Venture Capital

Partners Group Provides More Than €300 Million Financing For Building Automation Company MDT Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Partners Group has provided a senior financing package of more than €300 million to MDT technologies, supporting Bregal Unternehmerkapital's acquisition of a majority stake in the European building automation company from IK Partners.

Radical Ventures Secures More Than $1 Billion First Close For Late-Stage AI Breakouts Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Radical Ventures has secured more than $1 billion in commitments at the first close of its Radical Breakouts Fund, launching what the AI-focused investment firm describes as the largest venture capital fund in Canadian history.

Goldman Sachs Alternatives Raises $11.7 Billion Across Private Equity Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Goldman Sachs Alternatives has raised $11.7 billion across its latest private equity vehicles, including the final close of West Street Capital Partners IX, as the firm expands its global buyout platform across the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific.

Thatch Raises $108 Million At $1 Billion Valuation As Health Benefits Platform Expands To More Than 5,000 Employers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Thatch has raised $108 million in new funding at a $1 billion valuation as the health benefits platform scales its model of helping employers replace traditional group health plans with individual healthcare budgets. The financing came from The General Partnership, Index Ventures, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from ADP Ventures, Paychex, Eli Lilly and Company, Scale Venture Partners, QuantumLight, SemperVirens, Quiet Capital and Avid Ventures.

Ralo Funds More Than $8 Million In Texas Mortgages As AI-Native Broker Targets Lower Rates And Faster Closings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Ralo, an AI-native mortgage brokerage that automates much of the traditional loan process, has funded more than $8 million in mortgages for Texas home buyers during the past six months as it looks to reduce borrowing costs by removing intermediaries and using artificial intelligence to shop across lenders.

Liquid Compute Raises $15 Million Seed Round To Build Regulated AI Infrastructure Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Liquid Compute has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a marketplace and financial infrastructure platform for buying, selling, pricing and managing AI computing capacity. FirstMark and Chemistry co-led the round, with participation from K8 Capital, Night Capital, TrueBridge, Brainchild Holdings, UFO Holdings and investor Dmitry Balyasny.

Jack & Jill Raises $40 Million Series A For AI Agent Hiring Platform That Matches Candidates Directly With Employers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Jack & Jill has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered hiring marketplace, where separate AI agents represent job seekers and employers and introduce candidates directly to hiring decision-makers without requiring a traditional job application. Air Street Capital led the financing, with participation from new investors Madrona and Antler. Existing investors Creandum, Ada Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Expedite Capital and Repeat.vc also participated.

Mediaocean Launches AI Ventures To Invest In And Scale AI Startups Across Advertising

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Mediaocean has launched Mediaocean AI Ventures, a new investment initiative designed to identify, fund and scale artificial intelligence startups developing technology for advertising and marketing.

Exein Raises $270 Million At $1.7 Billion Valuation To Expand Physical AI Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Exein has raised $270 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation as the cybersecurity company expands its platform for protecting robots, drones, autonomous vehicles and other intelligent machines operating in the physical world. The significantly oversubscribed round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, the European Investment Bank Group through ETCI, KfW Capital and T.Capital.

Steven Bartlett’s Steven.com And Authentic Launch OBSN To Invest Up To $400 Million In Creator-Led Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Steven Bartlett's Steven.com and Authentic have launched OBSN, a new strategic venture designed to build, invest in and scale creator-led media companies and consumer brands globally.

Evvy Raises $40 Million Series B As AI-Powered Women’s Health Platform Reaches 100,000+ Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Evvy has raised an oversubscribed $40 million Series B funding round led by Catalio Capital Management to expand its AI-powered precision diagnostics and care platform across women's health, beginning with fertility. The financing includes new investors Catalio Capital Management, US Fertility Innovation Fund, Rethink Impact, Muse Capital and Alumni Ventures. Existing investors LabCorp Venture Fund, General Catalyst, Left Lane Capital, BBG Ventures, Amboy Street Ventures, Ingeborg and Foreground Capital also participated.

Eve Security Raises $4.5 Million For AI Agent Runtime Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Eve Security, a runtime security company focused on identifying and stopping dangerous AI agent behavior in real time, announced that it has raised $4.5 million in new funding, extending its seed round to $7.5 million in total funding. The new financing was led by Run Ventures, with participation from Dreamit Ventures and Blu Ventures, along with continued investment from LiveOak Ventures.

EUCLYD Raises Over €200 Million Series A To Build Ultra-Efficient AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

EUCLYD has raised more than €200 million in Series A financing to develop ultra-efficient semiconductor and data center infrastructure designed to reduce the power, memory and capital requirements of running large foundation AI models. The financing was co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT and Innovation Industries.

