Investment led by 8VC and Cota Capital follows national expansion and executive appointments

AUSTIN, Texas, March 10, 2026 — Esper today announced a new round of funding led by 8VC and Cota Capital, with participation from Stand Together Ventures Lab. The raise caps a record-breaking year of growth and expanding partnerships across state and local government.

Policy underpins every government function, from health and public safety to licensing and finance. As the best-in-class system of record for policy and regulation, Esper provides a centralized platform where governments can create, manage, and operationalize the policies that shape public services. Today, agencies partnering with Esper collectively serve over 130 million Americans, strengthening the delivery, transparency, and effectiveness of the services communities rely on.

Most recently, the State of Kansas became Esper’s fourth statewide customer, partnering with the company to modernize regulatory management at scale and set a new benchmark for statewide policy infrastructure. Over the past year, Esper also expanded within multiple New York City departments, several state health agencies, and other forward-looking state and local governments.

Esper was also named to the GovTech 100 for the fifth consecutive year, recognizing the most innovative companies transforming state and local government technology.

“Government works best when policy works,” said Maleka Momand, CEO of Esper. “For too long, the systems behind policy have been fragmented, outdated and neglected. We built Esper to strengthen the foundation of governance itself, giving public servants best-in-class infrastructure to collaborate more effectively, increase transparency, and deliver better outcomes for the people they serve. When policy works, communities thrive.”

“Esper is tackling one of the most consequential challenges facing America today: ensuring our institutions are equipped to govern effectively in a complex, fast-moving world,” said Joe Lonsdale, General Partner at 8VC. “By bringing greater clarity and structure to how policy is managed, the company is helping governments perform at a higher level. Esper has already made meaningful progress nationally, and its long-term impact on the effectiveness and resilience of American government will be profound.”

With new investment and strengthened leadership, including the appointments of government technology industry veterans Josh Ellars as Chief Revenue Officer and Rich McVey as Chief Operating Officer, Esper is accelerating the infrastructure that powers public governance at scale.

At its core, Esper is a force for good, equipping public servants with the tools they need to deliver clearer rules, stronger accountability, and measurable results for the American people.

About Esper
Esper is the system of record for government policy and regulation, empowering agencies to strengthen accountability, improve operations, and drive better outcomes for the communities they serve. Learn more at esper.com.

Contact: Gargi Potdar, [email protected]

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Led by industry pioneer Kevin Mandia, Armadin launches an autonomous, agentic attacker swarm to redefine defense for the AI era. 

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, 2026 — Armadin, an AI-native cybersecurity company focused on building the ultimate attacker, today announced it has raised an industry record $189.9 million in Seed and Series A funding. Led by Accel, with participation from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and follow-on investment from 8VC and Ballistic Ventures, this marks the largest combined Seed and Series A funding round in cybersecurity history. Armadin’s mission is to prepare organizations for the speed and scale of AI-driven threats.

Closing the Hyperattack Gap

The rise of AI-powered attackers has ushered in the age of Hyperattacks: sophisticated, multi-modal campaigns that move at machine-speed. Traditional human-led defenses are no longer fast enough to bridge the widening security gap, and Armadin is closing this gap by deploying a unified, scalable platform that transforms security by revolutionizing how exploitable risk is identified, proven, and remediated.

“The AI shift is changing cybersecurity more rapidly than any transition in history,” said Kevin Mandia, CEO of Armadin. “In a world of machine-speed attacks, defense must become autonomous. You cannot have a human in the loop for every defense decision and expect to win. We are building the most formidable offense to give organizations the greatest defense. It’s important to national security.”

An Agentic Attacker Swarm

Unlike tools that scan for vulnerabilities, Armadin’s platform features specialized AI agents leveraging custom models in an agentic attacker swarm. These agents continuously reason, plan, and adapt like the most advanced human threat actors and provide CEOs and Boards with decision-grade proof of what can actually be exploited.

“At Accel, we look for companies that don’t just participate in the market, but redefine it,” said Ping Li, Partner at Accel. “Armadin is the first company we’ve seen that truly weaponizes the attacker’s perspective to build a more resilient defense. By combining Kevin’s unrivaled operational experience with a generational AI engineering team, Armadin is delivering the autonomous, comprehensive system of record for an enterprise’s security posture that boards and CISOs have been demanding for years.”

