Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises a further USD1 billion

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises a further USD1 billion

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/commonwealth-fusion-systems-raises-a-further-usd1-billion

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems secured an additional 1 billion dollars in equity financing to support the development of its SPARC prototype and ARC power plant. The company has raised 4 billion dollars to date as it works toward grid-connected fusion power in the early 2030s. These funds will accelerate the assembly of the high-field magnetic device currently under construction in Massachusetts.

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced it raised USD1 billion of additional equity financing - the single largest funding round among fusion energy companies worldwide since CFS announced its USD1.8 billion Series B round in 2021. ;

"With this capital, and the USD863 million the company raised last year, CFS has now raised a total of USD4 billion," the company said. "This USD4 billion represents about 30% of the total capital raised by the fusion industry to-date, reinforcing CFS's position as the world's largest and leading fusion company."

CFS said its global network of private investors expanded with the addition of a growing number of institutional investors, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, infrastructure investors, and industrial corporate partners. "This widening diversity and maturation of CFS's capital stack reflects the real evidence investors see in the assembly of SPARC and parallel development of its ARC power plant," it said. "In this concrete progress, investors see that CFS is maturing and have...

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