Hey there, I'm PJ King, a technology investor involved in high risk start-ups.

My technology interests are mainly focused on fusion energy. I also invest in space technologies and blockchain projects. A few selected projects are outlined below.

You can find me on LinkedIn.

This is my only official web page. There are several bogus sites with similar names hosted in Russia, China, and other dubious places containing (obviously) fabricated stories about me. They may try to download viruses to your computer if you click on them.

This is also true for many other investors that I know. Along with ransomware attacks, this is, unfortunately, becoming very common. Hopefully, the authorities and the major search providers will find a way to deal with it in time.

Why Work On Fusion?

You've heard the headlines: carbon neutral by 2030, 2040, or something like that. But where are we exactly with our energy use? This video gives a high-level, and I think, sobering perspective on why we work on nuclear fusion.

ReResearch

ReResearch LLC was an institute dedicated to exploring alternative approaches to nuclear fusion.

Early research (2010-2016) focused on investigating (and ultimately rejecting) claims of an alternate low energy nuclear pathway to nuclear fusion. Later research focused on high-energy nuclear interactions in the solid-state, designed to avoid the fundamental thermodynamic problems of reactions not in thermodynamic equilibrium. This work led to the development of a new company (currently in stealth mode) that is dedicated to this work.

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Blockchain Projects

PJ began investing in Bitcoin in 2014 and subsequently branched out into other blockchain projects. One of the more interesting ones is Stacks. This blockchain sits on top of the Bitcoin network, effectively making the Bitcoin network programmable.

The essential feature of blockchain technology is enabling complex multiparty transactions between trust-less parties. The impact of this technology is still in its infancy. It will likely change the financial industry as digital distribution changed the music industry.

Firefly Space Systems

In 2014, PJ co-founded and invested in Firefly Space Systems, an aerospace startup developing a small satellite launch vehicle. The company received contracts from NASA and other agencies worth over $20 million and letters of intent for commercial launch contracts worth over $240 million. It received more than $30 million in investment capital.

The events surrounding the demise of Firefly Space Systems and its resurrection as Firefly Aerospace are the subject of legal action taken by PJ and a large group of fellow shareholders in the original company against CEO Tom Markusic and new investor Max Polyakov. Shortly after the legal action was taken, many websites appeared that disparaged each litigating shareholder.

CNG/Tzell Travel MBO & Trade Sale

In 2007, PJ completed a corporate turnaround and privatization of CNG Travel Group plc, a New York-based internet travel company in which he was an angel investor. PJ restructured the company turning it from making a $23 million loss to making $8 million operating profit in 2 years. PJ raised $44,500,000 in equity and debt finance and led a Management Buy-Out of CNG Travel Group plc. The operating company (Tzell Travel) was subsequently merged with TravelLeaders group in a trade sale, creating the largest independent Travel Group in the United States.