“The most honest measure of security has always been the offensive lens,” said Evan Peña, Founder and Chief Offensive Security Officer. “At Armadin, we are taking decades of human-led red teaming expertise and reinforcing it into AI models. These models are learning our tactics and techniques and are outpacing our human operators at every turn.”

“Security expertise is a constrained resource that organizations never have enough of in the moments when it matters most,” added Travis Lanham, Founder and Chief Technology Officer. “Before Armadin, you could not put a nation-state level adversary inside every network 24/7. We’ve built the ultimate attacker – it doesn’t just follow a script, it reasons and learns as it swarms your defenses. We train our models and build agents to the standards of a world-class red team with safety at the foundation and unleash them to identify exploitable risk at machine speed. We believe that this is the only way to prepare for the coming wave of AI Hyperattacks.” 

Armadin’s founding team is a rare fusion of elite red teaming experts and AI researchers and engineers under the leadership of Kevin Mandia, who maintains deep, trusted relationships across Fortune 100 companies, federal law enforcement agencies, and defense departments.

About Armadin
Armadin is an AI-native cybersecurity company building the ultimate attacker. With AI-powered Hyperattacks looming on the horizon, Armadin’s customers leverage our platform to proactively find and eliminate exploitable risk. Armadin’s swarm of AI agents operates relentlessly across the entire attack surface, uncovering real kill chains that require immediate action.

Armadin is led by CEO Kevin Mandia and Founders Travis Lanham, Evan Peña, and David Slater. Together, they lead an elite collective of red team specialists and AI researchers and engineers dedicated to protecting democracy by ensuring Western superiority in cyberspace.

For more information, visit www.armadin.com

SOURCE Armadin

Rally Venture Partner and Former Google CIO Ben Fried will join Captur’s Board of Directors.

NEW YORK, March 10, 2026 — Captur, AI infrastructure for enterprise mobile-apps that instantly verifies user-submitted photos for quality and accuracy, today announced a $6 million US seed round led by Rally Ventures, with continued participation from existing investor SVV (Sure Valley Ventures). The technology runs directly on users’ phones, analyzing images in 30 milliseconds without requiring an internet connection or costly cloud tokens. Captur processes tens of millions of images monthly across delivery, mobility and e-commerce platforms.

When a company needs a photo as proof of something — a delivery, a parked bike, a completed inspection — they’re completely dependent on whoever took it. If the photo is bad, they lose money or lose a contract. Captur fixes that, before the photo is taken.

Existing solutions—cloud-based processing or manual review—are slow, expensive and unable to provide the real-time feedback companies and customers need. Captur runs powerful computer vision models entirely on-device, achieving human-level or better accuracy across 6,000+ mobile devices: from sub-$100 Android phones to the latest iPhones. On-device processing delivers verification instantly, scales without added infrastructure and keeps costs flat no matter how many images are processed.

“As computer vision advanced and smartphones got more powerful, we saw an opportunity to move AI processing from the cloud directly onto user devices, unlocking instant verification that wasn’t possible before,” said Charlotte Bax, Founder and CEO of Captur. “Every industry with mobile users can now deliver instant, intelligent feedback at the moment it matters most.”

The platform doesn’t just detect what’s in an image; it provides actionable feedback directly to users in real-time, enabling them to make adjustments before completing transactions. For example, when a rider photographs a parked scooter to end their trip, Captur validates parking compliance instantly while they’re still there—catching mistakes in the moment rather than discovering them hours later when city fines have already been issued.

Early customers are seeing immediate impact. “We integrated Captur’s SDK and saw disputed delivery claims drop 30% in the first week,” said Heindrik Bernabe, CTO and Co-Founder at GoBolt. “For drivers who need to move fast, cloud processing isn’t an option—uploading, processing and waiting for feedback creates unacceptable delays. Captur delivers both quality and speed, which other AI solutions in logistics just can’t do.”

“Captur is solving a hard technical problem that creates a deep competitive moat,” said Ben Fried, Venture Partner at Rally Ventures. “They’ve brought powerful AI down to the smartphone level, eliminating the need for a data center while delivering human-level accuracy at 30-millisecond speeds across thousands of device types. Achieving this type of performance on-device requires specialized expertise that’s extremely difficult to replicate.”

