Venture Capital

Novarex Capital Partners Closes £16 Million Second Financing Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Novarex Capital Partners has completed a £16 million second financing round as the London-based private credit and structured capital platform expands its financing program. The round was completed on terms providing a stated return of 20%, according to the company.

Crosspoint Capital Adds Former Five9 And Cisco Executive Panos Kozanian To Lead AI And Product Strategy Across Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Crosspoint Capital Partners has added former Five9 and Cisco executive Panos Kozanian to its operating team, strengthening the cybersecurity-focused investment firm’s capabilities across AI, software engineering, product strategy and technical diligence.

RoundTable Healthcare Partners Appoints Former HealthTrust CEO Ed Jones As Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

RoundTable Healthcare Partners has appointed former HealthTrust Performance Group President and CEO Ed Jones as an Operating Partner, adding more than four decades of healthcare operating experience to the private equity firm’s portfolio support capabilities.

Golub Capital Names Matt Shafer As Head Of GP-Led Secondaries Strategy As Continuation Vehicle Business Expands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Golub Capital has appointed Matt Shafer Managing Director and Head of Golub Equity Continuation Partners, putting the veteran private equity investor in charge of the firm’s growing GP-led secondaries strategy.

Notes.fm Raises $5 Million To Expand Music Royalty Collection, Publishing And Distribution Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Notes.fm has raised $5 million from a group of prominent artists, music executives, managers and strategic investors as the music royalty technology company expands a platform designed to help independent artists identify, collect and manage all of the money they are owed. The financing includes participation from Benny Blanco, Zach Bryan and his managers Stefan Max and Danny Kang, Tainy, Blake Slatkin, Mt. Joy frontman Matt Quinn, WME Group Executive Chairman Ari Emanuel, Chord Music founder Sam Hendel and longtime Atlantic Records chief and 26.2 founder Julie Greenwald.

SparkLabs And Mirae Asset Launch Venture Fund To Back Series A And Later AI Startups Across Central Asia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

SparkLabs Group and Mirae Asset Venture Investment have partnered with Qazaqstan Investment Corporation and IT Park Ventures to establish a new venture capital fund targeting growth-stage startups across Central Asia, with a particular focus on AI-native companies.

Electra Therapeutics Prices $350 Million In Upsized IPO To Advance Precision Medicines For Immune Diseases And Cancer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Electra Therapeutics has priced an upsized $350 million initial public offering, giving the late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company substantial new capital as it advances a pipeline of precision medicines for immune-mediated diseases and cancer.

Expertise AI Raises $3.2 Million Seed Round To Expand AI Sales And Customer Support Agents For Traditional Industries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Expertise AI has raised $3.2 million in seed funding to expand its AI agent platform for sales and customer support, with the company focusing on bringing AI automation to businesses in traditional industries. The round was led by UpHonest Capital, with participation from Amino, Welight, UpScaleX, and Altair, according to an announcement from Expertise AI founder and CEO Hao Sheng.

Helios AI Raises $3 Million From W23 Global And Launches Hunger Exposure Index For Food Security Risk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Helios AI has raised a $3 million strategic financing round from W23 Global as the company expands its technology for analyzing food security, climate and geopolitical risks across global agricultural markets.

43North Foundation Sets $5 Billion Buffalo Economic Impact Goal And Names Colleen Heidinger As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

The 43North Foundation has established a goal of generating $5 billion in economic impact across Buffalo over the next decade, building on a $100 million investment commitment focused on the region’s innovation economy.

EnTrust Global’s Blue Ocean Raises $1.3 Billion For Fourth Maritime Finance Fund For U.S. Insurance Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

EnTrust Global’s Blue Ocean maritime finance platform has closed Blue Ocean Income Fund IV with $1.3 billion in committed capital, giving insurance investors a more capital-efficient way to access asset-backed maritime financing opportunities.

Alterra Mountain Company Invests More Than $350 Million Across Ski Resorts For 2026-27 Season

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Alterra Mountain Company is investing more than $350 million across its mountain destinations for the 2026-27 winter season, funding resort expansions, snowmaking, avalanche mitigation, guest amenities and employee housing.

Lee Equity Partners Invests In Healthcare Advisory Firm Marwood Group And Names Chris Librizzi As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Lee Equity Partners has made a strategic investment in Marwood Group as the healthcare-focused advisory firm expands through acquisitions, senior hiring and development of additional consulting capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Bregal Sagemount Makes Majority Growth Investment In Electrical Test Equipment Provider A-Rent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Bregal Sagemount has made a majority growth investment in A-Rent Test Equipment, backing the company’s expansion across electrical infrastructure, data centers, utilities and other power-intensive markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Verily Health Secures Investment From NVIDIA And CU Healthcare Innovation Fund To Expand Precision Health AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Verily Health has secured new investment from NVIDIA and existing backer CU Healthcare Innovation Fund II as the precision health technology company expands its data and artificial intelligence platform. The financing extends Verily’s March fundraising. The company did not disclose the size of the additional investments. Verily’s existing investors also include Alphabet, Series X Capital and UCHealth.

