Venture Capital

NIIF Infrastructure Fund II Reaches $2 Billion First Close Toward $3.2 Billion Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited has achieved a INR 19,000 crore, approximately $2 billion, first close for NIIF Infrastructure Fund II, representing more than 60% of the fund's INR 30,000 crore, approximately $3.2 billion, target size.

Wonderful Raises $550 Million Series C At $5 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Wonderful has raised $550 million in Series C funding at a $5 billion valuation, as the enterprise AI company scales its AI operating system globally. The financing was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Salesforce and existing investors Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards, and Bessemer Venture Partners.

Plenti Raises $3 Million Seed Round Led By Tether To Expand Digital Dollar Platform Across Latin America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Plenti has raised a $3 million Seed round led by Tether, with participation from Verda Ventures, to expand its digital dollar and multicurrency platform across Latin America. The Medellín-based fintech plans to use the funding to consolidate its operations in Colombia and accelerate expansion into Peru and Bolivia.

Guardio Raises $40 Million At $1.1 Billion Valuation As ARR Reaches $150 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Consumer cybersecurity company Guardio has raised $40 million in funding at a $1.1 billion valuation, bringing its total funding to $167 million. The financing included an investment from Wiz Co-Founder and CEO Assaf Rappaport, along with existing investors ION Crossover Partners, Union Tech Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Cerca Partners and Emerge Ventures.

Netley Capital Reaches $1.2 Billion In Commitments For Tertiaries Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Netley Capital has reached approximately $1.2 billion in committed, deployable capital for its tertiary investment strategy following the final close of its flagship fund at an extended hard cap.

Diameter Pay Raises $10 Million Series A To Expand Global U.S. Dollar Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Diameter Pay has raised a $10 million Series A to expand its infrastructure for global U.S. dollar payments, virtual accounts and stablecoin connectivity. The financing was co-led by CMT Digital and Lightspeed Faction, with participation from SixThirty Ventures, Stellar Development Foundation, Tech Council Ventures, Onigiri Capital and BitRock Capital.

Resect AI Launches Out Of Stealth With $25 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Resect AI has emerged from stealth with $25 million in funding from private equity investors to develop technology that detects AI hallucinations and modifies model behavior. The financing will support research and development, go-to-market initiatives and hiring across the greater Seattle and Portland markets.

Capacity Raises More Than $54 Million Series E As ARR Surpasses $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Capacity has raised more than $54 million in Series E funding, bringing total capital raised by the agentic customer support automation company to more than $159 million. The financing follows Capacity surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue in June 2026, representing 20-fold growth over approximately three and a half years.

Ulta Beauty Selects Eight Brands For 2026 MUSE Accelerator And Awards $410,000

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Ulta Beauty has selected eight emerging beauty and wellness brands for the fifth annual MUSE Accelerator Program, providing funding, mentorship and retail-readiness support during a 10-week program beginning September 14.

Cloverleaf AI Raises $8 Million Series A Led By S3 Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Cloverleaf AI has raised an $8 million Series A led by S3 Ventures, with participation from Jackson Square Ventures, Ivy Ventures and Tawani Ventures. The Denver-based company closed the financing in January and disclosed it in August after expanding its team and platform.

Hermetiq Raises $2.2 Million Seed Round For AI Coding Build Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Hermetiq has raised a $2.2 million Seed round to develop infrastructure connecting AI coding agents with the build systems responsible for compiling, testing and shipping the code they generate. Gi21 Capital participated in the financing.

RQD Clearing Secures $74 Million Growth Investment Led By Bain Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

RQD Clearing has secured a $74 million minority growth investment led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, with participation from ABN AMRO Clearing Bank and Nyca Partners.

fileAI Secures Investment From SMBC Asia Rising Fund And Singtel Innov8 To Expand In Japan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

fileAI has secured an investment from SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Singtel Innov8 as the enterprise AI company expands its presence in Japan and grows its financial-services capabilities. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.

Mundo Raises $20 Million Series A, Bringing Total Funding To $24 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Mundo, an innovative startup based in Vancouver, has successfully secured a $20 million Series A funding round, led by GreatPoint Ventures. Prominent investors also participated, including Y Combinator, Next Frontier Ventures, and E12 Ventures. In addition to this recent financing, Mundo had earlier raised an unannounced $4 million in a Seed round, bringing the company’s total funding to a substantial $24 million.

ColibriTD Raises €4 Million Seed Round Led By Earlybird Venture Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

ColibriTD, a French quantum software company focused on multiphysics simulation, has raised €4 million in Seed funding led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from SymbiaVC and Medin VC. The financing follows a €1 million Pre-Seed investment from Earlybird.

UBS Launches Nine Cash Tender Offers For Credit Suisse Debt Securities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

UBS Group has officially launched a series of nine simultaneous cash tender offers to repurchase outstanding debt securities originally issued by Credit Suisse Group. This strategic move follows UBS's assumption of the obligations linked to these notes, resulting from the merger between Credit Suisse Group and UBS Group in June 2023.

CVC Secondary Partners Raises $10 Billion For Sixth Global Private Equity Secondaries Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

CVC Secondary Partners has closed its sixth global secondary private equity fund, Secondary Opportunities Fund VI, with $10 billion in aggregate capital commitments.

Archive Raises Strategic Funding To Scale AI-Native Creator Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Archive has closed a strategic funding round to expand its AI-native creator marketing platform as more consumer and AI companies use creators as a core customer acquisition channel. The round was led by Anti Fund, founded by Jake and Logan Paul and Geoffrey Woo, and Florida Funders. Battery Ventures, Stripe, Tiger Global, Lux Capital and Human Capital also participated, along with more than 50 founders and executives from the technology and consumer industries.