Mitsubishi Electric Invests In Optical Quantum Computer Hardware Developer OptQC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Mitsubishi Electric has invested in OptQC through its ME Innovation Fund, backing a Japanese startup developing optical quantum computer hardware designed for large-scale systems. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Phoenix Copper Raises $3.12 Million And Advances Empire Mine As Higher Metal Prices Improve Project Outlook

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Phoenix Copper has raised $3.12 million and is advancing an updated Pre-Feasibility Study for its Empire Mine in Idaho, with substantially higher copper, gold and silver prices creating the potential for improved project economics.

Implicity Raises $40 Million To Expand AI Cardiac Remote Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Implicity has raised $40 million in growth equity funding to accelerate U.S. expansion and further develop its AI-powered cardiac remote monitoring platform. The round was led by European technology growth investor IRIS alongside Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Closes $1.1 Billion U.S. Net Lease Fund, More Than Double Initial Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has closed its latest U.S. net lease real estate fund with $1.1 billion in total commitments, more than doubling its original $500 million fundraising target.

Tom Beckbe Receives Minority Investment From Cox Outdoors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Tom Beckbe has received a minority investment from Cox Outdoors to support the outdoor apparel and gear company's growth, retail expansion, product development and conservation efforts. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Senphonix Receives NSF Grant To Advance SleeveSense Continuous Vitals Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Senphonix has received a U.S. National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I award to advance SleeveSense, its investigational wearable platform designed for continuous, long-term monitoring of patient vital signs. The award was made through America's Seed Fund and will support engineering work with the University of Arizona. Financial terms of the award were not disclosed.

UST Acquires Majority Stake In Italdesign From Audi Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

UST has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in automotive design and engineering company Italdesign from Audi Group, bringing together Italdesign's automotive development capabilities with UST's artificial intelligence, software and digital engineering operations. Financial terms of the transaction were not announced.

Motive Secures More Than $1.3 Billion In Growth Financing From General Catalyst

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Motive has secured more than $1.3 billion in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund, providing the AI-powered physical operations company with additional capital to expand its platform and scale its go-to-market organization.

Vy Capital Reportedly Builds Estimated $40 Billion SpaceX Stake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Vy Capital has accumulated an estimated $40 billion stake in SpaceX, making the investment firm one of the space company's five largest shareholders, according to the Financial Times.

Alcoa Prices $2.6 Billion Senior Notes Offering To Finance South32 Asset Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Alcoa has priced a $2.6 billion senior notes offering that will help finance the approximately $3.1 billion cash portion of its proposed acquisition of South32's interests in bauxite, alumina and aluminum smelting operations.

Public Storage Prices C$400 Million Senior Notes Offering With Scotiabank And TD Securities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Public Storage has priced C$400 million of senior notes in its inaugural Canadian debt offering following the company's acquisition of Public Storage Canada.

L Catterton And Altas Partners To Acquire Majority Stake In Fullscript

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

L Catterton and Altas Partners have agreed to acquire a majority stake in Fullscript from HGGC and Snapdragon Capital Partners, backing the healthcare technology company's next phase of expansion. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Airbnb Commits $250 Million To Housing Accelerator Aimed At Unlocking More Than $5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Airbnb has launched a Housing Accelerator with an initial $250 million financing commitment designed to unlock more than $5 billion of capital for new housing development.

Whole Foods Market Investing More Than $230 Million In Higher Pay And Expanded Benefits

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Whole Foods Market is investing more than $230 million over the coming year in higher employee pay, expanded benefits and new workforce programs affecting more than 100,000 U.S. team members.

Kaiko Extends Series B To $110 Million Led By S&P Global To Expand Financial Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Kaiko has extended its Series B funding to $110 million through a strategic investment led by S&P Global as the digital asset data company expands infrastructure for tokenized and onchain financial markets. S&P Global was joined by Alura Capital, BNP Paribas, Bpifrance, Broadridge, Canton Foundation, Coinbase Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Nasdaq Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada, Stellar and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments. Existing investors Anthemis, Point Nine and Revaia also participated.

Tandem Health Raises $100 Million Series B Led By EQT’s Scaleup Europe Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Tandem Health has raised $100 million in Series B funding led by the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT, bringing the European healthcare AI company's total funding to $160 million. Existing investors Kinnevik, Northzone, Amino Collective and Visionaries also participated in the round. The financing follows Tandem's $50 million Series A in 2025 and represents the Scaleup Europe Fund's first investment in a healthcare AI company.

Tabby Raises $233 Million At $6.5 Billion Valuation To Expand Beyond Buy Now, Pay Later

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

Tabby has raised $233 million in equity funding at a $6.5 billion valuation as the financial technology company expands beyond buy now, pay later into a broader range of financial products across Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The round was led by existing investor Blue Pool Capital, with participation from existing shareholders HSG, Wellington Management and Arbor Ventures.