Venture Capital

Balance Theory Raises $19 Million To Reinvent How Enterprises Manage Cybersecurity Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Balance Theory, an AI-native platform for cybersecurity investment decisions and execution, has raised $19 million in Series A financing led by SYN Ventures, with existing investors DataTribe and TEDCO also participating. Cybersecurity executive Dan Burns, founder of Accuvant and former CEO of Optiv, has joined Balance Theory as executive chairman.

Intropy Announces $11 Million In Funding To Build The AI-Native Operating System For The Spare Parts Supply Chain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Intropy, an AI-native platform automating inventory, pricing, and other decisions for spare parts businesses, has raised $11 million in seed financing led by Felix Capital, with participation from Quiet Capital and early investors General Catalyst and firstminute capital. The company was founded in 2024 by Franziska Kirschner and YihKai Teh.

CVC Reports Strong Delivery In H1 2026 With Fee-Paying AUM Of €153 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

CVC Capital Partners announced financial highlights for the six months ended June 30, 2026. Fee-paying assets under management reached €153 billion, up 9% versus H1 2025. Credit, Secondaries and Infrastructure grew 19% versus H1 2025.

UNIT AI Raises $12 Million To Scale AI-Powered E-Commerce Fulfillment And Returns As Customer Demand Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

UNIT AI, a physical AI company, has announced $12 million in funding to accelerate commercial deployments of its AI-powered platform for ecommerce fulfillment and returns. Prologis Ventures, Dynamo Ventures, and Ground Up Ventures co-led the round, with participation from eGateway Capital, Recursive Ventures, Think + Ventures, ZEP Fund, and Crosscourt.

S&P To Acquire Majority Stake In Agusto & Company, Expanding Ratings’ Presence In Africa’s Debt Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

S&P Global has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Agusto & Co., a Pan-African rating agency with operations in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ghana. The investment will complement and support the growth strategy of the S&P Global Ratings division in Africa.

Enigma Raises $71 Million Seed Round And Puts The World’s First Interactive AI Robots Online

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Enigma, a physical AI company, emerged from stealth with a $71 million seed round. Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital led the round, with participation from Conviction Partners and leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, xAI, Cognition, and Wiz.

Dwelly Announces $170 Million Series B To Scale AI-Native Residential Lettings Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Dwelly has announced a $170 million Series B round. EQT Group led the round, co-led by General Catalyst and Trinity Capital, with participation from s16vc, Begin Capital, and DVC. Total funding to date reaches $260 million.

Biota Closes $3 Million Seed Round Led By Burnt Island Ventures To Scale Commercial Deployment Of PFAS Testing Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Biota, an environmental diagnostics company, has closed a $3 million seed financing round. Burnt Island Ventures led the round, with significant participation from DeepWork Capital. The round also included renewed participation from Antler, Beyond Utility Water Ventures, and the Deming Center Venture Fund.

Trace Biosciences Raises Strategic Investment From Axogen

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Trace Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing nerve-targeted imaging agents, has received a strategic investment from Axogen, Inc. The investment was part of Trace's Series A financing round, with additional investors expected to join.

Provable Markets Raises Series B Funding Round Led By Charles Schwab, With Additional Participation By DTCC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Provable Markets, operator of the securities finance platform Aurora, has completed its Series B investment round. Charles Schwab led the round, with DTCC joining as a new investor, alongside participation from existing investors Dialectic Capital Management and Inkef.

GTCR Closes $1.25 Billion Capital Solutions Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

GTCR, a private equity firm, has closed its inaugural Capital Solutions Fund with approximately $1.25 billion in aggregate commitments. Limited partner commitments came almost exclusively from existing, long-term investors in other GTCR funds.

InvestiFi Raises $20 Million To Accelerate Embedded Investing For Credit Unions And Community Banks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

InvestiFi, a Credit Union Service Organization and operator of the InvestTech platform, has raised $20 million in funding. Vibe Credit Union led the round, with participation from BankTech Ventures, Idaho Central Credit Union, Navari, United Financial Credit Union, Coastal Credit Union, Mid Minnesota Credit Union, Truity Credit Union, and Southpoint Credit Union.

Precise Behavioral Secures $14.2 Million In Venture Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Precise Behavioral, a physician-led behavioral health services and technology company, has announced $14.2 million in venture funding. A1 Health Ventures led the round, with participation from Ziegler Link-Age Fund, Converge Capital Partners, and Granite Financial Holdings, an affiliate of Blue Cross of Idaho.

Encore AI Raises $30 Million To Deploy AI Platform Built To Generate Revenue From Customer Interactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Encore AI, formerly known as Insait IO, has raised a $30 million Series A round. Team8, Planven, and The Garage led the round. The company deploys AI agents powered by its patented Interaction Mining technology across every customer channel.

Soter Insure Secures Series B Funding Led By Galaxy To Scale Its Digital Asset Insurance Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Soter Insure, a provider of specialized insurance products for the digital asset economy, has announced the first close of its Series B funding round. Galaxy Digital led the round, with new participation from Coinbase Ventures and Franklin Templeton and follow-on investment from Brevan Howard Digital.

Resilience And Lilly Invest $750 Million To Increase US-Manufactured Medicine Supply

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Resilience has expanded its strategic partnership with Eli Lilly and Company to increase US production of critical medicines, with new manufacturing investments in Ohio. The $750 million investment builds on a partnership first established in 2023.