Tempus Secures Up To $9.5 Million From ARPA-H To Develop Autonomous AI Agent For Heart Failure Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Tempus AI has been selected to receive up to $9.5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop and clinically validate an autonomous AI agent designed to help manage patients with heart failure.

Ride Therapeutics Secures Up To $7.3 Million From Cystic Fibrosis Foundation For AI-Designed Genetic Medicine Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Ride Therapeutics has secured a strategic investment commitment of up to $7.3 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to advance its Molecular Logistics platform for delivering genetic medicines to the lung.

One Biosciences Secures €3.3 Million To Develop AI-Powered Single-Cell Diagnostic For Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

One Biosciences and Institut Curie have secured €3.3 million through France 2030’s i-Démo program to accelerate development of what they aim to commercialize as the first single-cell diagnostic platform for guiding treatment decisions in triple-negative breast cancer.

Starlight Investments Closes £680 Million UK Build-To-Rent Fund II And Ancillary Vehicles To Support More Than 6,000 Homes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Starlight Investments has closed its second U.K. build-to-rent fund, with Fund II and associated investment vehicles securing £680 million in total capital commitments to support the acquisition and development of more than 6,000 rental homes across the country.

Frazier Life Sciences Raises More Than $1.1 Billion For Public Biotech Fund, Bringing Commitments To $2.8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Frazier Life Sciences has raised more than $1.1 billion in new commitments for its Public Fund through an oversubscribed fundraising, bringing total committed capital for the strategy to approximately $2.8 billion.

NeoVolta Secures Up To $30 Million Loan Facility From Horizon Technology Finance-Roth Joint Venture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

NeoVolta has secured a senior credit facility of up to $30 million from RoHo Capital Opportunity Fund, a joint venture between Horizon Technology Finance and CR Financial Holdings, the parent company of Roth Capital Partners.

KAVIA AI Secures Strategic Investment From Tata Elxsi To Expand Enterprise AI Software Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

KAVIA AI has secured a strategic investment from Tata Elxsi as part of its seed financing, deepening a partnership between the enterprise AI software engineering company and the global design and technology provider.

Lafayette Square Provides Growth Financing To Expand Hollywood Trucks’ Autonomous-Energy Production Fleet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2026

Lafayette Square has provided a senior secured growth financing facility to Hollywood Trucks Technologies to support manufacturing and deployment of its next-generation ECOLUXE autonomous energy-production trailers.

Constitution Capital Partners Appoints Rich Schainker As Managing Director To Expand Private Equity Access In Retirement Plans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Constitution Capital Partners has appointed retirement industry veteran Rich Schainker as Managing Director as the approximately $7.8 billion alternative asset manager expands its defined contribution capabilities.

Magentic Raises $18 Million Series A To Expand AI Digital Workers For Global Manufacturers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Magentic has raised $18 million in Series A funding to expand its AI digital workers across procurement, supply chain and industrial operations. Felicis led the round, with existing investors Sequoia Capital and The Westly Group also participating. The financing comes approximately one year after Magentic launched.

dtcpay Raises $25 Million Series A As SBI Group Backs Regulated Stablecoin Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

dtcpay has completed a $25 million Series A round, adding Japan's SBI Group as a strategic investor as the Singapore-based payments company expands its regulated stablecoin infrastructure internationally. Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India led the initial tranche in April 2026. SBI Group is participating through SBI Ventures Asset and the SBI-NTU-Kyobo Digital Innovation Fund, with additional participation from Genedant Capital and existing investor Kwee Liong Tek.

BioStem Technologies Secures Up To $40 Million Equity Facility From Roth Principal Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

BioStem Technologies has secured access to up to $40 million through a committed equity facility with Roth Principal Investments, providing the regenerative medicine company with additional capital flexibility as it expands its commercial and clinical operations.

AMC Robotics Secures Access To Up To $50 Million To Accelerate AI Robotics Manufacturing Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

AMC Robotics has entered into a standby equity purchase agreement providing access to up to $50 million as the AI-driven robotics company accelerates commissioning of its manufacturing facility.

Raindrop Raises Series A Funding For AI Agent Reliability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Raindrop has raised a Series A led by CRV, bringing its total funding to $50 million as the company expands technology designed to detect failures in autonomous AI agents. Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Y Combinator participated alongside lead researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic and Thinking Machines. Raindrop is already being used by customers including Vercel, Framer, Clay and Fortune 100 enterprises.

Pulse Fund Closes $63 Million Inaugural Fund To Invest Across Climate, Infrastructure, Food And Mobility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Pulse Fund has closed its inaugural $63 million venture capital fund to invest in early-stage climate companies spanning the energy transition, infrastructure, food and agriculture, and mobility.