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DermaSensor Raises $5 Million To Expand AI Skin Cancer Detection Platform And U.S. Partnerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

DermaSensor has raised more than $5 million in new financing, including a $4 million Series B extension from institutional and strategic investors and more than $1 million raised through a community investment round on Wefunder.

Carputty Raises Series B As Total Funding Tops $40 Million To Scale AI-Powered Auto Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Carputty has closed a Series B financing round to expand its embedded finance infrastructure across the automotive industry, bringing the total capital invested in the company to more than $40 million. The round included a new investment from an unnamed global online vehicle technology company, alongside continued backing from existing investors TTV Capital, Fontinalis Partners and Kickstart Fund. The Presidio Group served as Carputty's exclusive financial advisor for the financing.

Mastercard Launches Wallet Pay To Expand Digital Wallet Interoperability Worldwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Mastercard announced the launch of Mastercard Wallet Pay, a global portfolio of payment solutions designed to improve interoperability for digital wallets across contactless payments, QR codes, and online commerce. The launch comes as digital wallets serve more than 4.3 billion users worldwide, with global usage projected to surpass 6 billion users by 2030.

Epsilon Health Raises $27.6 Million To Scale AI-Native Radiology Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Epsilon Health has emerged from stealth with $27.6 million in funding to expand its AI-native radiology practice, which is already processing more than 2,500 imaging studies per day and expects to interpret 1% of all daily U.S. X-rays during 2026. The financing was led by AlleyCorp, with participation from Uncork Capital, Renegade Partners, SemperVirens and Jack Altman, who invested while serving as Managing Partner at Alt Capital.

Mach Industries Raises Additional $600 Million At $3.7 Billion Valuation To Scale Defense Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Mach Industries has raised an additional $600 million through a continuation of its Series C financing, bringing the defense manufacturer's valuation to $3.7 billion. The financing includes continued backing from Ribbit Capital, Infinite Capital, Bedrock Capital, Sequoia and other investors and follows Mach Industries' previously announced $300 million Series C.

Consensys Software To Split Into MetaMask And Consensys By End Of 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Consensys Software Inc. announced plans to separate into two independently operated companies, MetaMask and Consensys, dividing its consumer financial platform from its protocols and institutional blockchain infrastructure businesses. The separation is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.

ZeroRisk Raises $10 Million Series A To Scale Merchant Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

ZeroRisk has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its cybersecurity platform for payment providers and merchants, with the financing led by MiddleGame Ventures and participation from existing investor Elkstone.

MCatalysis Raises $5 Million Seed To Commercialize Low-Carbon Fuels Below Commodity Cost

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

MCatalysis has closed a $5 million seed funding round to commercialize its next-generation chemical process for converting domestic offgas, plastics and biomass into drop-in fuels designed to work with existing energy infrastructure. The round was led by HL Energy Ventures and Oxford Science Enterprises. MCatalysis has also received a recent $2.25 million award from UK Research and Innovation.

Pocket Entertainment Surpasses $500 Million ARR As AI Entertainment Platform Grows 70% Year Over Year

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Pocket Entertainment, the parent company of Pocket FM and Pocket Saga, announced that it has surpassed $500 million in annualized revenue run rate, representing 70% year-over-year growth.

Clay Raises $115 Million Series D At $7.1 Billion Valuation To Build AI Growth Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Clay has raised $115 million in Series D funding at a $7.1 billion valuation as the AI go-to-market company expands its platform for automating prospecting, customer research and revenue growth. The financing was led by Wellington, with participation from Sequoia, StepStone, Andreessen Horowitz Perennial, Meritech, DST, CapitalG, BoxGroup, Boldstart, Bloomberg Beta and Evolution.

Aqua Raises $15 Million Series A As Total Funding Reaches $18.8 Million To Build Alternative Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Aqua has raised a $15 million Series A led by Arthur Ventures, bringing total funding for its alternative investment infrastructure platform to $18.8 million. The Series A included participation from Alumni Ventures and follows a $3.8 million seed round backed by Google's AI Fund, Y Combinator and other investors.

Inspiren Raises $70 Million Series C At Over $500 Million Valuation To Scale Physical AI For Senior Living

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Inspiren has raised $70 million in Series C funding at a valuation exceeding $500 million to expand its Physical AI platform for senior living communities, bringing the company's total funding to $225 million. The round was led by NewView Capital, with participation from Insight Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, Lightbank, Avenir Growth Capital, Story Ventures and Camber Creek.

Neurophos Expands Leadership And Opens Silicon Valley Office After $110 Million Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Neurophos is significantly expanding its executive and engineering teams and opening a new Silicon Valley office in Sunnyvale, California, as the semiconductor company works toward commercializing its photonic AI inference chips.