Banks Reportedly In Talks To Lend $15 Billion For Anthropic Data Center Backed By Google

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Data-center developer Nexus Data Centers is in advanced talks to raise $15 billion for a Texas campus tied to Anthropic, with Alphabet's Google offering financial guarantees and supplying chips, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. The project is located in Hubbard, Texas.

Procode Raises $10 Million Series A To Expand AI-Powered Medical Billing Across Surgical Specialties

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Procode has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered medical billing and revenue cycle management platform across additional surgical specialties and ambulatory surgery centers. The round was led by Health Velocity Capital and brings Procode's total venture funding to $14 million.

LemonEdge Raises $21 Million Series A Funding Round To Modernize Private Markets Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

LemonEdge, a fund accounting platform built for private markets, has completed a $21 million Series A investment round. Blackstone Innovations Investments led the round. BNY joined, along with participation from existing investor Sidekick Partners, bringing LemonEdge's total funding to more than $30 million.

ZuriQ Raises $25.5 Million To Scale New Groundbreaking 2D Quantum Architecture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

ZuriQ, a Swiss quantum computing company spun out of ETH Zürich, has raised $25.5 million in seed funding. The round was announced July 28, 2026. It builds on the company's $4.2 million pre-seed round in 2025 and is led by Quantonation, with participation from Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures, and all previous round investors.

Xsight Labs Raises More Than $300 Million At $2.8 Billion Valuation To Power Next-Generation AI And Cloud Networks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Xsight Labs, a fabless semiconductor company providing connectivity solutions for hyperscale, edge, and AI data center networks, has closed a $300 million-plus funding round. The round establishes a $2.8 billion post-money valuation. Fidelity Management & Research Company led the round with participation from new and existing investors.

Dili Raises $21.7 Million From Khosla Ventures To Bring AI-Powered Assurance To America’s Infrastructure Boom

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Dili, an AI-native compliance platform for the industries powering America's infrastructure buildout, has announced $21.7 million in total funding. This includes a $15 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures. Participants included Y Combinator's Garry Tan, Allianz, Brick and Mortar Ventures' Darren Bechtel, and Rebel Fund.

Vivid Dx Raises $15 Million To Develop Rapid Blood-Based Infection Testing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

Vivid Dx has raised $15 million in seed financing to advance a diagnostic platform designed to identify infectious pathogens and evaluate antibiotic susceptibility directly from blood. The round was co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Cedars-Sinai Intellectual Property Co., with participation from Jameel Investment Management Company and other strategic investors. The company also appointed diagnostics executive Keith O'Neill as CEO.

Fish Audio Raises $52 Million Seed Round To Expand Expressive Voice AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

Fish Audio has raised $52 million in seed funding to expand its real-time text-to-speech, voice cloning and voice-agent platform. The round was led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with participation from 359 Capital, Play Time, HF0, 645 Ventures, Parable, Carya Venture Partners, Alphalist Partners and angel investors.

Unify Energy Solutions Secures Acquisition Capital To Expand Building Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

Unify Energy Solutions has secured a dedicated acquisition capital commitment to support strategic growth across the building automation, energy management and Internet of Things monitoring markets. Westlake Securities served as the company's exclusive financial advisor in arranging the commitment. The amount and identity of the capital provider were not disclosed.

NEST Expands Startup Education And Seed Funding For Underserved Georgia Students

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

NEST, which stands for New Entrepreneurs Shaping Tomorrow, is expanding access to business education, mentorship and startup capital for high school students across Georgia. The nonprofit focuses on students from low-income, immigrant and refugee families who may have limited access to entrepreneurship programs through their schools or personal networks.

Healia Launches With $18 Million To Reduce Healthcare Costs For Dual-Income Families

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

Healia has launched with $18 million in funding, including a $14 million Series A led by 111° West Capital. Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Pioneer Fund, GoAhead Ventures and North Coast Ventures also participated. The Columbus, Ohio-based company has enabled employers to provide approximately $33 million in additional healthcare coverage since its founding in 2021.

Array Labs Raises $21 Million To Develop Satellite Tracking Services With Mitsubishi Electric

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

Array Labs has raised $21 million in an oversubscribed strategic financing round anchored by Mitsubishi Electric. Existing investors Catapult Ventures, Kompas VC and Y Combinator also participated. The financing follows Array Labs' Series A round, which was announced in January 2026. The company did not disclose its total funding following the latest investment.

ProphetX Raises $35 Million To Scale Federally Regulated Sports Prediction Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

ProphetX has raised $35 million to expand its federally regulated sports-focused prediction market, increase market liquidity and grow its business-to-business technology and partnership operations. The round was led by Parlay Capital and Data Point Capital. Other participants included FDJ Ventures, Greenwave Ventures, Connexa Capital, Impellent Ventures, the Operating Group and Sharp Alpha Advisors.

Aurenar Raises $5.7 Million Seed Round To Advance Noninvasive Stroke Neuromodulation Device

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

Aurenar has raised $5.7 million in an oversubscribed seed round to advance V-Link, a noninvasive neuromodulation device intended to reduce serious complications among intensive care patients. The round was co-led by the Go Red for Women Venture Fund, part of American Heart Association Ventures, and Solas BioVentures. BJC Health and Kaleida Capital also participated.