging Partner at HOF Capital

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Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)271

ALAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMHMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmSBScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)NANoubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringVRVyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesRLRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures

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Also worked at ASML9

EDErwin DassenVenture Partner at FrachtisRLRichard LiPresident at Legend CapitalJVJurgen van EckSenior Investment Manager at BOMVKVincent KamphorstInvestment Director at Innovation IndustriesRNRobert NewmanAnalyst at Rhapsody Venture PartnersCDCasper DekInvestment Manager at NPM Capital N.V.

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Also worked at UC San Diego - Nonneutral Plasma Group33

KNKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesVRVignesh RavikumarInvestor at Sierra VenturesAGAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesRTRachel Tsunemoto Hislop, PhDPrincipal, Director of Research at Two Bear CapitalMHMaia HightowerInvestor at EPIC VENTURESXSXuhui ShaoPartner at Foothill Ventures

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