The company will use the funding to expand its team and accelerate product development as it scales its edge AI engine across new industries including logistics, micro-mobility and retail.

About Captur
Captur is AI infrastructure for enterprise mobile-apps that instantly verifies user-submitted photos for quality and accuracy. The company’s mobile software development kits (SDKs) bring instant image recognition and actionable feedback directly into customers’ apps, running complex machine learning models entirely on-device without cloud inference. This allows businesses to automate tasks that previously required manual review, improving efficiency, reducing costs and enhancing customer experience. For more information, visit www.captur.ai.

SOURCE Captur

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 10, 2026 — Uzum (the “Company”), Uzbekistan’s leading digital ecosystem, is pleased to announce the closing of a strategic investment exceeding $130 million, anchored by the sovereign entities of the Sultanate of Oman (the “Investor“).

The transaction combines primary equity and structured capital and establishes a $2.3 billion pre-money valuation reference point, with conversion terms linked to the Company’s next qualified financing round. The investment marks a significant step-up from Uzum’s previous funding rounds and materially strengthens the Company’s positioning ahead of its Series B.

The transaction also includes participation from existing international shareholders VR Capital, Tencent, and FinSight Ventures, underscoring strong international confidence in Uzum’s long-term growth and Uzbekistan’s rapidly expanding digital economy.

The capital will be used to accelerate Uzum’s next phase of growth across its core verticals — e-commerce, digital banking, payments, and consumer lending — with a focus on expanding product depth, strengthening infrastructure, and increasing access to digital services nationwide. Uzum has built a fully integrated ecosystem combining commerce and fintech at a national scale. Its platforms — including Uzum Market, Uzum Tezkor, Uzum Bank, and Uzum Nasiya — are used by over 20 million people, representing more than half of Uzbekistan’s population.

Global conviction in Uzbekistan’s growth story

The Investor brings long-term regional expertise and a strong focus on high-growth consumer and technology markets. The partnership reflects growing international interest in Uzbekistan as one of the most attractive emerging digital economies globally.

“This investment is a strong endorsement of both Uzum’s strategy and Uzbekistan’s digital potential,” commented Djasur Djumaev, Founder and CEO of Uzum.

“We are focused on building an infrastructure of national scale — technology-driven, inclusive, and designed for everyday use by millions of people and businesses. The support from the Investor, alongside our existing global shareholders, gives us strong momentum as we prepare for Series B and continue scaling our ecosystem.”

Uzum was advised on this transaction by DLA Piper. The Investor was advised by Greenberg Traurig.

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Ce tour de table de série C soutient l’accélération des déploiements d’infrastructures d’IA de Nscale à l’échelle mondiale, évaluant Nscale à 14,6 milliards de dollars.

Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Decker et Nick Clegg rejoignent le conseil d’administration de Nscale

LONDRES, 10 mars 2026 — L’hyperscaler britannique pour l’infrastructure d’IA Nscale a annoncé aujourd’hui son financement de série C de 2 milliards de dollars, mené par Aker ASA et 8090 Industries. Ce tour de table évalue Nscale à 14,6 milliards de dollars. Le tour de table a été soutenu par Astra Capital Management, Citadel, Dell, Jane Street, Lenovo, Linden Advisors, Nokia, NVIDIA et Point72. Cette nouvelle levée de fonds permettra d’accélérer le développement mondial de Nscale en matière d’infrastructure d’IA verticalement intégrée – du calcul GPU et de la mise en réseau aux services de données et aux logiciels d’orchestration – en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et en Asie.

L’IA est en train de remodeler les industries, les économies et les stratégies nationales, et les plateformes informatiques accélérées sont le moteur de ce changement. Ce n’est pas la demande qui limite l’expansion du marché, mais la capacité à déployer la capacité et à la faire fonctionner de manière fiable en production. Nscale est spécialement conçu pour accélérer les déploiements d’IA. Ce capital renforce l’empreinte de l’infrastructure de Nscale, élargit ses équipes d’ingénierie et d’exploitation, et renforce la plateforme, permettant à Nscale de continuer à fournir des déploiements d’IA réels, de niveau de production, à très grande échelle.

