Nearfield Instruments Raises $380M to Boost AI Chipmaking

Nearfield Instruments closed a $380M Series D at a $1.6B valuation, led by Fidelity Management and Research Company. The oversubscribed round includes Temasek, Qatar Investment Authority, and others. The company makes high-throughput atomic force microscopes for non-destructive 3D metrology of chip structures, addressing a key bottleneck in advanced semiconductor manufacturing.