The oversubscribed round of capital is the largest amount raised among deep tech and energy companies since CFS' $1.8 billion Series B round in 2021. CFS will use the funds to complete SPARC, its fusion demonstration machine, and progress on development work on its first ARC power plant in Virginia. To date, CFS has raised close to $3 billion, about one-third of the total capital invested in private fusion companies worldwide.

New investors in CFS include (in alphabetical order): Brevan Howard Macro Venture Fund; Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley); Stanley Druckenmiller; FFA Private Bank (Dubai) Ltd.; Galaxy Interactive, a venture platform within Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GLXY); Gigascale Capital; HOF Capital; Neva SGR (Intesa Sanpaolo Bank); NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm); Planet First Partners; Woori Venture Partners US; and others committed to the mission of commercializing fusion energy.

A consortium of 12 Japanese companies led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation also participated. The Japanese consortium included Development Bank of Japan Inc.; Fujikura Ltd.; JERA Co., Inc.; JGC Japan Corporation; Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.; Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.; NTT, Inc.; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd.; and The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

They join existing CFS investors who increased their stakes, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures; Emerson Collective; Eni; Future Ventures; Gates Frontier; Google; Hostplus Superannuation Fund; Khosla Ventures; Lowercarbon Capital; Safar Partners; Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google; Starlight Ventures; Tiger Global; a large state pension fund and others who support CFS' leadership in this energy transition.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is the world's largest and leading private fusion company. The company's marquee fusion project, SPARC, will generate net energy, paving the way for limitless carbon-free energy.