« Nous vivons la quatrième révolution industrielle ; le monde évolue à un rythme rapide. Au cours des cinq prochaines années, l’intelligence artificielle sera intégrée dans tous les secteurs d’activité, tous les produits et tous les emplois. Elle permettra d’accélérer la découverte de médicaments, de prolonger la vie humaine, d’autonomiser les déplacements et la robotique, d’augmenter la productivité et de favoriser une croissance massive. Cette évolution conduit au plus grand déploiement d’infrastructure de l’histoire de l’humanité », a déclaré Josh Payne, PDG et fondateur de Nscale. « Nscale est à la tête de ce déploiement. Nous construisons les fondations sur lesquelles repose le marché, le moteur de la superintelligence ».

Renforcement du conseil d’administration de Nscale

Nscale accueille également aujourd’hui trois nouveaux directeurs. Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Decker et Nick Clegg rejoindront le conseil d’administration de Nscale, apportant à un groupe de chefs d’entreprise qui est déjà de classe mondiale une profondeur mondiale substantielle dans les domaines de la technologie, des politiques, des opérations et de la gouvernance.

Sheryl Sandberg – Mme Sandberg est actuellement cofondatrice de Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, qui déploie des capitaux privés pour financer l’innovation dans les domaines de la consommation, de l’entreprise, du climat et des technologies de la santé. En tant qu’ancienne directrice de l’exploitation de Meta et ancienne cadre dirigeante de Google, Mme Sandberg apporte une expérience inégalée dans le développement des entreprises technologiques les plus influentes au monde, ainsi qu’une expertise approfondie en matière d’opérations, de stratégie de croissance et de mise en place d’organisations mondiales.

Susan Decker – Susan Decker est PDG et cofondatrice de Raftr, une plateforme d’expérience communautaire pour les universités. Ancienne présidente de Yahoo, Inc., elle est actuellement membre du conseil d’administration de Costco Wholesale Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway, Vail Resorts, Chime, Vox Media et Automattic. Mme Decker apporte son sens aigu des finances, son expertise en matière de gouvernance et son leadership stratégique, acquis au cours de décennies passées à la tête d’entreprises mondiales de médias et de technologies.

Nick Clegg – Actuellement partenaire général de Hiro Capital, Nick Clegg se concentre sur la promotion de la croissance des technologies de pointe en matière d’informatique spatiale en Europe. Il est à la fois ancien vice-premier ministre britannique et ancien président des affaires mondiales chez Meta. Avant d’être élu au Parlement britannique en 2005, M. Clegg a siégé pendant cinq ans au Parlement européen. M. Clegg apporte une expertise approfondie à l’intersection de la technologie, des politiques et des affaires mondiales et a récemment été au centre des conversations extrêmement importantes sur la réglementation et la gouvernance qui déterminent l’avenir de l’IA.

Mme Sandberg, Mme Decker et M. Clegg rejoignent le conseil d’administration de Nscale, où siègent également Josh Payne, Rael Nurick, Jacob Leschly et Øyvind Eriksen.

Rationalisation de l’exécution en Norvège

Parallèlement à ce financement de série C et à ses nouveaux directeurs, Nscale a conclu un accord avec Aker pour intégrer pleinement la coentreprise Aker Nscale – annoncée en juillet 2025 – dans Nscale. À l’avenir, Aker restera l’un des principaux actionnaires de Nscale et son PDG, Øyvind Eriksen, continuera à siéger au conseil d’administration de Nscale.

Cette décision consolide la livraison et la gouvernance au sein d’une seule entité, tout en garantissant que tous les projets existants dans le cadre de la coentreprise se poursuivent et restent pleinement opérationnels en tant que partie intégrante de Nscale. Ce partenariat permanent a joué un rôle fondamental dans la croissance de Nscale et démontre sa volonté persistante de jouer un rôle positif et à long terme dans les communautés où elle est active. L’engagement ferme de Nscale en faveur de la réutilisation de la chaleur perdue, du développement des compétences locales et de l’investissement dans l’infrastructure régionale reste inchangé.

