Venture Capital

Quantum Motion: $160 Million Series C Raised For Silicon-Based Quantum Computing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Quantum Motion announced it raised $160 million in a Series C financing round to accelerate the commercialization of its silicon transistor-based quantum computing technology. The financing was co-led by DCVC and Kembara, with participation from the British Business Bank, Firgun, and existing investors.

Anaergia: $20 Million Revolving Credit Facility Secured With National Bank Of Canada

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Anaergia announced it entered into a credit agreement with National Bank of Canada for a revolving credit facility with a maximum principal amount of C$20 million, with an option to increase the facility by up to an additional C$10 million subject to certain conditions and the bank’s discretion.

LTZ Therapeutics: $38 Million Financing Raised To Advance Myeloid Engager Immunotherapy Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

LTZ Therapeutics announced the completion of an oversubscribed $38 million financing round to accelerate development of its Universal Myeloid Cell Engager immunotherapy platform and pipeline. The financing round was led by GL Ventures with additional participation from a sovereign wealth fund and existing shareholders.

SageOx: $15 Million Seed Round Raised For Human And AI Agent Collaboration Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

SageOx announced it raised a $15 million seed financing round led by Canaan Partners, with participation from A.Capital, Pioneer Square Labs, and Founders’ Co-op.

Tessera Labs: $60 Million Funding Raised For AI-Powered ERP Modernization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Tessera Labs announced it raised $60 million in oversubscribed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to accelerate development of its AI-native enterprise transformation platform. Foundation Capital, Myriad Venture Partners, and Osage University Partners also participated in the financing round.

District: $14.7 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Commerce Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

District announced it raised $14.7 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kindred Ventures, with participation from Greylock Partners and a group of angel investors and operators from the technology and commerce sectors.

XBOW: $35 Million Added To Series C To Expand Autonomous Offensive Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

XBOW announced an additional $35 million in Series C financing from strategic investors including Accenture Ventures, DNX Ventures, Liberty Global Tech Ventures, NVentures, Samsung Ventures, and SentinelOne S Ventures. The funding extends the company’s previously announced $120 million Series C round.

Astranis: $450 Million Raised To Expand High-Orbit Satellite Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Astranis announced it raised $450 million in new capital to accelerate production of its high-orbit spacecraft and expand support for commercial and U.S. government satellite programs. The financing brings the company’s total funding to more than $1.2 billion.

Kanvas Biosciences: $48 Million Series A Raised For Microbiome Cancer Therapeutics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Kanvas Biosciences announced it raised a $48 million Series A financing round to advance microbiome therapeutics designed to improve immunotherapy outcomes for cancer patients. The financing was co-led by existing investors DCVC and Lions Capital LLC, with participation from Gates Foundation, ATHOS KG, Germin8, Ki Tua Fund, Pangaea Ventures, and additional investors.

CellCentric: $220 Million Series D Raised To Advance Inobrodib Trials For Multiple Myeloma

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

CellCentric announced the completion of an oversubscribed $220 million Series D financing to support pivotal clinical trials of inobrodib, the company’s first-in-class oral p300/CBP inhibitor for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Solar Landscape: $600 Million Debt Facility To Expand Distributed Energy Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Solar Landscape announced the closing of a $600 million committed and green-labeled senior debt warehouse facility designed to support the company’s distributed energy deployment pipeline across the United States.

Signadori Bio: €11.1 Million Seed Round Raised For Monocyte Immunotherapy Platform Targeting Solid Tumors

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Signadori Bio announced the completion of a seed extension financing round, bringing the company’s total funding to €11.1 million. The latest investment included participation from Taiho Ventures along with existing investors Sofinnova Partners and Invivo Partners.

Gi21 Capital: Interview With Founder Damir Špoljarič About The Investment Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Gi21 Capital is a Prague-based, entrepreneur-led investment firm that provides capital and strategic support to high-growth, technical startups, with a specialized focus on AI infrastructure, B2B software, robotics, and DeepTech across Europe and the US. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Gi21 Capital founder Damir Špoljarič to learn more.

Buyerlink Secures $40 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility With California Bank & Trust

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Buyerlink, a leading online auction marketplace for performance-based marketing, has secured a $40 million senior secured credit facility with Zions Bancorporation, doing business as California Bank & Trust. The new facility enhances Buyerlink's financial flexibility and strengthens its capital structure to support continued growth.

Pretium Surpasses $3 Billion In Financing To Homebuilders And Multifamily Developers

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Pretium, a specialized investment firm with over $60 billion in assets under management, has surpassed $3 billion in residential lending to homebuilders and multifamily developers since launching its residential debt platform in December 2024. In partnership with Anchor Loans, the capital has supported the construction of more than 13,000 housing units to date.

IPA Capital Arranges $116.5 Million Construction Financing For Pacific Northwest Industrial Property

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $116,525,065 in financing for the development of a 1.4 million-square-foot industrial property in the Pacific Northwest. The deal was secured by Gary Mozer, executive managing director, and Lee Norman, senior managing director, both out of the firm's Los Angeles office.

