Venture Capital

HydroEdge Acquires Majority Interest In RES Water To Create 700,000-Barrel Water Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

HydroEdge Solutions has combined with RES Water to create a full-cycle water management platform serving natural gas producers across the Marcellus and Utica shale regions.

Celaid Therapeutics Raises $2.6 Million In Series B Second Close

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Celaid Therapeutics has raised JPY 400 million, or approximately $2.6 million, in the second close of its Series B financing to support preparations for U.S. clinical development of its CLD-001 hematopoietic stem cell therapy.

Jefferson Trust Awards $812,064 Across Six UVA Innovation Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

The Jefferson Trust has awarded $812,064 to six new projects across the University of Virginia, supporting initiatives spanning artificial intelligence, medical research, clean energy, engineering education and career preparation.

AstraZeneca Completes $2 Billion Equity Investment In Summit Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

AstraZeneca has completed a $2 billion strategic equity investment in Summit Therapeutics, providing additional capital to accelerate development of ivonescimab across multiple solid tumor indications.

Anaeco Secures Strategic Investment From Momentum Global Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Anaeco has secured a strategic investment from Momentum Global Ventures to accelerate commercial deployment of technology designed to destroy difficult-to-abate gases across healthcare, refrigeration, and semiconductor manufacturing.

Graycliff Partners Invests In ValveTek And MeterTek

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Graycliff Partners has invested in ValveTek Utility Services and MeterTek Utility Services through its GCP Ascend small-cap fund, establishing the water infrastructure services businesses as the fund's second platform investment.

Abacus Global Management Completes $400 Million Securitization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Abacus Global Management has completed a dual-tranche securitization valued at more than $400 million, marking the company's largest securitization to date.

Avesi Partners Invests In New Age Medical To Support National Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Avesi Partners has invested in New Age Medical, a MedTech platform serving the spinal surgery market. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Delek US Raises $400 Million Through Convertible Senior Notes Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Delek US Holdings has priced a private offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 0% convertible senior notes due 2031.

E3 Lithium Raises $11.5 Million Through Upsized Equity Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

E3 Lithium has closed an upsized equity offering generating approximately $11.5 million in gross proceeds, including the full exercise of the offering's overallotment option. The Canadian lithium developer issued 12,782,250 units.

Trebellar Raises $18 Million Series A To Bring AI To Corporate Real Estate Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Trebellar has raised $18 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native platform for corporate real estate management. Blossom Capital led the round, with participation from Haystack, Alt Capital, 1Flourish and Bynd.

Everest Biolabs Awarded $2.1 Million NIH Grant For Extracellular Vesicle Biomarker Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Everest Biolabs has been awarded a $2.1 million Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to develop automated technology for isolating extracellular vesicles at clinical research scale.

Fifth Ocean Capital And Tartan Investment Partners Invest In Complete Production Resources

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Fifth Ocean Capital and Tartan Investment Partners have made a strategic investment in Complete Production Resources, a live event production solutions and equipment rental company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

GCM Grosvenor Commits Up To $100 Million To Hyperion Grocery Retail Platform Targeting $1 Billion In Property Value

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Hyperion Realty Capital and GCM Grosvenor have formed a strategic partnership to scale a grocery-anchored retail investment platform targeting up to approximately $1 billion in aggregate property value across the Western U.S.

MOYOM Biotech Secures Financing From Cathay Capital To Expand Regenerative Aesthetics Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

MOYOM Biotech has completed a new financing round from the Cathay Consumer Co-Creation Fund to accelerate international growth of its regenerative aesthetics business. Financial terms of the financing were not disclosed.

Presto Raises $10 Million To Expand Voice AI For Restaurant Drive-Thrus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Presto has raised $10 million in funding to expand deployment of its enterprise Voice AI platform for quick-service restaurant drive-thrus. The financing came from investors affiliated with Remus Capital and other existing investors.

Trustar Bankshares Raises $28.1 Million To Support Growth And Forbright Branch Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Trustar Bankshares has entered into an agreement for a $28.1 million private placement led by JCSD Mclean Investors and certain Trustar directors. The financing is intended to provide additional capital as Trustar Bank prepares to complete its previously announced acquisition of certain branches and related assets from Forbright Bank.

PitchMI Awards $1.7 Million To Four Michigan Startups Ahead Of $1 Million Championship

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

PitchMI has awarded $1.7 million in total to four Michigan startups advancing to the 2027 PitchMI Championship, where they will compete for an additional $1 million investment.

Locus Lock Raises Strategic Funding Led By Range Ventures For Software-Defined GNSS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Locus Lock has raised a strategic funding round led by Range Ventures to accelerate deployment of its software-defined GNSS technology across aerospace, defense, and autonomous systems. In-Q-Tel participated alongside Backswing Ventures, Aurelia Foundry, Techstars, Golden Seeds, Creations VC, POV Ventures and other investors.

Sculptor Resets And Upsizes CLO XXXIII To $450 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Sculptor Capital Management has reset and upsized Sculptor CLO XXXIII to $450 million as the alternative asset manager continues expanding and extending its collateralized loan obligation portfolio.

Kovina Therapeutics Awarded $2.3 Million NCI Grant To Advance HPV Cancer Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Kovina Therapeutics has received a $2.3 million Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Cancer Institute to advance its lead oral small-molecule therapy targeting HPV-driven cancers.

Basalt Health Raises $20 Million Series A Led By NEA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Basalt Health has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by returning investor NEA to expand its AI platform for post-acute care admissions. Existing investors Frist Cressey Ventures and 25m Health also participated. The round brings Basalt's total funding to approximately $24.5 million.

Windsor Capital Invests $50 Million In Space Labs At $1.02 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Windsor Capital has completed a $50 million strategic investment in Space Labs, acquiring a 4.9% minority stake in the Slovenian technology company at an implied post-money valuation of approximately $1.02 billion.

Flatkey Raises $10 Million Series A After Surpassing 10,000 Developers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Flatkey and Realset AI have raised $10 million in Series A funding as Flatkey scales its AI infrastructure platform, which surpassed 10,000 developers within two months of launch.

Everforth ECS Secures $148 Million SUNet Contract Extension

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Everforth ECS has secured a three-year sole-source contract expansion with a ceiling of $148 million to continue supporting the Chief Digital and AI Office's Secure Unclassified Network while also developing next-generation capabilities for SUNet 2.0.

Cycle Capital Appoints Rémi Fournier As Managing Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Cycle Capital has appointed Rémi Fournier as Managing Partner and a capital investor in Cycle Capital Management, adding an experienced technology entrepreneur and investor to the ClimateTech venture capital firm's leadership team.

Raven Capital Appoints Thad Sharrett As Senior Managing Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2026

Raven Capital has appointed Thad Sharrett as Senior Managing Director, adding a credit markets executive with more than 30 years of experience to its asset-based private credit platform.

Megaport Secures About A$1 Billion In New AI Infrastructure Contracts And Raises FY2027 Guidance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 3, 2026

Megaport has secured approximately A$1 billion in new AI infrastructure contracts as the network and computing company continues expanding its AI infrastructure business.

Certified Origins Secures $60 Million Revolver From CIT Northbridge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 3, 2026

Certified Origins has secured a $60 million asset-based revolving credit facility from CIT Northbridge to support the food company's continued growth and investment in North America.

Army Awards Counter-UAS IDIQ Contracts With $4.15 Billion In Combined Ceilings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 3, 2026

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has awarded 10 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with combined base ceilings of $4.15 billion to support the Domestic Shield counter-unmanned aircraft systems initiative and other counter-drone requirements.