Øyvind Eriksen, président-directeur général d’Aker ASA, a déclaré : « Cette étape renforce l’exécution en plaçant la livraison et la gouvernance sous un même toit, tout en maintenant la continuité pour les personnes et les projets déjà en cours. Nous avons pleinement confiance en la capacité de Nscale à agir de manière responsable en Norvège sur le long terme, et nous pensons que cela prépare le terrain pour progresser plus rapidement et créer une valeur durable. »

Rayyan Islam, cofondateur et partenaire général de 8090 Industries, a déclaré : « Nous vivons une nouvelle ère définie par l’IA, et le facteur limitant est l’infrastructure. Les capacités de calcul, d’énergie et de déploiement à l’échelle industrielle détermineront les nations et les entreprises qui seront à la tête de la prochaine génération de progrès technologiques et économiques.

Nscale a construit une plateforme unique capable de relever ce défi en intégrant verticalement les couches critiques de l’infrastructure de l’IA – de l’énergie et des centres de données au calcul et à l’orchestration.

Chez 8090 Industries, nous investissons dans les systèmes qui permettent à des industries entières de se développer et nous sommes fiers de nous associer à Josh et à l’équipe de Nscale qui construisent l’épine dorsale de l’économie mondiale de l’IA. »

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC et J.P. Morgan ont fait office de co-agents de placement pour Nscale dans le cadre de cette levée de fonds qui comprend le SAFE pré-série C.

À propos de Nscale

Nscale est l’hyperscaler mondial conçu pour l’infrastructure de l’IA. Grâce à des solutions d’IA intégrées verticalement et à la conception modulaire de centres de données basée sur les premiers principes en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et ailleurs, Nscale fournit la base de calcul pour l’entraînement, le réglage fin et l’inférence de l’IA d’entreprise à l’échelle.

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• Developing housekeeping-focused robots for North American hotels, capable of ultra-low-latency control across diverse network environments
• Verified market demand in the U.S. and China; restroom-cleaning prototype to begin on-site testing in Q2 2026
• Founding team brings extensive experience in computer vision, robot control, and teleoperation from Tesla, Apple, Meta, and Bear Robotics

SEONGNAM, South Korea, March 9, 2026 — NAVER D2SF, NAVER’s in-house corporate venture arm, has invested in Khameleon (CEO, Donghoon Lee), a physical AI startup tackling challenges in highly specialized, real-world environments. This pre-seed round marks Khameleon’s first funding round since its founding, with participation from NAVER D2SF, Base Ventures, Mashup Ventures, The Ventures, and Schmidt Ventures, as well as institutional investors from the United States and the United Kingdom.

Khameleon is developing robots designed for housekeeping tasks in North American hotels. The hotel industry in the region faces severe labor shortages and rising wages, creating strong demand for automation. Housekeeping in particular is affected by annual turnover rates of 70–80%, compelling hotels to raise wages significantly year over year simply to attract and retain workers. However, the complexity and high-quality standards of hotel housekeeping have proven difficult for existing commercial robot solutions to meet.

Khameleon has designed versatile hardware capable of handling everything from restroom cleaning to full-scope housekeeping, and has built an infrastructure that enables ultra-low-latency control across diverse network environments. Having validated market demand in both the U.S. and China, the company has already secured a pipeline of prospective customers. A restroom-cleaning prototype is set to begin on-site testing in Q2 2026, with plans to gradually expand its capabilities to cover all housekeeping tasks.

Khameleon’s founding team, led by CEO Donghoon Lee, brings extensive expertise in computer vision, robot control, and teleoperation from Tesla, Apple, Meta, and Bear Robotics. The team has also participated in large-scale robotics projects — including the mass production of over 20,000 robots — giving them rare depth in both robotics development and commercialization.

Donghoon Lee, CEO of Khameleon, said, “Cleaning is a universal necessity, yet core tasks like restroom cleaning and housekeeping remain largely manual — and that’s exactly the problem Khameleon is here to solve. With this investment, we will accelerate our on-site testing in North American hotels, grow our team, and expand partnerships with global customers.”

Yang Sang-hwan, Head of NAVER D2SF, stated, “Khameleon combines deep technical expertise with hands-on field experience, positioning the team to solve real-world hotel challenges and demonstrate the value of physical AI.” He added, “NAVER D2SF will continue to invest in startups that leverage their unique strengths to rapidly build success and write a new playbook for physical AI.” 

