Samuel Durantel

Etudiant en Master Finance et Stratégie à Sciences Po Paris, je prépare une année de césure avec un premier stage en Business Development dans une start-up américaine de fusion nucléaire.

Upcoming : Business Development Intern at BEAM ALPHA INC (2026-08 – 2027-01)

Reporting directly to the CEO (Dr. Gerald Jackson, former Fermilab physicist, APS Fellow) on a venture commercializing aneutronic proton-boron-11 fusion technology.

• Structuring fundraising strategy and building investor-facing materials (pitch decks, financial models, technical narratives).
• Mapping non-dilutive funding pathways across NASA (NIAC), DOE (SBIR/STTR), DoD, and frontier-tech foundations (Schmidt Sciences, Astera, Convergent Research).
• Leading partnership outreach to U.S. national laboratories, NASA centers, and DoD program offices to develop near-term commercial applications (compact neutron sources, BNCT, rad-hard testing services).
• Conducting market and competitive intelligence on the global fusion landscape to inform positioning, go-to-market strategy, and commercial roadmap.

Founder and Managing Director at EXPLORTOUR (2024-10 – 2026-03)

Company founded alongside my studies.

• Negotiation of contracts and partnerships.
• Project management and cash flow monitoring.
• Marketing and customer relations.
• €40,000 in revenue over one year.

Science Mediator at ACCUSTICA (2023-07 – 2023-09)

As part of my civic service program.

• Public communication on citizen science projects.

Master in Finance and Strategy in Corporate Strategy, Deeptech Entrepreneurship, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Financial Analysis and Valuation Methods, Market Finance, Financial Modeling, Emerging Technologies (Machine Learning, Blockchain, Quantum Technologies) – Sciences Po (2025-08)

Defense and Security Studies, International Relations – University of Pretoria (2024-07 – 2025-06)

Bachelor in Political Science, Space Industry, Aviation Industry, Military Strategy, International Trade and Finance, Economics, Constitutional Law, History – Sciences Po (2022-08 – 2025-06)

French Baccalauréat, Highest Honors with Jury Commendation in History, Geography & Geopolitics – Economic and Social Sciences – Mathematics – Lycée Franklin D. Roosevelt (2022 – 2022)