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# iPronics raises USD 125 million Series B for AI data centre optical switches
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-02-ipronics-125m-series-b/
- Published: 2026-09-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T11:36:50.000Z
- Description: Spanish photonics spinout iPronics, spun off from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, closed a USD 125 million Series B led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with Nvidia and the EIC Fund joining, taking total funding to USD 177 million for its AI data centre optical switch.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified

Verified [iPronics press release (GlobeNewswire), 2 September 2026](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/02/3355203/0/en/ipronics-raises-125-million-to-scale-programmable-optical-networking-for-ai-data-centers.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish where the optical switches will be deployed, nor whether non-European investors now hold a controlling stake in the company.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Funding round only; deployment location and ownership control unstated. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)