About NAVER D2SF 

NAVER D2SF is NAVER’s in-house corporate venture arm, supporting sustainable growth by collaborating with startups. Founded in 1999, NAVER has maintained its position as Korea’s leading search engine for over 20 years and operates across commerce, content, fintech, and cloud services. Under the technological vision of D2 (For Developers, By Developers), NAVER is actively developing new technologies and global partnerships to grow as a leading tech company.

To learn more, visit https://d2sf.naver.com 

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According to NIQ Byzzer, Meiji Hello Panda has seen a 34% and 59% year-over-year growth in sales and distribution respectively in the last 52 weeks, as of Jan. 17, 2026. By adding Meiji Hello Panda production to the York facility, the momentum can continue to build with trustworthy support for sales and distribution with smoother collaborations and flexibility with retailers.

Meiji Hello Panda’s popularity can be attributed to many factors, including the detailed Panda Pal athletes drawn on every cookie, the thoughtful ingredients that exclude peanuts and high fructose corn syrup, and the mess-free cookie exterior, encouraging easy on-the-go snacking. Relaunched in 2026, the “Panda-Monium” campaign celebrates how Hello Panda makes joyful everyday moments across family time, hobbies, studying, and sports even sweeter.

“Seeing Meiji Hello Panda’s growth has only continued to motivate our team here at Meiji America to keep working hard to deliver treats in the accessible and high-quality fashion we are known for,” Ron Fink, Chief Operating Officer said.

The York plant currently supports Stauffer’s^®, a Meiji America Inc. subsidiary with a rich history from 1821. Meiji Hello Panda also strives to make a positive impact on the York community by supporting local youth sports with TeamSnap, helping provide resources and support to teams and families. Now, Hello Panda’s production is expected to create new jobs and increase collaboration with local businesses, with changes expected to boost manufacturing by 50%.

“I can’t wait to see the impact this makes in the York community,” Mac Simpson, the York Plant Manager shares. “We have a lot of exciting upgrades and changes to the plant to support Meiji Hello Panda, and I know local talent will be a large part in making that happen.” Current partnerships include an engineering company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and local contractors and millwrights for equipment installation and building modifications. 

Renovations and installations will commence in 2026, with packaging beginning in 2027 and full production in 2028. 

Sources:

NIQ Byzzer, Prepackaged Cookie, latest 52 weeks, week ending Jan. 17, 2026

TeamSNAP: https://www.teamsnap.com/brands

About Meiji America Inc.

The Meiji Group, founded in Japan in 1916, provides customers of all ages, from infants to seniors, with a wide range of products to support healthy and fulfilling lives. From delicious confectioneries and wholesome dairy products to body-enhancing nutrition supplements and vital pharmaceuticals, we make people’s wellness our main mission.

Meiji America Inc., founded in 2011 as the North American division, manufactures a variety of unique confectioneries and snacks in the USA. Meiji^® is best known for its MEIJI HELLO PANDA™, YAN YAN™ and CHOCOROOMS^® brands in the USA and Canada. These fun, interactive snacks can be found in grocery, club, specialty, or convenience stores.

For more information, please follow Meiji America Inc. on Instagram, Facebook, or visit our website.

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STOCKHOLM, March 9, 2026 — Between 4 March 2026 and 6 March 2026 EQT AB (LEI code 213800U7P9GOIRKCTB34) (“EQT”) has repurchased in total 207,024 own ordinary shares (ISIN: SE0012853455).

The repurchases form part of the repurchase program of a maximum of 3,005,071 own ordinary shares for a total maximum amount of SEK 2,500,000,000 that EQT announced on 4 March 2026. The repurchase program, which runs between 4 March 2026 and 8 May 2026, is being carried out in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052.

EQT ordinary shares have been repurchased as follows:

All acquisitions have been carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB on behalf of EQT.

Following the above acquisitions and as of 6 March 2026, the number of shares in EQT, including EQT’s holding of own shares is set out in the table below.

1) Total number of shares in EQT AB, i.e. including the number of shares owned by EQT AB
2) EQT AB shares owned by EQT AB are not entitled to dividends or carry votes at shareholders’ meetings

A full breakdown of the transactions is attached to this announcement.

