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Thursday, October 15, 2026

Infra deals also notable: quantum, water and wind

Infrastructure Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 07:16

Smaller deals today include Hedera's 23 million euro round with Quandela as a strategic investor, Gradiant's 50 million dollar water treatment raise, and the Corio Generation sale process.

Why it matters: The roundup tracks where smaller cheques are going: quantum hardware with strategic money, industrial water, and the cooling layer of the data centre buildout.

Data as of Items published October 13 to 15, 2026; several single sourced as flagged.

Hedera has closed a 23 million euro round with Quandela joining as a strategic investor, pairing the French photonic quantum computing company with the energy focused fund in a deal covered by Tech.eu.

Gradiant has raised 50 million dollars to expand its industrial water treatment business, the Boston company’s latest round as semiconductor and mining customers price water as a process input rather than a utility.

BlackRock and HPS closed their 2.8 billion dollar purchase of Humana’s CenterWell clinic stake this week; the deal was published here on October 14 and is the reference version for the life sciences beat’s pointer.

Macquarie’s offshore wind developer Corio Generation remains on the market, with infrastructure funds circling a platform whose development pipeline has outgrown its parent’s balance sheet appetite, according to trade reporting.

Submer, the Barcelona immersion cooling company, continues to raise growth capital as data centre operators price liquid cooling as standard fit out rather than an exotic option, part of the same capital flow visible in AtNorth’s credit facilities in this edition.

Sources

  1. Hedera closes 23 million euro round with Quandela · Tech.eu · 2026-10-14
  2. Gradiant raises 50 million dollars for industrial water treatment · Crunchbase News · 2026-10-14