Venture Capital

Ultra Raises $62 Million, Including $50 Million Series A Led By Framework Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Ultra raised $62 million in funding to expand deployment of its robotics platform, including a $50 million Series A led by Framework Ventures. The company said its focus is on solving what it views as one of the biggest bottlenecks in robotics: reliably deploying robots into real-world environments.

KONST Raises $30 Million Series B Led By ADATA Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

KONST raised $30 million in Series B funding led by ADATA Technology to expand its AI data center footprint across Asia and accelerate its Token Factory strategy. Strategic investors include M Mobility, Pegatron Venture Capital, and several other corporate investors.

Gray Media Closes $600 Million Term Loan And Extends $680 Million Revolver

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Gray Media closed a new $600 million Term Loan G and extended the maturity of its revolving credit facility as part of a broader refinancing program affecting more than $1.25 billion of debt. The new term loan matures July 15, 2030.

Griffis Residential Raises $207 Million In First Close Of Fund VII

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Griffis Residential secured approximately $207 million in capital commitments in the first close of Griffis Premium Apartment Fund VII. Fund VII succeeds Griffis Premium Apartment Fund VI, which raised $525 million.

Candide Group Closes $71.5 Million Afterglow Climate Justice Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Candide Group closed the Afterglow Climate Justice Fund at $71.5 million to finance clean energy and climate resilience projects in historically underinvested U.S. communities. Afterglow is a catalytic debt fund launched in 2023.

BelliWelli Secures Flexible Credit Facility From Assembled Brands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Assembled Brands closed a new asset-based credit facility for BelliWelli, a California-based gut health brand known for dietary fiber supplements and gummies. BelliWelli plans to use the facility to fund production and inventory tied to new retail accounts, including CVS and Sam's Club, while also supporting its growing marketplace business across Amazon, TikTok Shop, and its direct-to-consumer channel.

Ascensia Diabetes Care Partners With Sava And Leads Series B Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Ascensia Diabetes Care entered into a strategic partnership with Sava Technologies covering commercialization and distribution of Sava's wearable microsensor technology and also led the company's Series B financing. The partnership initially focuses on Europe.

Nous Research Raises $90 Million From NVIDIA, M12, Samsung, And Other Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Nous Research raised $90 million to expand its development of open AI models and agents, with backing from NVIDIA, Microsoft's M12, Samsung, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Menlo Ventures, and other investors.

TypeSafe Raises $870 Million Series A At $7.5 Billion Valuation To Expand Jev’s Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

TypeSafe raised $870 million in Series A financing at a $7.5 billion valuation, with Andreessen Horowitz leading the round. Sequoia Capital also participated alongside existing investor DCVC and a group of angel investors, giving the company substantial new capital to accelerate development of Jev, its platform for building intelligent software.

University Of Washington-Led Optoelectronics Center Receives $22 Million NSF Award

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

The University of Washington-led Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand is expected to receive $22 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation over the next five years to continue research involving advanced optoelectronics and semiconductor materials.

Georgia Tech And Emory Invest More Than $1 Billion In Artificial Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Georgia Tech and Emory University are collectively investing more than $1 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure, research, talent, and applications as part of an effort to establish Atlanta as a leading U.S. AI hub.

Preference Model Raises $16 Million Seed Round Led By Andreessen Horowitz

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Preference Model raised $16 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from SignalFire, South Park Commons, Scale Angel Group, and researchers including Fei-Fei Li, Ian Goodfellow, and Julian Schrittwieser. Pasted text

Atlas Atomics Raises About $400 Million Series A At $1.9 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Atlas Atomics raised approximately $400 million in a Series A financing at a valuation of around $1.9 billion, according to Bloomberg. General Catalyst is leading the financing, while Andreessen Horowitz is participating in the round, according to people familiar with the private transaction.

Kopin Secures Additional $18.6 Million U.S. Army Award For Color MicroLED Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2026

Kopin Corporation secured an additional $18.6 million sole-source award from the Office of the Secretary of War through U.S. Army Contracting Command under the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program.