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Diese Serie-C-Finanzierungsrunde unterstützt Nscale bei der Beschleunigung der weltweiten Einführung von KI-Infrastrukturen und bewertet Nscale mit 14,6 Milliarden US-Dollar

Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Decker und Nick Clegg werden Mitglieder des Vorstands von Nscale

LONDON, 9. März 2026 — Der britische KI-Infrastruktur-Hyperscaler Nscale gab heute seine Serie-C-Finanzierung in Höhe von 2 Milliarden US-Dollar bekannt, angeführt von Aker ASA und 8090 Industries. In dieser Runde wird der Wert von Nscale auf 14,6 Milliarden Dollar geschätzt. Die Finanzierungsrunde wurde von Astra Capital Management, Citadel, Dell, Jane Street, Lenovo, Linden Advisors, Nokia, NVIDIA und Point72 unterstützt. Diese neue Finanzierungsrunde wird die globale Entwicklung der vertikal integrierten KI-Infrastruktur von Nscale – von GPU-Computing und Netzwerken bis hin zu Datendiensten und Orchestrierungssoftware – in Europa, Nordamerika und Asien weiter beschleunigen.

KI verändert Branchen, Volkswirtschaften und nationale Strategien, und beschleunigte Computing-Plattformen sind der Motor, der diesen Wandel vorantreibt. Die Einschränkung für die Marktskalierung ist nicht die Nachfrage, sondern die Fähigkeit, Kapazitäten bereitzustellen und diese zuverlässig in der Produktion einzusetzen. Nscale wurde speziell entwickelt, um KI-Implementierungen zu beschleunigen. Dieses Kapital vertieft die Infrastrukturpräsenz von Nscale, erweitert seine Engineering- und Betriebsteams und stärkt die Plattform, sodass Nscale weiterhin echte, produktionsreife KI-Implementierungen in großem Maßstab liefern kann.

„Dies ist die vierte industrielle Revolution; die Welt verändert sich rasant. In den nächsten fünf Jahren wird künstliche Intelligenz in jede Branche, jedes Produkt und jeden Arbeitsplatz integriert werden. Sie beschleunigt die Arzneimittelentwicklung, verlängert das menschliche Leben, automatisiert Reisen und Robotik, steigert die Produktivität und treibt massives Wachstum voran. Dies führt zum größten Infrastrukturausbau in der Geschichte der Menschheit”, sagte Josh Payne, CEO und Gründer von Nscale. „Nscale ist führend bei diesem Ausbau. Wir schaffen die Grundlage, auf der der Markt basiert, den Motor der Superintelligenz.”

Stärkung des Vorstands von Nscale

Nscale begrüßt heute auch drei neue Vorstandsmitglieder. Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Decker und Nick Clegg werden dem Vorstand von Nscale beitreten und damit einer bereits weltklasse Gruppe von Führungskräften aus der Wirtschaft umfangreiche globale Erfahrung in den Bereichen Technologie, Politik, Betrieb und Unternehmensführung hinzufügen.

Sheryl Sandberg – Sandberg ist derzeit Mitbegründerin von Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, das privates Kapital einsetzt, um Innovationen in den Bereichen Verbraucher-, Unternehmens-, Klima- und Gesundheitstechnologie zu finanzieren. Als ehemaliger Chief Operating Officer von Meta und frühe Führungskraft bei Google bringt Sandberg unübertroffene Erfahrung in der Skalierung der weltweit einflussreichsten Technologieunternehmen sowie fundiertes Fachwissen in den Bereichen Betrieb, Wachstumsstrategie und Aufbau globaler Organisationen mit.

Susan Decker – Decker ist CEO und Mitbegründerin von Raftr, einer Community-Experience-Plattform für Universitäten. Sie ist ehemalige Präsidentin von Yahoo, Inc. und derzeit Vorstandsmitglied bei Costco Wholesale Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway, Vail Resorts, Chime, Vox Media und Automattic. Decker bringt scharfsinniges Finanzwissen, Governance-Expertise und strategische Führungsqualitäten mit, die sie über Jahrzehnte an der Spitze globaler Medien- und Technologieunternehmen entwickelt hat.

