Venture Capital

MidOcean Partners And Idea Financial Form Joint Venture With Up To $225 Million For Small Business Loans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2026

MidOcean Partners has formed a joint venture with Idea Financial that will provide up to $225 million of capital to fund loans of up to $1 million for established small businesses.

Meritex And Goldman Sachs Alternatives Recapitalize 1.2 Million-Square-Foot Atlanta Industrial Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2026

The Meritex Company and funds managed by Vintage Strategies at Goldman Sachs Alternatives have completed a recapitalization of an 18-building infill industrial portfolio in the Atlanta market totaling 1,222,596 square feet.

Estuary Biotherapeutics Launches With $103 Million To Develop Gene Therapies For Kidney Disease

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2026

Estuary Biotherapeutics has launched with $103 million in committed financing to develop genetic medicines targeting serious kidney diseases, beginning with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The financing includes a $93 million Series A led by RA Capital Management with participation from Deep Track Capital, Biogen New Ventures, UPMC Enterprises, Pivotal bioVenture Partners, the National Kidney Foundation Innovation Fund and a family office connected to an individual living with ADPKD. 4BIO Capital and GV, which co-led Estuary's $10 million seed financing, also participated.

Mueon Raises $65 Million Series A Led By Maverick Silicon To Scale Cubelets AI Computing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2026

Mueon Corporation has raised $65 million in Series A funding to scale its Cubelets Exponential Computing Platform for AI and hyperscale infrastructure. Maverick Silicon led the round, with participation from Intel Capital, Geodesic Capital, Oregon Venture Fund, M-Ventures, Wellington Management, IQT and Defined. The financing follows a $15.5 million seed round announced in 2025 and brings Mueon's total capital raised to more than $80 million.

Fission Raises $10 Million Series A Led By Pantera Capital For Tokenized Fund Liquidity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2026

Fission has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand liquidity infrastructure for tokenized investment funds, with the round led by Pantera Capital. The financing also included participation from Circle Ventures, New Form, gumi Cryptos Capital, Borderless Capital and Ari Rubenstein, CEO of GTS. Fission plans to use the capital to expand liquidity capacity, support a wider range of tokenized private-market and semi-liquid funds, and deepen integrations across the digital investment ecosystem.

EQT To Acquire Stockbridge For Up To $550 Million To Expand Real Estate Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2026

EQT has agreed to acquire Stockbridge, a U.S. real estate investment manager with approximately $16.5 billion in fee-generating assets under management and $27.4 billion in gross asset value, as EQT Real Estate continues expanding into a more diversified global platform.

Otter Health Launches With $8 Million Seed To Build AI-Powered Utilization Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2026

Otter Health has launched with $8 million in seed funding to build an AI-powered healthcare platform designed to help payers and providers manage utilization and quality without relying primarily on traditional prior authorization. The round was co-led by Fika Ventures and Evidenced, with participation from Slow Ventures, Metrodora, CoFound Partners, Layout Ventures, Patient Capital, and Semper Virens.

Terminus Capital Partners Makes Majority Investment In PickTrace To Accelerate Specialty Agriculture Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2026

Terminus Capital Partners has made a majority growth investment in PickTrace, a provider of workforce management, labor compliance, and operations technology designed specifically for agriculture.