Venture Capital

Apollo Atomics Raises $31 Million Seed As Nuclear Reactor Pipeline Tops 20 GW Of Signed LOIs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Apollo Atomics has raised $31 million in an oversubscribed seed round to commercialize compact pressurized water reactors designed for factory manufacturing and deployment in less than two years. FCVC led the financing, with participation from Y Combinator, Telesoft Partners, Alumni Ventures, Robinhood Ventures, Nucleation Capital, Pelion VC and Duke Capital Partners. Individual investors included Evan Meagher, Paul Graham, Philip Johnston, Matteo Franceschetti and Ray Rothrock.

Foss & Company Closes $150 Million Tax Equity Investment For Summit Ridge And Apollo Illinois Solar Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Foss & Company has closed an approximately $150 million tax equity investment involving Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credits generated by distributed energy projects across Illinois, owned through a joint venture between Summit Ridge Energy and Apollo Global Management.

Hilco Provides $60 Million ABL Facility To Support Turnspire’s Acquisition Of Hulcher Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Hilco Global Capital Solutions has provided a $60 million first-lien asset-based lending facility to support Turnspire Capital Partners' acquisition of Hulcher Services, a provider of mission-critical rail infrastructure and industrial services.

eCapital Provides $30 Million Receivables Facility To Support 18-Facility Post-Acute Care Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

eCapital has provided a $30 million healthcare receivables financing facility to an unnamed multi-state post-acute care provider operating 18 skilled nursing and post-acute facilities.

Denarius Metals Invests C$28.8 Million In Copper Giant As Trafigura Raises Stake To 14.79%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Denarius Metals has completed a C$28.8 million strategic investment in Copper Giant Resources and closed a C$28.81 million private placement with Trafigura to fund the transaction.

SpaceX To Invest $100 Billion In Louisiana Spaceport With 3,000 Direct Jobs And Capacity For Thousands Of Annual Launches

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

SpaceX plans to invest $100 billion to build what Louisiana officials describe as the world's largest spaceport in Vermilion Parish, creating a massive new launch complex designed to support thousands of missions annually and significantly expand the company's Starship operations.

SuperiorMed To Go Public Through Starry Sea SPAC Merger As Dubai Platform Targets Longevity And Health Tourism

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

SuperiorMed Holdings has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Starry Sea Acquisition Corp. that is expected to make the Dubai-based healthcare management and services platform part of a publicly traded company. Financial terms and an implied valuation for SuperiorMed were not disclosed in the announcement.

Hg Invests In Nourish Care To Accelerate AI-Powered Social Care Software As Livingbridge Retains Minority Stake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Nourish Care has secured a strategic growth investment from Hg to accelerate product development and expand its software platform for the U.K. social and community care sector.

Constellation Wealth Capital Takes Minority Stake In $7.6 Billion Firm Confluence Financial Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Constellation Wealth Capital has agreed to make a minority investment in Confluence Financial Partners, an independent wealth management firm with approximately $7.6 billion in assets under management and an additional $400 million in 401(k) plan assets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Payload Secures Strategic Investment From Fifth Third As Payment Volume Approaches $6 Billion Annually

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Payload has secured a strategic investment led by Fifth Third as the embedded payments platform scales toward approximately $6 billion in annual payment volume. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

HERP Raises ¥1.9 Billion Series C Led By JIC VGI As It Plans To Triple Team To 300

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

HERP has raised approximately ¥1.9 billion in Series C financing to expand its AI-powered recruiting platform and matching businesses, bringing the Japanese HR technology company's cumulative funding to approximately ¥3.4 billion. JIC Venture Growth Investments joined as the new lead investor, with existing backer DNX Ventures participating again.

eComID Raises $17 Million Seed Funding As Shopping Passport Reaches 20 Million Monthly Shoppers And Cuts Returns 30%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

eComID has raised $17 million in seed funding to expand its Shopping Passport platform globally and build what it describes as a shopper context layer for the next generation of online commerce. Systemiq Capital led the round, with participation from Regeneration.VC, Course Corrected, Stadium and returning investor CapitalT.

Risk Ledger Raises £24 Million Series B As Supply Chain Security Network Reaches 16,000+ Organizations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Risk Ledger has raised £24 million in Series B funding to expand its supply chain cybersecurity platform, develop new AI-powered security capabilities and accelerate its entry into the U.S. market. Axiom Equity, a specialist B2B SaaS growth equity investor, led the round, with existing investor Mercia Ventures also participating.

Mundo AI Raises $20 Million Series A Led By GreatPoint As Total Funding Reaches $24 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Mundo AI has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by GreatPoint Ventures to build data and evaluation infrastructure designed to help artificial intelligence models better understand audio, video and other real-world sensory information. The financing follows a previously unannounced $4 million seed round, bringing total funding to $24 million. Y Combinator, E12 Ventures and Next Frontier Capital also participated in the Series A.

Airbound Raises $37 Million Series A Led By Greenoaks As Autonomous Flights Top 13,000 And Andhra Pradesh Targets 10,000 Daily

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Airbound has raised $37 million in Series A funding led by Greenoaks to expand its autonomous aircraft platform and pursue a vision of making aerial transportation cheaper than conventional ground-based logistics. DoorDash, Lightspeed India, Lachy Groom and Humba Ventures also participated in the financing.

