Venture Capital

Outmarket AI Raises $34.5 Million Series B, Bringing Total Funding To $56.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Outmarket AI has raised $34.5 million in Series B funding to expand its AI platform for insurance agencies and carriers. SignalFire led the round, with participation from Fika Ventures, Permanent Capital Ventures, TTV Capital and Dash Fund.

Protego Ventures Closes $125 Million Fund I For Israeli Defense Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Protego Ventures has closed its first fund with $125 million to invest in early-growth Israeli defense technology companies.

Rig Security Raises $12 Million Seed Round And Emerges From Stealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Rig Security has emerged from stealth with $12 million in seed funding to develop an identity protection platform designed for human, machine, and AI-agent identities. Ten Eleven Ventures and Brightmind Partners co-led the financing, with strategic participation from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund.

Princeton Equity Group Raises $1.3 Billion Fund III At Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Princeton Equity Group has closed Princeton Equity Partners III with $1.3 billion in total commitments, exceeding its $875 million target and reaching the fund's hard cap.

5th Century Partners Makes Strategic Investment In ION PT Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

5th Century Partners has made a strategic investment in ION PT Network, a clinician-managed physical therapy company serving the workers' compensation market.

Wingspire Equipment Finance Raises $407.07 Million In Third Equipment Securitization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Wingspire Equipment Finance has raised $407.07 million through WEF 2026-1, its third equipment asset-backed securitization and largest ABS transaction to date. The transaction issued six classes of notes.

Canyon Partners Provides NZ$300 Million Financing For Advent International’s NZCR Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Canyon Partners has arranged and anchored NZ$300 million of financing supporting Advent International's acquisition of NZCR Group, a clinical trials and medical research organization operating across New Zealand and Australia.

Daedal Systems Raises $4.035 Million To Build Fusion Measurement Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Daedal Systems has raised $4.035 million to industrialize its plasma measurement platform and deploy its first standardized diagnostic systems with fusion industry customers. OMERS Ventures led the financing, with participation from Garage Capital, Panache Ventures, Ripple Ventures, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund and a group of angel investors.

DTCC Invests In iCapital As Firms Partner On Private Markets Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and iCapital have formed a strategic collaboration to improve infrastructure supporting private market investments, with DTCC also making a strategic investment in iCapital.

Elevest Capital Launches Fund 70 With $42 Million Dallas Multifamily Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Elevest Capital has launched Fund 70 around the planned $42 million acquisition of a 229-unit, 35-story multifamily property in Downtown Dallas.

F2 Receives $5 Million Strategic Investment From Golub Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

F2 has formed a strategic partnership with Golub Capital that includes a $5 million investment by the private credit manager and the deployment of F2's AI technology across Golub's investment workflows.As of July 1, 2026,

Consano Bio Raises More Than $15 Million To Advance C-1101 For Chronic Sciatica

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Consano Bio has raised more than $15 million in an oversubscribed financing to advance C-1101, its investigational multi-protein biologic therapy for chronic painful lumbosacral radiculopathy, also known as chronic sciatica.

Axiom Secures $2 Billion Convertible Preferred Investment At $37.5 Billion Enterprise Value

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Axiom Solutions International has secured a $2 billion convertible preferred equity investment led by General Catalyst and Koch Equity Development, along with co-investors, at an initial enterprise value of $37.5 billion.

Energy Capital Partners Closes $834 Million Continuation Vehicle For Next Wave Energy Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Energy Capital Partners has closed an $834 million single-asset continuation vehicle for Next Wave Energy Partners, providing existing ECP IV investors with a liquidity option while bringing new capital into the energy infrastructure company.

Niobrara Capital Partners Raises More Than $1.5 Billion Across Founders Fund And Related Vehicles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Niobrara Capital Partners has closed its inaugural Founders Fund and related vehicles with more than $1.5 billion in committed capital.

OceanSound Partners Invests In IMSAR To Expand Radar And Autonomous Systems Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

OceanSound Partners has made a strategic investment in IMSAR, a developer and manufacturer of low-size, weight and power synthetic aperture radar payloads and mission software used across unmanned and manned aircraft.

Arbor Day Foundation Invests In Vibrant Planet And Convective Capital For Wildfire Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

The Arbor Day Foundation's Impact Fund has invested in Vibrant Planet and Convective Capital, expanding its forestry work into technologies designed to help reduce wildfire risk before disasters occur.

Menlo Ventures Invests In Factory To Advance Autonomous Software Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Menlo Ventures has invested in Factory, backing the software development company's push toward autonomous software engineering. The investment was led by Menlo Ventures Managing Partner Matt Murphy, who previously led the firm's pre-product investment in Anthropic.

CAZ Investments Launches GP Stakes Growth Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

CAZ Investments has launched the CAZ GP Stakes Growth Fund, a registered interval fund designed to provide investors with exposure to the growth of private asset management firms.

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Completes Refinancing With $300 Million Of New Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope has completed a comprehensive refinancing that provides the company with $300 million of new capital, reduces its annual cash interest expense by approximately $50 million and extends its debt maturities to 2031.

Iron Path Capital Raises $450 Million For Oversubscribed Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Iron Path Capital has closed Iron Path Capital Fund II with $450 million in total commitments, exceeding the fund's hard cap after completing the fundraising process in five months.

SignSplit Raises $400 Million Strategic Seed Round At $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

SignSplit has emerged from stealth with a $400 million strategic seed financing commitment from W Group, valuing the technology company at $1 billion.

Reactor Adds NVIDIA And Sapphire Ventures To Series A Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Reactor has added NVIDIA and Sapphire Ventures as investors in its Series A financing round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, as the company scales infrastructure for real-time generative video and world models.

Neighborhood Intelligence Raises $45.5 Million Through Registered Direct Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Neighborhood Intelligence has entered into a definitive agreement for a $45.5 million registered direct equity offering led by certain funds managed by Highbridge Capital Management, with participation from members of the company's management.

EarnIn Secures Additional $150 Million Debt Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

EarnIn has secured a new $150 million committed warehouse facility from a major Canadian financial institution, expanding the company's access to institutional financing as it continues to scale its earnings management and payroll platform.

Valon Raises $150 Million Series D At $2.3 Billion Valuation To Advance ValonOS Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Valon Technologies has raised $150 million in Series D funding at a $2.3 billion valuation to accelerate deployment of ValonOS and its AI agents across the U.S. mortgage servicing industry. The new valuation is double Valon's previous valuation. Ribbit Capital joined the financing as a new investor, with existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz also participating.

OneByZero Raises $20 Million Series A Led By Jungle Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

OneByZero has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Jungle Ventures to scale its enterprise artificial intelligence deployment business across Asia Pacific and expand its NEO platform and AI Coworkers.

Trinity Capital Prices $350 Million Offering Of 7.50% Notes Due 2032

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Trinity Capital has priced an underwritten public offering of $350 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.50% notes due 2032, providing the company with additional long-term capital while supporting repayment of borrowings under its existing credit facility.

VoltaGrid Completes $775 Million Primary Investment And $800 Million Secondary Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

VoltaGrid has completed a previously announced $775 million primary equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Halliburton, along with an upsized $800 million secondary equity transaction involving existing investors.

Tishman Speyer Secures $75 Million Second Close For Korea Living Venture, Bringing Commitments To $395 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Tishman Speyer has secured a $75 million commitment from a German pension fund in the second closing of its Korea Living Venture, bringing total equity commitments to the residential investment vehicle to $395 million.