Venture Capital

Nopan Raises €7.2 Million To Expand Account And Wallet Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Nopan, a performance platform for account and digital wallet payments, has raised €7.2 million in total funding, including a new investment round led by Newion. Existing investors Crane and Seedcamp participated in the latest financing, along with a group of angel investors with experience across merchant payments and financial technology.

Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center In Over $50 Billion Investment for Richland Parish

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Meta's data center expansion represents an investment of more than $50 billion in the Richland Parish region, one of the largest investments in AI infrastructure in the world built in America. The project supports infrastructure projects, workforce development programs, and an energy agreement expected to save Entergy Louisiana customers more than $2 billion over 20 years, on top of $650 million in savings from a first agreement. Meta pays the full costs of the energy, water, and related infrastructure the data center uses so consumers aren't paying the cost.

Intel Invests €5 Billion to Expand Manufacturing in Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Intel announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) capital investment at its Leixlip campus in Ireland, marking the next phase in the site's capacity expansion. Global demand for AI and high-performance computing is driving the need for advanced silicon to power AI Factories, and Intel is scaling capacity in Ireland to deliver Intel Xeon 6 and next-generation Intel Xeon processors built on its Intel 3 node.

Ardian Partners With Munich Electrification, Providing Capital to Accelerate Battery Technology Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Ardian, a global private investment firm, is acquiring a majority stake in Munich Electrification from the company's founders. Munich Electrification provides battery management systems and electronics, control and sensor components, as well as software primarily for electric mobility and battery energy storage systems applications. As part of the transaction, the founders will retain a minority stake while the existing management team significantly invests alongside Ardian and the founders into the company. Completion is subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities, and the parties have agreed not to disclose the financial details of the transaction.

ABB Invests In Gridcog To Accelerate Complex Energy Project Modeling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

ABB has made a strategic minority investment in Gridcog, a UK-based software startup whose platform enables scenario modeling, design, and simulation for renewable energy, storage, microgrids, and distributed energy resources. Financial terms were not disclosed. ABB is leading the funding round, joined by energy companies AXPO, DNV, and Verbund Ventures. Existing shareholders Albion and Clean Energy Finance Corporation retain their stakes.

Sabanto Raises Series B To Scale Autonomous Farming Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Sabanto, an agricultural technology company developing autonomous retrofit systems for farm equipment, has raised an oversubscribed Series B funding round. The financial terms of the round were not disclosed. Leaps by Bayer led the financing, with participation from Sustainable Forward Capital, InnoVenture Iowa, Fulcrum Global Capital, DCVC, and Yara.

Odyssey Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in TransPak

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Odyssey Investment Partners has made a majority investment in TransPak, a Silicon Valley-based provider of packaging engineering, logistics, testing, and supply chain solutions serving the data center, semiconductor, aerospace and defense, and medical industries. Financial terms were not disclosed.

NUBURU Announces Proposed $38 Million Offering To Fund Tekne Acquisition And Extinguish Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

NUBURU, a next-generation dual-use Defense & Security integrated platform company, announced the commencement of a proposed best-efforts public offering of up to $38 million of securities.

Leon Capital Closes Approximately $19 Million In Structured Equity Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Leon Capital Group subsidiaries Leon Multifamily and Leon Financial have closed two structured equity investments totaling approximately $19 million to finance multifamily and student housing developments in New Hampshire and New York.