PATH Raises New Funding Backed By Agility Ventures To Accelerate Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

PATH has successfully completed a new investment round, attracting support from a diverse group of investors, including Agility Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Agility. This strategic backing marks a significant step in PATH’s growth trajectory.

Teragen Energy Raises $6 Million Pre-Seed Round Co-Led By BEVC And Energy Capital Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Teragen Energy has raised an oversubscribed $6 million Pre-Seed round co-led by BEVC and Energy Capital Ventures, with participation from AP Ventures, AIC Ventures, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and UntroD Capital Asia.

Stellaria Raises $6.8 Million Seed Round At $114.4 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Stellaria, a company based in the United Arab Emirates, has secured $6.8 million in Seed funding from a group of angel investors, valuing the company at $114.4 million. This funding will support the growth and expansion of its innovative AI-powered geospatial intelligence platform.

Neno Raises €6.6 Million Seed Round To Build AI-Native Accounting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Neno has raised a €6.6 million Seed round to continue building its AI-native accounting software and services platform for European businesses. The financing was backed by AlleyCorp, firstminute capital and Motive Partners, alongside angel investors from companies including Mollie, Hugging Face, Coinbase, Deel, Juni, PayPal, Navro and Miro.

Blank Street Raises $75 Million In Primary Funding Led By General Atlantic At $650 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Blank Street has raised $75 million in primary growth capital led by General Atlantic, valuing the fast-growing coffee and matcha chain at approximately $650 million as it accelerates its West Coast expansion and broadens its offering beyond morning coffee.

Ringg AI Raises $15 Million Series A Led By Peak XV Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Ringg AI has closed a $15 million Series A led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Arkam Ventures and Capital 2B. The company is building enterprise AI agents designed to manage customer interactions from conversation through completed workflows across voice, WhatsApp, chat and browser-based experiences.

Plural Brings More Than $1 Billion In Energy And Compute Infrastructure Assets To Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Plural has brought more than $1 billion of energy and compute infrastructure assets to market over the past 12 months, as the financial services and technology firm expands its work with developers seeking institutional capital for infrastructure projects.

Runway Growth Capital: Interview With CFO Carmela Thomson About Growth Lending And Scaling Finance Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Runway Growth Capital is a leading provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture-backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity. The firm serves as investment adviser to Runway Growth Finance Corp. (Nasdaq: RWAY), a publicly traded business development company (BDC), and to private investment funds. Pulse 2.0 interviewed newly appointed CFO Carmela Thomson to learn more about her new role and what comes next.and Canada, across technology, life sciences and healthcare, and select consumer sectors.

Venture Capital

NIIF Infrastructure Fund II Reaches $2 Billion First Close Toward $3.2 Billion Target

Wonderful Raises $550 Million Series C At $5 Billion Valuation

Plenti Raises $3 Million Seed Round Led By Tether To Expand Digital Dollar Platform Across Latin America

Guardio Raises $40 Million At $1.1 Billion Valuation As ARR Reaches $150 Million

Netley Capital Reaches $1.2 Billion In Commitments For Tertiaries Strategy

Diameter Pay Raises $10 Million Series A To Expand Global U.S. Dollar Payments Platform

Resect AI Launches Out Of Stealth With $25 Million In Funding

Capacity Raises More Than $54 Million Series E As ARR Surpasses $100 Million

Ulta Beauty Selects Eight Brands For 2026 MUSE Accelerator And Awards $410,000

Cloverleaf AI Raises $8 Million Series A Led By S3 Ventures

Hermetiq Raises $2.2 Million Seed Round For AI Coding Build Infrastructure

RQD Clearing Secures $74 Million Growth Investment Led By Bain Capital

fileAI Secures Investment From SMBC Asia Rising Fund And Singtel Innov8 To Expand In Japan

Mundo Raises $20 Million Series A, Bringing Total Funding To $24 Million

ColibriTD Raises €4 Million Seed Round Led By Earlybird Venture Capital

UBS Launches Nine Cash Tender Offers For Credit Suisse Debt Securities

CVC Secondary Partners Raises $10 Billion For Sixth Global Private Equity Secondaries Fund

Archive Raises Strategic Funding To Scale AI-Native Creator Marketing Platform

PATH Raises New Funding Backed By Agility Ventures To Accelerate Global Expansion

Teragen Energy Raises $6 Million Pre-Seed Round Co-Led By BEVC And Energy Capital Ventures

Stellaria Raises $6.8 Million Seed Round At $114.4 Million Valuation

Neno Raises €6.6 Million Seed Round To Build AI-Native Accounting Platform

Blank Street Raises $75 Million In Primary Funding Led By General Atlantic At $650 Million Valuation

Ringg AI Raises $15 Million Series A Led By Peak XV Partners

Plural Brings More Than $1 Billion In Energy And Compute Infrastructure Assets To Market

Runway Growth Capital: Interview With CFO Carmela Thomson About Growth Lending And Scaling Finance Operations

Concordare Trials Raises Funding Led By Surface Ventures To Digitize Clinical Trial Protocols

NAVER D2SF Invests In F4GE To Build Programmable Manufacturing Network For Defense And Advanced Industries

Imprint Secures $2 Billion In New Debt Funding Capacity

Gestala Raises $84 Million Across Two Financing Rounds To Develop Ultrasound-Based Brain-Computer Interface