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Nuburu raises $12M in public offering to fund defense-tech acquisitions and joint venture
Nuburu, Inc.
- Raised $12M gross ($10.9M net) via 32.4M shares, 51.7M pre-funded warrants, and 126M common warrants.
- Esousa Group Holdings led with $10M investment; warrants exercise prices of $0.0001 (pre-funded) and $0.1714 (common).
- Proceeds to fund phased acquisition of Tekne S.p.A. (3% now, remaining 67% by end-2025) and Tekne US JV (80% owned).
- Tekne has a $500M portfolio of 152 orders; joint venture expected to unlock $7.5M in orders with up to 15% net profit.
- Company also plans controlling interest in SaaS firm Orbit S.r.l. (18 clients, 2,000 daily users, >40% EBITDA margin target).
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