Venture Capital

CuspAI Raises $450 Million Series B At $2.6 Billion Valuation To Discover New Materials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

CuspAI has raised $450 million in Series B funding to expand its artificial intelligence platform for discovering new materials. The financing values the British startup at approximately $2.6 billion. Kleiner Perkins and New Enterprise Associates co-led the round, with significant participation from Jeff Bezos’ investment firm, Bezos Expeditions. Other investors included Glade Brook Capital Partners, Lux Capital, AMD Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, StepStone, the U.K.’s Sovereign AI Venture Fund, Invest-NL and John Doerr.

Lakestar Closes $300 Million Resilience I Fund For European Defence And Dual-Use Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Lakestar has closed its first dedicated resilience fund with $300 million in commitments to invest in defense and dual-use technology companies across Europe and NATO-allied markets. The oversubscribed fund attracted demand exceeding its original target.

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $228.9 Million Refinancing For Manhattan’s Textile Building

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Walker & Dunlop has arranged $228.9 million in financing for 295 Fifth Avenue, a newly redeveloped Class A office property in Manhattan’s Midtown South submarket. The more than 100-year-old landmark is commonly known as the Textile Building.

Trellis Bioscience Raises $9 Million Series C To Advance Calpurbatug For Prosthetic Joint Infections

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Trellis Bioscience has raised $9 million in Series C funding to support the clinical development of calpurbatug, also known as TRL1068. The investigational monoclonal antibody is being evaluated as a treatment for chronic prosthetic joint infections.

Blackstone Invests In FUTRONIC To Expand Automotive And Robotics Motion Control Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Blackstone has entered into a definitive agreement to make a significant investment in FUTRONIC, a South Korean provider of high-precision actuators and motion control technologies. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

HALO X-Ray Technologies Raises Multimillion-Dollar Funding To Advance Security Screening Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

HALO X-ray Technologies has completed a multimillion-dollar funding round led by Agilent Technologies. Existing investors UK Innovation Science Seed Fund and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund also participated.

Industrial Development Funding And Oaktree Invest $1.7 Billion In Bloom Energy Fuel Cells For Nebius AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Industrial Development Funding and Oaktree have announced a $1.7 billion project investment supporting the deployment of Bloom Energy fuel cells for Nebius’ artificial intelligence cloud infrastructure.

Uniper Plans €5 Billion Investment In European Energy System Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Uniper has reaffirmed plans to invest approximately €5 billion between 2025 and 2030 in energy security and the transformation of European power systems.

Maersk Invests $100 Million In Boston-Area Fulfillment Hub And Creates Nearly 1,000 Jobs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

A.P. Moller - Maersk is investing $100 million in a new fulfillment hub in Hopedale, Massachusetts, expanding its logistics capacity across the northeastern United States. The 617,000-square-foot facility is expected to begin operations in late August 2026.

LimX Dynamics Raises Nearly $200 Million In Pre-IPO Funding To Scale Humanoid Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

LimX Dynamics has raised nearly $200 million in a pre-IPO financing round to accelerate the development, manufacturing and global deployment of its general-purpose humanoid robots.

NxLite Raises $13.1 Million Series A And Secures $3.5 Million Debt Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

NxLite has completed a $13.1 million Series A financing and secured a $3.5 million debt facility to expand manufacturing of its energy-efficient coatings for glass and polymer substrates. The Series A exceeded the company’s original $10 million target.

Beacon Security Raises $13 Million In Seed Funding As ARR Grows More Than 300%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Beacon Security has raised $13 million in seed funding to expand its agentic cybersecurity platform and provide human analysts and AI agents with trusted, contextualized security data. Notable Capital led the round, with participation from Holly Ventures, AlphaDrive Ventures, SVCI and Jefferies Family Office.

Intrinsic Power Raises Seed Funding To Expand AI Power Orchestration Platform For Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

Intrinsic Power has completed the first close of its Seed financing to accelerate commercialization of its AI-enabled power orchestration platform for data centers and other critical infrastructure. The financing included participation from Kyocera Ventures, Drive Catalyst, Boost VC and RPV Global.