Venture Capital

PsiQuantum Finalizes $100 Million U.S. Department Of Commerce Award

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

PsiQuantum has finalized definitive documentation with the U.S. Department of Commerce for a $100 million federal research and development award intended to strengthen U.S. quantum computing capabilities and semiconductor supply-chain security.

MSU Research Foundation Makes 23 Startup Investments Through Red Cedar Ventures And Michigan Rise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

The MSU Research Foundation announced 23 startup investments made through its Red Cedar Ventures and Michigan Rise investment funds between April and June 2026.

DivergeIT Secures Strategic Investment From M|C Partners To Build MSP Acquisition Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

DivergeIT has received a strategic investment from M|C Partners to accelerate its organic growth and establish the company as a platform for acquiring additional managed service providers. Financial terms were not disclosed.

ErieView Development Secures $217.6 Million Financing For Cleveland Redevelopment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

ErieView Development has closed approximately $217.6 million in financing for the residential and hotel phases of the Erieview Tower and Galleria redevelopment in downtown Cleveland. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company's Real Estate team served as exclusive financial advisor on the financing.

Chariot Re Raises $700 Million To Expand Life And Annuity Reinsurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

Chariot Reinsurance has closed an oversubscribed third capital raise of approximately $700 million in equity and debt financing to expand its life and annuity reinsurance platform.

Creditstar Group Raises €4.6 Million At €130 Million Pre-Money Valuation From Kilde

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

Creditstar Group has completed a €4.6 million hybrid equity investment from Singapore-based investor Kilde at a €130 million pre-money valuation. The financing represents Creditstar's first external hybrid equity investment.

UrgentIQ Raises $15 Million Series A From Five Elms Capital To Expand AI Platform For Urgent Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

UrgentIQ has raised $15 million in Series A growth funding from Five Elms Capital to expand its AI-native operating platform for urgent care centers.

Strata Mental Health Solutions Receives Compass Pathways Grant For COMP360 Provider Training

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

Strata Mental Health Solutions has been selected for one of five U.S. healthcare provider training grants awarded by Compass Pathways to develop provider training programs for COMP360, Compass' investigational psilocybin treatment.

EscapeSquid Pursues $2.5 Million Seed Round To Scale Fitness And Travel Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

Xanh Entertainment, the developer of EscapeSquid, is pursuing a $2.5 million seed funding round to expand its virtual-to-destination fitness, entertainment and travel platform.

GMR Solutions To Reprice $2.9 Billion Term Loan And Pay Down $200 Million Of Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

GMR Solutions has secured binding commitments to reprice its existing $2.9 billion Term Loan B facility and plans to use approximately $200 million of cash to repay outstanding borrowings.

White & Case Invests In Saudi Legal AI Platform Clauze.AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

White & Case has made a strategic investment in Clauze.AI, an AI-powered enterprise legal platform founded by Waad Alkurini and focused on legal and corporate clients in Saudi Arabia and the broader region. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Office Properties Income Trust Prices $425 Million Of 8.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2031

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

Office Properties Income Trust has priced an offering of $425 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.75% senior secured notes due 2031, completing a significant step in its effort to refinance existing secured debt and extend its maturity profile.

Hudson Pacific Extends $1.1 Billion Hollywood Media Portfolio Loan To November 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

Hudson Pacific Properties and its joint venture partner have extended the $1.1 billion CMBS loan secured by the Hollywood Media Portfolio, pushing the maturity date to November 9, 2027.

Pinegrove Venture Partners Closes Oversubscribed $1.5 Billion Strategic Investors Fund XII

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

Pinegrove Venture Partners has closed Strategic Investors Fund XII at $1.5 billion across its Early and Scale strategies.

Enigmata Raises $6.5 Million Seed Round For AI Encryption Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

Enigmata has emerged from stealth with $6.5 million in seed funding led by Blockchange Ventures to commercialize Enigmata Cipher, its patent-pending cryptographic platform designed to let AI systems work with data while it remains encrypted.

