British AI neocloud Nscale lands $3.36B convertible note ahead of US IPO
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Nscale 是一家从澳洲矿场分拆出来的英国 AI 云服务商，刚在纽交所 IPO 前融了 33.6 亿美元，形式是可转债，不是直接卖股份。这笔钱里 23.6 亿马上到账，另外 10 亿来自老股东英伟达，要等到 11 月中旬。领投方是对冲基金 Third Point。公司上周交了招股书，目标估值 350 亿美元，想通过 IPO 再融 30 亿。它自称手里...
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- TechCrunch · AIBritish AI neocloud Nscale lands $3.36B convertible note ahead of US IPO
Nscale, a British AI neocloud spun out of Australian crypto miner Arkon Energy, raised $3.36B in convertible notes ahead of its NYSE IPO. Hedge fund Third Point led; existing investor Nvidia put in $1B. $2.36B is available now, the rest arrives mid-November. The company filed its S-1 last week, targeting a $35B valuation and a $3B IPO raise. It claims over $103B in contracts and is building multiple large data center campuses. Caveat: convertible notes aren't pure equity—final dilution depends on IPO pricing, and the post doesn't disclose conversion terms or interest rate.