Scott Nolan is the Founder and CEO of General Matter. General Matter is enriching uranium in America to fill the nuclear fuel gap and to power American leadership in AI, manufacturing, and energy production. General Matter is backed by Founders Fund, the first institutional investor in SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril and Meta (Facebook). Scott is also a partner at Founders Fund, where he has led engineering-driven investments across energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, biotechnology, aerospace and defense. Companies Scott has worked with include Neuralink, Crusoe Energy, Planet Labs, The Boring Company, Nubank, Quince, Impulse Space, and Radiant. Prior to Founders Fund, Scott was an early engineer at SpaceX where he helped develop the Merlin engine systems and Dragon capsule, and a consultant at Bain & Company where he worked with private equity clients. He earned his Masters and Bachelors degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell and MBA from Stanford University. 

Jacques Sisteron joined the Upfront investment team in 2022. Before Upfront, Jacques worked at Apeel as a manager in the Strategy division, where he focused on bringing their materials-based shelf-life extension product to market in the EU, developing new pricing models, and prioritizing and quantifying value for new product introductions.

Jacques graduated early cum laude from Cornell with a B.S. in Applied Economics & Management, focusing on environmental, resource, and energy economics. He received a Cornell merit scholarship for his Master of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering after obtaining his B.S.