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Caplight Raises $16 Million Series A Led By BlackRock And Fin Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Caplight Technologies announced it raised $16 million in Series A funding to expand its private market data and transaction infrastructure platform. The round was led by BlackRock and Fin Capital, with strategic participation from UBS Investment Bank. LEAP Global Partners also co-led the round. Existing backers DB1 Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Deutsche Börse Group, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, and Dash Fund also increased their positions.

Stegra Closes €1.4 Billion Financing Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Stegra announced the closing of its €1.4 billion financing round. The round was led by a Wallenberg Investments consortium and received strong support from existing investors and Stegra’s original lender group. Stegra had announced in April 2026 that the financing round had been agreed in principle, subject to approvals including customary regulatory approvals. The round has now been completed.

Attain Finance Closes New $375 Million Credit Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Attain Finance announced the closing of HFGT Trust 2026-A, a new $375 million credit facility that strengthens the company’s capital position and supports its next phase of growth.

YA Group Acquires Carr Engineering To Expand Accident Reconstruction Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

YA Group announced the acquisition of the business of Carr Engineering, a Houston-based motor vehicle crash reconstruction and design analysis firm.

Anodyne Nanotech Raises $12.6 Million Series A To Advance Once-Weekly GLP-1 Patch

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Anodyne Nanotech announced the closing of a $12.6 million Series A financing round to advance its once-weekly GLP-1 patch for obesity into Phase I clinical trials. The round was led by Velocity Partners VC and co-led by Evercurious VC, with major participation from Relativity Healthcare Partners.

MoEngage Acquires Aampe To Bring 1:1 Agentic Decisioning To B2C Marketing Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

MoEngage announced the acquisition of Aampe, a San Francisco-based AI infrastructure company that provisions a dedicated autonomous AI agent for every individual customer of a brand.

UbiQD Expands Los Alamos Headquarters Campus To Support Manufacturing Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

UbiQD announced that it has acquired a new building adjacent to its existing two buildings in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Why Merck Is Buying Bio-Techne For $11.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Bio-Techne announced they entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck KGaA will acquire Bio-Techne for $73 per share in cash.

Onyx Odds Raises $20 Million Series A At $220 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Onyx Odds announced a $20 million Series A funding round that values the company at $220 million. The round was led by Payward, the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, and Bitnomial. The financing comes less than a year after Onyx Odds came out of beta.

Trovy Raises $15 Million Series A, Bringing Total Funding To $25 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Trovy announced it raised a $15 million Series A round led by Left Lane Capital, bringing the company’s total funding to $25 million. Existing seed investors Kleiner Perkins, DCM Ventures, and Camber Creek also participated in the round. Trovy plans to use the funding to accelerate national expansion, deepen its product platform, and grow the team, building what it describes as a financial home base for America’s 85 million homeowners.

Valence AI Raises $5 Million And Secures U.S. Patents For Real-Time Emotional Detection From Live Speech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Valence AI announced $5 million in total funding and the issuance of two U.S. patents covering the company’s proprietary audio signal processing pipeline for real-time emotional detection from live speech. The funding includes a seed round led by Differential Ventures, with participation from Difference Partners, Willowtree Ventures, Change Paradox Ventures, and SRI International.

Coval Raises $28 Million Series A To Advance Voice AI Evaluation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Coval announced it raised $28 million in Series A funding to expand its evaluation platform for voice AI. The round was led by Norwest, with participation from Base10 Partners, Twilio Ventures, and Y Combinator. The latest financing brings Coval’s total capital raised to $31 million since its launch in 2024.

Runlayer Raises $30 Million Series A For Helping Enterprises Become AI-Native

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Runlayer announced it raised $30 million in Series A funding to help enterprises become AI-native. The round was led by Felicis, with participation from Khosla Ventures. The latest funding brings Runlayer’s total capital raised to $42 million.

ARCYN Defense Opens Second Seed Round To Advance Counter-UAS System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

ARCYN Defense announced the opening of its second seed financing round following the completion of its initial seed round earlier this year.

Taktile Raises $110 Million Series C Led By Goldman Sachs Alternatives

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Taktile announced it raised $110 million in Series C funding to expand its AI transformation platform for financial institutions. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, and Dig Ventures.

U. S. Steel Investing $475 Million In Quench And Tempering Line At Fairfield Tubular Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

U. S. Steel announced that its Board of Directors approved full funding for the approximately $475 million installation of a state-of-the-art Quench and Tempering line at the company’s Fairfield Tubular Operations in Birmingham, Alabama.

TensorX Raises €8 Million Seed Round To Build European Sovereign AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

TensorX announced its launch with an €8 million seed funding round led by Darius Cubed Ventures to build sovereign AI infrastructure for European enterprises.

Hang Ten Systems Raises $32 Million Seed Round To Help Enterprises Adopt AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Hang Ten Systems announced it raised $32 million in seed funding to support team expansion and its work with global enterprise customers. The funding round was led by Mayfield, with a strategic investment from Aramco Ventures and participation from a group of angel investors.

Keweenaw Financial And Range Financial Announce Merger To Form Superior Range Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Keweenaw Financial and Range Financial announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement that will combine Superior National Bank and Range Bank.

FACIT Expands Oncology Portfolio Strategy With New Expert Investment Committee

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

FACIT announced the addition of an Investment and Asset Management Committee to provide strategic and expert advice on investment opportunities and support the growth and performance of its asset portfolio.

Ari Emanuel’s Mari Group Reportedly In Talks To Buy ATG Entertainment For $6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Ari Emanuel’s Mari Group is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire ATG Entertainment, the West End and Broadway theatre group, for about £4.5 billion, or $6 billion. According to the Financial Times, Providence Equity Partners is in exclusive talks to sell ATG to Mari, with hopes that a deal could be completed within the next month. However, the timing could still shift and a transaction has not been finalized.

Lusha: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Yoni Tserruya About The Sales Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Definium Therapeutics Prices Upsized $700 Million Public Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Definium Therapeutics announced the pricing of an upsized underwritten public offering of 20,588,236 common shares at a public offering price of $34 per share.

Abu Dhabi And Biocom California Partner To Open Strategic Life Sciences Corridor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and Biocom California announced a strategic partnership to create a formal gateway between Abu Dhabi and California’s life sciences ecosystems.

Cboe Launches Cboe Predicts Prediction Markets Suite With XSP Binary Options

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Cboe Global Markets announced the launch of the first products in its new prediction markets suite, Cboe Predicts. The initial offering includes binary option contracts based on the Mini-S&P 500 Index (XSP), which are listed under the symbols XSPBW and XSPBX.

Selectis Health To Be Acquired By Black Pearl For $5.75 Per Share

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Ryan Cohen Withdraws CEO Performance Award As GameStop Focuses On Proposed eBay Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

GameStop announced that its Board of Directors has granted a request from Ryan Cohen, the company’s Chairman and CEO, to amend its proxy statement and remove the proposed CEO Performance Award.

Quali Expands Torque As Control Plane For Enterprise AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Quali announced a major capability expansion for Torque, its intelligent infrastructure management platform.

Foothills Land Conservancy Acquires 600-Acre Oliver Tract For Future Addition To Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Foothills Land Conservancy announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Oliver Tract, a more than 600-acre property bordering Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Townsend and Cades Cove in Tennessee.

Peregrine Technologies Raises $250 Million Series D At $6.8 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2026

Peregrine Technologies announced that it has raised $250 million in Series D financing at a $6.8 billion valuation. The round was led by existing investors, including Fifth Down Capital, Sequoia Capital, OG Venture Partners, Goldcrest Capital, XYZ Ventures, and Godfrey Capital.