GomSpace Secures $2.4 Million U.S. Defense Satellite Order

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

GomSpace North America has received a $2.4 million order from an undisclosed U.S. defense customer for rapid-deployment satellite systems.

FAZE Security Raises $6 Million Seed Round After Reaching 50 Enterprise Customers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2026

FAZE Security has emerged from stealth with $6 million in seed funding led by New Era Capital Partners, with participation from Lockstep VC.

Crusoe Reportedly Raises Over $3 Billion At $30 Billion Valuation To Expand AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Crusoe has reportedly raised more than $3 billion in a new funding round that values the AI cloud computing and data center infrastructure company at approximately $30 billion. Bloomberg reported the financing based on people familiar with the matter.

Glucotrack Secures $11.5 Million Convertible Note Financing To Support Strategic Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Glucotrack has entered into definitive agreements for approximately $11.5 million of convertible notes, including about $4.5 million of new cash investment and $4.5 million of existing notes being rolled over.

Tickets For Good Raises £3.9 Million To Expand Live Event Access And International Reach

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Tickets for Good has raised £3.9 million in new funding to expand its platform, reach more users internationally and create additional jobs in Sheffield over the next three years.

Molten Ventures Growth Fund Reaches £175 Million First Close With £75 Million British Business Bank Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Molten Ventures announced the £175 million first close of its Growth Fund, including a £75 million cornerstone commitment from the British Business Bank. Molten Ventures committed the remaining £100 million, and the firm is targeting a £350 million final fund size.

Impossible Objects Raises $40 Million Series B To Scale Industrial 3D Printing Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Impossible Objects has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by Inflection Equity to scale its Composite-Based Additive Manufacturing technology and expand industrial production across aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing.

Xapien Secures $56 Million Led By Spectrum Equity To Scale AI-Native Due Diligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Xapien has secured a $56 million investment round led by Spectrum Equity, with existing investor YFM Equity Partners also participating, as the AI-native due diligence company expands internationally and builds out its U.S. operations.

DigitalOcean Secures $725 Million Equipment Financing Facility To Expand AI Cloud Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

DigitalOcean has secured a $725 million equipment financing facility to expand infrastructure capacity as demand increases for its AI-Native Cloud platform supporting inference and agentic workloads.

Archy Raises $50 Million Series C To Expand AI Platform For Dental Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Archy, an AI platform for dental practice management, announced that it has raised $50 million in Series C funding led by JMI Equity, with participation from existing investors TCV, Entrée Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, CRV, and Alven.

DeepCtrls Raises Series B+ Led By CATL With Aramco Ventures Backing To Scale Physical AI For Energy Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

DeepCtrls has completed a Series B+ financing round led by CATL, with strategic investment from Aramco Ventures as the company expands its Physical AI technology across energy systems, advanced manufacturing and AI infrastructure.

Sparkle Grooming Secures $6 Million Growth Financing To Expand Dog Grooming Franchise Nationwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Sparkle Grooming has secured $6 million in strategic growth financing to expand its membership-driven dog grooming franchise nationwide after surpassing 600 franchise licenses awarded in 24 months.

Lightfield Raises $47 Million Series A To Build AI-Native CRM For Companies Using Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Lightfield has raised $47 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to scale a CRM platform designed from the ground up for companies using AI agents to prospect, manage deals and work with customers. The round also included participation from Maverick Capital, Coatue, Audacious, Alumni Ventures, Greylock and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Onix Raises $5 Million Pre-Seed To Build Expert-Governed Personal Intelligence AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Onix has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding, equivalent to approximately C$7 million, to expand its Personal Intelligence platform, an approach to AI built from licensed expert knowledge rather than information broadly collected from the internet.

Neurent Medical Secures €25 Million Growth Debt Facility From Claret Capital Partners To Expand NEUROMARK

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 11, 2026

Neurent Medical has secured a €25 million growth debt facility from Claret Capital Partners to accelerate commercialization of its NEUROMARK System for treating chronic rhinitis.