Venture Capital

G5 Labs Raises $14 Million Seed Round To Turn Natural Language Into Source Code

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

G5 Labs, a spinout from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, has emerged from stealth with $14 million in seed funding to develop a new abstraction layer for AI-native software development that treats natural language as source code.

Planted Raises $31.8 Million To Scale Robotic Fleet And Launch Sage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Planted, a company developing robotic systems and software to accelerate solar power deployment, has raised $31.8 million in new funding to expand its autonomous construction fleet and launch Sage, its next-generation field robot. The round was co-led by Piva Capital and RA Capital Management Planetary Health, with participation from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Gigascale Capital, Google and Khosla Ventures.

InspereX Crosses $5 Billion In Impact Investment Underwriting And Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

InspereX, a technology-driven distributor of fixed income, structured products, ETFs and alternative investments, has surpassed $5 billion in impact investments underwritten and distributed through its platform.

Redwood Trust Prices Upsized $185 Million Convertible Notes Offering To Refinance 2027 Debt And Repurchase Shares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Redwood Trust has priced an upsized $185 million offering of 7% convertible senior notes due 2030, raising additional capital to refinance existing convertible debt, repurchase shares and support its housing finance businesses.

Tenable Prices Upsized $725 Million Convertible Notes Offering And Plans $170.5 Million Share Repurchase And Term Loan Payoff

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Tenable Holdings has priced an upsized $725 million offering of 0.25% convertible senior notes due 2031, with proceeds earmarked for a major share repurchase, repayment of term loans and additional strategic flexibility.

CPP Investments And Brookfield Launch C$50 Billion Maple Fund For Large-Scale Canadian Infrastructure And Strategic Industries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

CPP Investments and Brookfield Asset Management have launched the Maple Fund, a new cooperation framework that could deploy up to C$50 billion of equity into large-scale infrastructure projects and strategic industries across Canada.

Vivo Capital Appoints Neetesh Kumar Managing Partner To Co-Lead U.S. Healthcare Private Equity And Establish New York Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Vivo Capital has appointed Neetesh Kumar as Managing Partner as the approximately $7 billion healthcare investment firm expands its U.S. buyout and private equity strategy and establishes a presence in New York.

RobotPlusPlus Raises Series C Worth Hundreds Of Millions Of RMB To Scale Working-At-Height Industrial Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

RobotPlusPlus has raised a Series C round worth hundreds of millions of RMB, equivalent to tens of millions of U.S. dollars, as the industrial robotics company expands internationally and develops embodied AI systems for hazardous industrial work. Qianggang Capital Fund led the financing, with participation from GIG Capital Group, Sealand Innovation and Juntong Capital. Existing investor Fosun RZ Capital increased its stake.

Forty.5 Ventures Closes $30 Million First Fund For Pre-Seed And Seed Investments Across Southeastern Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Forty.5 Ventures has closed its inaugural $30 million venture fund to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies, primarily backing founders building from Southeastern Europe for global markets. The firm will selectively invest in startups in the United States and Asia Pacific as well.

Zero Raises $10.3 Million Seed Round Led By Primary Venture Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Zero has raised $10.3 million in seed funding led by Primary Venture Partners, giving the startup fresh capital as it moves into its next stage of product development and commercial expansion. The financing also included participation from Inception Fund, Defiant and Greens Ventures, along with a group of technology founders and operators connected with companies including Lovable, Supercell, Langdock and AMD Silo AI, according to an announcement shared by Zero Chief of Staff Markus Vapaavuori.

Delos Data Raises Over $100 Million To Build Networking Infrastructure For Agentic AI Inference

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Delos Data has raised more than $100 million to launch Delos Nonstop AI, an infrastructure platform designed to address networking and data-movement bottlenecks as agentic AI workloads put increasing pressure on data centers. Investors include Matrix, Playground, Socratic Partners, Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund, Matter Venture Partners, IAG, and industry executives spanning compute, hyperscale infrastructure, networking silicon, infrastructure software, and optical connectivity.

Capital Southwest Prices $350 Million Notes Offering To Refinance Debt And Support Middle-Market Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Capital Southwest Corporation has priced a $350 million public offering of 6.750% notes due 2031, with proceeds primarily intended to reduce borrowings under the business development company's senior secured revolving credit facility.

Moody’s To Acquire Minority Stake In Philippine Credit Rating Agency PhilRatings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Moody's has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Philippine Rating Services Corporation, or PhilRatings, expanding its network of domestic rating agency affiliates across Asia Pacific.

Aphias Capital Makes Majority Growth Investment In SNZweig To Combine Stambaugh Ness And Zweig Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Aphias Capital plans to make a majority growth investment in SNZweig Advisors in connection with the combination of Stambaugh Ness and Zweig Group, creating an integrated professional services platform focused exclusively on architecture, engineering and construction firms.

Partners Group Provides More Than €300 Million Financing For Building Automation Company MDT Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Partners Group has provided a senior financing package of more than €300 million to MDT technologies, supporting Bregal Unternehmerkapital's acquisition of a majority stake in the European building automation company from IK Partners.