Nick Clegg – Als derzeitiger General Partner bei Hiro Capital konzentriert sich Clegg auf die Förderung des Wachstums führender räumlicher Computertechnologien in Europa. Er ist sowohl ehemaliger stellvertretender Premierminister des Vereinigten Königreichs als auch ehemaliger Präsident für globale Angelegenheiten bei Meta. Bevor er 2005 ins britische Parlament gewählt wurde, war Clegg fünf Jahre lang Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments. Clegg bringt fundierte Fachkenntnisse an der Schnittstelle von Technologie, Politik und globalen Angelegenheiten mit und stand zuletzt im Mittelpunkt der wichtigsten Regulierungs- und Governance-Diskussionen, die die Zukunft der KI prägen.

Sandberg, Decker und Clegg treten dem bestehenden Vorstand von Nscale bei, dem Josh Payne, Rael Nurick, Jacob Leschly und Øyvind Eriksen angehören.

Optimierung der Umsetzung in Norwegen

Neben dieser Serie-C-Finanzierung und den neuen Vorstandsmitgliedern hat Nscale eine Vereinbarung mit Aker getroffen, das im Juli 2025 angekündigte Joint Venture Aker Nscale vollständig in Nscale zu integrieren. Auch in Zukunft wird Aker ein führender Anteilseigner von Nscale bleiben, und sein CEO Øyvind Eriksen wird weiterhin im Vorstand von Nscale tätig sein.

Diese Entscheidung konsolidiert die Umsetzung und Governance unter einem Dach und stellt gleichzeitig sicher, dass alle bestehenden Projekte des Joint Ventures als Teil von Nscale fortgesetzt werden und voll funktionsfähig bleiben. Diese fortlaufende Partnerschaft war grundlegend für das Wachstum von Nscale und zeigt das anhaltende Engagement des Unternehmens, eine positive, langfristige Rolle in den Gemeinden zu spielen, in denen es tätig ist. Das feste Bekenntnis von Nscale zur Wiederverwendung von Abwärme, zur Entwicklung lokaler Kompetenzen und zu Investitionen in die regionale Infrastruktur bleibt unverändert.

Øyvind Eriksen, Präsident und CEO von Aker ASA, sagte: „Dieser Schritt stärkt die Umsetzung, indem Lieferung und Governance unter einem Dach vereint werden, während die Kontinuität für die bereits beteiligten Personen und Projekte gewahrt bleibt. Wir haben volles Vertrauen in die Fähigkeit von Nscale, langfristig verantwortungsbewusst in Norwegen zu liefern, und wir glauben, dass dies die Arbeit für schnellere Fortschritte und eine dauerhafte Wertschöpfung positioniert.”

Rayyan Islam, Mitbegründer und General Partner von 8090 Industries, sagte: „Wir leben in einer neuen Ära, die von KI geprägt ist, und der begrenzende Faktor ist die Infrastruktur. Rechenleistung, Energie und industrielle Einsatzkapazitäten werden darüber entscheiden, welche Nationen und Unternehmen die nächste Generation des technologischen und wirtschaftlichen Fortschritts anführen werden.

Nscale hat eine Plattform geschaffen, die diese Herausforderung auf einzigartige Weise lösen kann, indem sie die kritischen Schichten der KI-Infrastruktur vertikal integriert – von Energie und Rechenzentren bis hin zu Rechenleistung und Orchestrierung.

Bei 8090 Industries investieren wir in Systeme, die es ganzen Branchen ermöglichen, zu skalieren, und wir sind stolz darauf, mit Josh und dem Nscale-Team zusammenzuarbeiten, während sie das fundamentale Rückgrat für die globale KI-Wirtschaft aufbauen.”

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC und J.P. Morgan agierte als gemeinsamer Platzierungsagent für Nscale in Verbindung mit dieser Kapitalerhöhung, die auch den Pre-Series C SAFE umfasst.

Informationen zu Nscale

Nscale ist der globale Hyperscaler, der für KI-Infrastrukturen entwickelt wurde. Durch vertikal integrierte KI-Lösungen und modulares, auf Grundprinzipien basierendes Rechenzentrumsdesign in Europa, Nordamerika und darüber hinaus liefert Nscale die Rechenbasis für KI-Training, Feinabstimmung und Inferenz in großem Maßstab in Unternehmen.

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