Emerald AI Raises $150 Million Series A At $1.05 Billion Valuation As Platform Targets 100+ GW Of Untapped U.S. Grid Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Emerald AI has raised $150 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing at a $1.05 billion valuation to scale technology that enables AI data centers to dynamically adjust their electricity consumption based on grid conditions. Energize Capital and DCVC co-led the round, which also included a broad group of strategic and financial investors spanning the AI, energy and industrial sectors.

Blackbird Raises A$1.05 Billion Across New Funds As Portfolio Reaches A$12 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Blackbird has raised A$1.05 billion across new early-stage and growth funds, marking what the venture firm describes as the largest fundraise in the history of the Australia and New Zealand startup ecosystem. The capital is split between a fund designed to make initial investments in founders and a growth vehicle for follow-on investments.

Machine Investment Group Closes $350 Million Fund II At Hard Cap With $120 Million In Co-Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Machine Investment Group has closed Machine Real Estate Fund II at its $350 million hard cap and raised an additional $120 million of co-investment capital to date, bringing commitments associated with the investment vehicle to approximately $470 million.

USA Rare Earth Secures $1.55 Billion Capitalization For Government-Backed Serra Verde Rare Earth SPV

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

USA Rare Earth has completed capitalization arrangements totaling $1.55 billion for the special purpose vehicle that will purchase 100% of Serra Verde Group's Phase 1 rare earth production under a 15-year offtake agreement. The U.S. Department of War committed $750 million to the SPV, representing a $250 million increase from the $500 million originally contemplated.

WhiteFiber Closes $310 Million Convertible Notes Offering As It Targets 100+ MW Of New AI Capacity In 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

WhiteFiber has closed an upsized $310 million private placement of 5% convertible senior notes due 2032, providing additional capital for data center expansion as the AI infrastructure company targets more than 100 MW of additional capacity across its development pipeline in 2027.

Mantel Raises $18 Million, Bringing Total Funding To $50 Million As Carbon Capture Projects Move Toward Commercial Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Mantel has raised $18 million in strategic financing from Constellation Technology Ventures and Azimut Investments, along with existing investors, bringing total funding for the carbon capture company to $50 million.

PrepWizard Secures 404 Endeavors Investment As Food Labeling Platform Reaches Tens Of Thousands Of Restaurant Locations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

PrepWizard has secured a strategic investment from 404 Endeavors to accelerate expansion of its cloud-based automated food preparation labeling platform, which is used across tens of thousands of restaurant locations.

Ehrmann Family To Increase Artmarket.com Stake As Artprice Advances AI-First Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Artmarket.com founder and CEO Thierry Ehrmann and his family plan to increase their ownership of the company as Artprice invests in proprietary vertical artificial intelligence technologies.

Keenable Raises $26 Million Seed As 100 Billion-Document Search Index Targets AI Knowledge Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Keenable has emerged from stealth with $26 million in seed funding led by Accel to build independent web search infrastructure designed specifically for artificial intelligence models and agents. Conviction also participated in the financing alongside angel investors from Amazon, ClickHouse, Databricks, Google, Snowflake and SpaceXAI.

Alice Raises $140 Million As AI Security Business Approaches $100 Million ARR And Grows 500%+

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Alice (formerly known as ActiveFence) has raised $140 million in a funding round led by Apax Digital as the AI trust, safety and security company approaches $100 million in annual recurring revenue and expands its work with major frontier model developers. Samsung, SentinelOne, Maj Invest, MoreTech and Phoenix Insurance participated in the round alongside existing investors Resolute Ventures, Grove Ventures, CRV, Highland Europe, Vintage Investments, Norwest, NFX and Claltech. The financing brings Alice's total funding to $280 million. Apax Digital will also join Alice's board.

Redstone Reaches First Close Of €25 Million Blue Fund To Back Ocean Technology Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Redstone has reached the first close of its €25 million Blue Fund, establishing a new investment vehicle focused on early-stage ocean and water technology companies across Europe.

Newcode.ai Raises Series A To Build AI Platform For Legal Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Newcode.ai has raised a Series A financing that brings its total funding since inception to $20 million as the company continues building a configurable artificial intelligence platform for the legal industry.

Curi Capital Secures Vistria Investment As Wealth Platform Surpasses $14 Billion AUA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Curi Capital has secured a strategic investment from The Vistria Group as the registered investment adviser looks to accelerate technology investment, hiring, client-service development, and acquisitions.

Linden Capital Partners Acquires ArtesRx From Flexpoint Ford After Pharmacy Network Expands From 3 To 16 Locations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Linden Capital Partners has acquired ArtesRx from Flexpoint Ford, completing Flexpoint's exit from a behavioral health pharmacy platform that expanded from three locations in one state to 16 pharmacies serving patients across 15 states.

BPOC Invests In Master Medical Equipment And ReNew Biomedical To Expand Healthcare Equipment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

BPOC has made strategic investments in Master Medical Equipment and ReNew Biomedical, sister companies providing medical equipment distribution, rentals, repair and maintenance services to pre-hospital and post-acute healthcare markets.