Radical Ventures Secures More Than $1 Billion First Close For Late-Stage AI Breakouts Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Radical Ventures has secured more than $1 billion in commitments at the first close of its Radical Breakouts Fund, launching what the AI-focused investment firm describes as the largest venture capital fund in Canadian history.

Goldman Sachs Alternatives Raises $11.7 Billion Across Private Equity Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Goldman Sachs Alternatives has raised $11.7 billion across its latest private equity vehicles, including the final close of West Street Capital Partners IX, as the firm expands its global buyout platform across the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific.

Thatch Raises $108 Million At $1 Billion Valuation As Health Benefits Platform Expands To More Than 5,000 Employers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Thatch has raised $108 million in new funding at a $1 billion valuation as the health benefits platform scales its model of helping employers replace traditional group health plans with individual healthcare budgets. The financing came from The General Partnership, Index Ventures, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from ADP Ventures, Paychex, Eli Lilly and Company, Scale Venture Partners, QuantumLight, SemperVirens, Quiet Capital and Avid Ventures.

Ralo Funds More Than $8 Million In Texas Mortgages As AI-Native Broker Targets Lower Rates And Faster Closings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Ralo, an AI-native mortgage brokerage that automates much of the traditional loan process, has funded more than $8 million in mortgages for Texas home buyers during the past six months as it looks to reduce borrowing costs by removing intermediaries and using artificial intelligence to shop across lenders.

Liquid Compute Raises $15 Million Seed Round To Build Regulated AI Infrastructure Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Liquid Compute has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a marketplace and financial infrastructure platform for buying, selling, pricing and managing AI computing capacity. FirstMark and Chemistry co-led the round, with participation from K8 Capital, Night Capital, TrueBridge, Brainchild Holdings, UFO Holdings and investor Dmitry Balyasny.

Jack & Jill Raises $40 Million Series A For AI Agent Hiring Platform That Matches Candidates Directly With Employers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Jack & Jill has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered hiring marketplace, where separate AI agents represent job seekers and employers and introduce candidates directly to hiring decision-makers without requiring a traditional job application. Air Street Capital led the financing, with participation from new investors Madrona and Antler. Existing investors Creandum, Ada Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Expedite Capital and Repeat.vc also participated.

Mediaocean Launches AI Ventures To Invest In And Scale AI Startups Across Advertising

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Mediaocean has launched Mediaocean AI Ventures, a new investment initiative designed to identify, fund and scale artificial intelligence startups developing technology for advertising and marketing.

Exein Raises $270 Million At $1.7 Billion Valuation To Expand Physical AI Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Exein has raised $270 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation as the cybersecurity company expands its platform for protecting robots, drones, autonomous vehicles and other intelligent machines operating in the physical world. The significantly oversubscribed round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, the European Investment Bank Group through ETCI, KfW Capital and T.Capital.

Steven Bartlett’s Steven.com And Authentic Launch OBSN To Invest Up To $400 Million In Creator-Led Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Steven Bartlett's Steven.com and Authentic have launched OBSN, a new strategic venture designed to build, invest in and scale creator-led media companies and consumer brands globally.

Evvy Raises $40 Million Series B As AI-Powered Women’s Health Platform Reaches 100,000+ Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Evvy has raised an oversubscribed $40 million Series B funding round led by Catalio Capital Management to expand its AI-powered precision diagnostics and care platform across women's health, beginning with fertility. The financing includes new investors Catalio Capital Management, US Fertility Innovation Fund, Rethink Impact, Muse Capital and Alumni Ventures. Existing investors LabCorp Venture Fund, General Catalyst, Left Lane Capital, BBG Ventures, Amboy Street Ventures, Ingeborg and Foreground Capital also participated.

Eve Security Raises $4.5 Million For AI Agent Runtime Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Eve Security, a runtime security company focused on identifying and stopping dangerous AI agent behavior in real time, announced that it has raised $4.5 million in new funding, extending its seed round to $7.5 million in total funding. The new financing was led by Run Ventures, with participation from Dreamit Ventures and Blu Ventures, along with continued investment from LiveOak Ventures.

EUCLYD Raises Over €200 Million Series A To Build Ultra-Efficient AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

EUCLYD has raised more than €200 million in Series A financing to develop ultra-efficient semiconductor and data center infrastructure designed to reduce the power, memory and capital requirements of running large foundation AI models. The financing was co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT and Innovation Industries.

Mitsubishi Electric Invests In Optical Quantum Computer Hardware Developer OptQC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Mitsubishi Electric has invested in OptQC through its ME Innovation Fund, backing a Japanese startup developing optical quantum computer hardware designed for large-scale systems. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Phoenix Copper Raises $3.12 Million And Advances Empire Mine As Higher Metal Prices Improve Project Outlook

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Phoenix Copper has raised $3.12 million and is advancing an updated Pre-Feasibility Study for its Empire Mine in Idaho, with substantially higher copper, gold and silver prices creating the potential for improved project economics.

Implicity Raises $40 Million To Expand AI Cardiac Remote Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Implicity has raised $40 million in growth equity funding to accelerate U.S. expansion and further develop its AI-powered cardiac remote monitoring platform. The round was led by European technology growth investor IRIS alongside Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co.