4D Path Announces Strategic Financing And Two New Board Appointments

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

4D Path, a company personalizing cancer care through a physics-informed approach to predict tumor response to therapy, has announced the first close of a strategic financing round alongside the appointment of two seasoned healthcare executives to its board of directors. Katherine Vega Stultz will serve as Board Chair, and Robert J. Hombach joins as a director.

Ballad Health Invests $15 Million To Expand Robotic-Assisted Surgery And Earns National Accreditation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Ballad Health has been awarded Network of Excellence accreditation in robotic surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation, recognizing systemwide excellence in patient safety, surgical outcomes, and clinical consistency. The national recognition coincides with a $15 million investment to expand robotic-assisted surgery across the region, bringing the program to additional rural hospitals in the Appalachian Highlands.

Bridge Growth Partners Closes $790 Million Continuation Vehicle For Solace

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Bridge Growth Partners has successfully closed a single-asset continuation vehicle with $790 million in commitments for Solace, the real-time data and agentic AI platform built for enterprise AI. The transaction was co-led by Apogem Capital, Golub Capital, HSBC Asset Management and Schroders Capital, with additional participation from Bridge Growth Partners III.

Pacific Hybreed Closes $1 Million Round With Hawaiʻi Angels And Blue Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Pacific Hybreed, a Big Island-based aquaculture biotechnology company, has closed a $1 million funding round with participation from Hawaiʻi Angels and Blue Startups. The investment will support expansion of commercial-scale hatchery operations to meet growing demand from shellfish farmers across Hawaiʻi, the West Coast and beyond.

Plug And Play Japan: ¥6.15 Billion Fund Closed To Connect Japanese Startups To Global Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Plug and Play Japan announced the final closing of its inaugural investment vehicle, Plug and Play Japan Fund I, surpassing its original fundraising target with more than ¥6 billion in commitments. The Tokyo-based fund is designed to support seed and early-stage startups in Japan while helping domestic companies expand globally through Plug and Play’s international network.

Keewaywin Capital Announces Final Close Of Inaugural Fund At $20 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Keewaywin Capital, an Indigenous-led private credit investment manager focused on housing and related infrastructure, has announced the successful final close of its inaugural fund, Keewaywin Capital Fund I, with total commitments of $20 million.

Vastian Announces Strategic Growth Investment From Bregal Sagemount And Silversmith Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2026

Vastian, the fastest growing provider of quality management software for hospitals and laboratories, has announced a strategic growth investment from Bregal Sagemount, a leading growth-focused private equity firm, alongside a new investment from existing investor Silversmith Capital Partners.

Altara Raises $7 Million In Seed Funding To Accelerate Scientific And Industrial Breakthroughs With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2026

Altara, an AI company building a scientific intelligence platform for research and development through manufacturing, has announced $7 million in seed funding led by Greylock, with participation from Neo, BoxGroup, and Liquid 2 Ventures, along with angel investors including Jeff Dean and leadership at OpenAI and AMD.

Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Doubles Funding Commitment, Awarding 13 Innovators In Cancer Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2026

The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, a program of The Pershing Square Foundation, has announced 13 winners of the 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize, marking a transformative expansion of the program from a regional initiative into a national platform supporting the next generation of cancer researchers.

Spring Labs: $5 Million Raised For AI-Native Compliance Platform For Financial Institutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2026

Spring Labs announced it raised $5 million in funding led by BankTech Ventures and Haymaker Ventures to expand its AI-native compliance and operations platform for financial institutions. The company said the funding will support growth beyond AI complaint and dispute agents into a broader compliance workflow and agent orchestration platform for banks, sponsor banks, and fintechs.

Celadyne Technologies: $250,000 UT Seed Fund Investment To Scale Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2026

Celadyne Technologies, a startup launched out of The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering, received a $250,000 investment from the UT Seed Fund to advance hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer technologies for defense, industrial, and transportation applications.

ElevenLabs: $500 Million ARR Reached As AI Voice Platform Adds BlackRock, NVIDIA, And Jamie Foxx As Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2026

ElevenLabs announced that it has added a new group of investors to its third close of its Series D fundraising round, including institutional firms such as BlackRock, Wellington Management, NVIDIA through NVentures, Santander, D. E. Shaw & Co., and Schroders. The company also welcomed investments from entertainment figures including Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, Hwang Dong-hyuk, and existing investor Matthew McConaughey.

AlphaDrive Launches $100 Million Cyber And AI Venture Fund With Leumi Partners As Anchor Investor

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2026

Veteran investors Yaron Elad and Elik Etzion have launched AlphaDrive, a $100 million venture fund targeting the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, bringing aboard Leumi Partners as an anchor investor alongside family offices, cybersecurity entrepreneurs, and institutional backers from the United States and Europe.

RTI International Invests In Navidence To Standardize Disease And Treatment Definitions In Clinical Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2026

Independent scientific research institute RTI International has announced a partnership and strategic equity investment in Navidence, an AI-native technology company working to standardize how diseases, treatments, and outcomes are defined across clinical research and real-world evidence generation.