Oral Biolife Awarded NIH Grant To Advance Piezoelectric Regenerative Platform For Peri-Implantitis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Oral Biolife, a biotechnology company developing a first-in-class piezoelectric regenerative platform designed to stimulate new bone formation, announced that it has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health through the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to investigate its technology as a potential non-surgical treatment for peri-implantitis.

TwoStep Therapeutics Raises $62.5 Million Series A As FDA Clears TS-104 For Phase 1 Cancer Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

TwoStep Therapeutics has raised an oversubscribed $62.5 million Series A and received FDA clearance for the Investigational New Drug application for TS-104, its lead multi-specific peptide-drug conjugate for solid tumors.

Bulwark Dynamics Raises $6.8 Million Seed To Build Autonomous Landing Craft For Military Logistics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Bulwark Dynamics has raised $6.8 million in seed funding to develop and manufacture autonomous landing craft designed to resupply U.S. and allied forces in contested environments. Investors include SBI US Gateway Fund LP, Archetype Ventures, Nēnē Ventures and Onomichi Dockyard. The proceeds will support development and production of Bulwark's Caravel series, manufacturing capacity and testing in operationally representative environments.

Botsi Raises $1.5 Million Pre-Seed To Personalize Paywalls And Subscription Offers With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Botsi has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-powered monetization platform for consumer subscription applications. The financing came from Telegraph Ventures, Plain Sight Capital, Atlanta Tech Angels, VentureSouth and angel investors.

Latham & Watkins Adds Ahmed ElDessouki As IP Litigation Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Latham & Watkins announced that Ahmed ElDessouki has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.

J.P. Morgan Names Nelle Miller And William Sinclair As Co-CEOs Of $2.4 Trillion U.S. Private Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

J.P. Morgan announced that Nelle Miller and William Sinclair have been appointed Co-CEOs of the U.S. Private Bank, effective immediately. Miller and Sinclair will lead J.P. Morgan's $2.4 trillion U.S. private banking business, which includes more than 5,500 professionals across 57 offices serving individuals, families, entrepreneurs, executives, family offices, and institutions throughout the country.

Enbridge To Acquire Tallgrass Energy Crude Oil Assets For $2.55 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Enbridge has agreed to acquire Tallgrass Energy's crude oil transportation, gathering, storage and terminaling assets for $2.55 billion, substantially expanding its liquids pipeline network into the U.S. Rocky Mountains.

Harmoni Raises $10 Million Series A To Scale AI Factory Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Harmoni has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners and unveiled HAL, a context-aware AI system designed for manufacturing operations.

Hightower Signature Wealth Adds $1.6 Billion Firm Boston Hill Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Boston Hill Advisors has joined Hightower Signature Wealth, bringing approximately $1.6 billion in assets under management, 18 employees and 11 advisors to the national wealth management platform.

Knox Lane Acquires Majority Stake In SAGE Integration To Scale Enterprise Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Knox Lane has acquired a majority stake in SAGE Integration Holdings, a national security systems integrator serving mission-critical enterprise customers. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Vheda Health Secures $47 Million From Agora To Scale Health Plan Outcomes And Analytics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Vheda Health has secured a $47 million investment from Agora, representing the first institutional capital raised in Vheda's 13-year history and the inaugural investment by the healthcare technology-focused private equity firm.

Solstice Oncology Raises $225 Million Series A To Advance Porustobart Cancer Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Solstice Oncology has launched with a $225 million Series A financing led by RA Capital Management, with participation from Canaan Partners, Forbion and other investors.

Luma Group Closes Debut Life Sciences Venture Fund At $410 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Luma Group has closed LumaBio Fund I at $410 million in committed capital, completing the final close of its inaugural life sciences venture capital fund.

Oracle: Q1 Revenue Jumps 30% To Record $19.3 Billion As Cloud Infrastructure Revenue Surges 121%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Oracle reported record fiscal first-quarter 2027 revenue of $19.3 billion, representing a 30% year-over-year increase as rapid growth in cloud infrastructure and accelerating demand for AI computing capacity drove the company's results.

Encoded Therapeutics Raises $275 Million Series F To Advance Genetic Medicine For Dravet Syndrome

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Encoded Therapeutics has raised $275 million in Series F financing to advance ETX101 through pivotal development for Dravet syndrome and expand its precision genetic medicines pipeline for neurological disorders.

Split Pay Raises $125 Million Across Series A And B Led By Khosla Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Split Pay has raised $125 million across back-to-back Series A and Series B funding rounds led by Khosla Ventures, giving the credit technology company substantial new capital after it said the business grew 70x over the previous 12 months. Khosla Ventures led the rounds, with participation from a group of venture capital and strategic investors that includes Thrive Capital, MetaProp, Alpaca VC, Moderne Ventures, Intuit Ventures and SciFi VC, according to the company's financing announcement.

EIG Raises $4 Billion Across Infrastructure Direct Lending Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

EIG has raised $4 billion across its direct lending platform, exceeding its original $3 billion fundraising target as institutional investors increase allocations to infrastructure credit.