Venture Capital

Bally’s Closes $560 Million Financing Led By WhiteHawk For $4 Billion Bronx Casino Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Bally's Corporation has closed financing led by WhiteHawk Capital Partners to support development of its planned $4 billion Bally's Bronx integrated casino project in New York.

W4 Games Raises $18 Million Series B To Expand Godot Enterprise Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

W4 Games has raised $18 million in Series B funding to expand its international team, accelerate development of its enterprise technology and support growing commercial adoption of the open-source Godot Engine. The round was led by Tencent, with participation from OSS Capital, Lux Capital, Naval Ravikant and Tobias Lütke's family office.

NETSTREIT Secures $550 Million In New Term Loan Commitments And Amends Facilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

NETSTREIT has closed $550 million in additional financing commitments and amended existing credit facilities agented by PNC Bank, Wells Fargo and Truist Bank.

Supabase Raises $150 Million And Acquires Turso To Expand Agentic Database Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Supabase has raised $150 million in new funding led by GIC, with participation from CapitalG, IronArc and SquarePeg, while also announcing the acquisition of database infrastructure company Turso.

University Of Notre Dame Joins $60 Million AI Agriculture Initiative Targeting 100 Million Farmers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

The University of Notre Dame is participating in a $60 million global initiative using artificial intelligence and automated forecasting tools to improve access to climate and crop information for smallholder farmers.

Vanderbilt University: Michael And Allison Rees Give $25 Million To Establish Undergraduate Center For Finance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Michael and Allison Rees have committed $25 million to Vanderbilt University to establish the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Center for Finance, creating a new academic and career-development hub for students pursuing finance careers.

Brown University Launches Deep Tech Impact Fund With Up To $100,000 Per Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Brown Technology Innovations has launched the Brown Deep Tech Impact Fund to help move promising university research from scientific discovery toward company formation and commercialization.

One Equity Partners Makes Majority Investment In Myriad360

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

One Equity Partners has made a majority investment in Myriad360, a global systems integrator serving organizations with complex infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, AI and data center requirements. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Novadip Raises €10.4 Million ($11.98 Million) To Complete NVD003 Phase 3 Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Novadip Biosciences has raised €10.4 million ($11.98 million) in convertible financing to advance its lead regenerative medicine program NVD003 through pivotal Phase 3 development and prepare for a U.S. regulatory submission. The financing was led by U.S.-based New Science Ventures, with participation from existing investors Fund+, Wallonie Entreprendre, VIVES Fund, ORSA Tech, Sambrinvest, Noshaq and Invest.BW.

Rainmaker Raises $100 Million Series B To Scale Water Production And Weather Modification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Rainmaker Technology has raised $100 million in Series B funding to expand its atmospheric research organization and reduce the cost of producing freshwater through cloud seeding.

Falcon Gases Secures Majority Investment From Odyssey Investment Partners And Acquires Encore Gas & Supply

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Falcon Gases has secured a strategic majority investment from Odyssey Investment Partners and acquired Encore Gas & Supply as the first investment in its packaged gas distribution platform. Financial terms of both transactions were not disclosed.

HappyCo Secures Investment From Lone View Capital To Expand AI-Powered Property Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

HappyCo has received a significant investment from Lone View Capital to accelerate development and adoption of its property operations platform for multifamily housing. The financial terms were not disclosed.

XLerateHealth Awarded $2.5 Million NIH Grant To Expand Life Sciences Commercialization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

XLerateHealth has been awarded the first phase of a $2.5 million Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand its commercialization platform nationally.

Atum Raises $13.5 Million And Emerges From Stealth With Open Payments Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Atum has emerged from stealth with $13.5 million in funding to build an open payments network designed to coordinate global money movement across currencies, blockchains and payment rails.

Rising Tide Raises Seed Round Led By Left Lane Capital For AI-Powered Property Management Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Rising Tide has closed an undisclosed seed financing led by Left Lane Capital to expand its network of independently owned residential property management companies.

Primrose Bio Raises Growth Capital Led By Signet Healthcare Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Primrose Bio has raised a growth financing round led by new investor Signet Healthcare Partners to expand its technology to manufacture next-generation biologics. Existing investors 1315 Capital, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, LDV Partners and Agent Capital also participated in the financing.

CellsBin Raises Series A Led By 108 BioCapital To Advance Rare-Cell Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

CellsBin has closed a Series A financing led by 108 BioCapital to accelerate commercialization of its Rare-Cell Intelligence platform. The company did not disclose how much it raised.

Voxela Closes Series A, Bringing Total Funding To About $13.2 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Voxela has closed a Series A financing led by Tokyo-based Delight Ventures, bringing total funding for the senior care technology company to approximately $13.2 million.

Enginzyme Raises SEK 75 Million To Advance Commercial Biomanufacturing Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Enginzyme has raised SEK 75 million in new equity financing as the Swedish biotechnology company shifts from research and development toward a more commercially focused biomanufacturing strategy.

Topdog Raises $2.5 Million Seed Round To Scale Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Topdog has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to expand its real-time multiplayer skill-gaming platform for sports fans and gamers. Boston Seed Capital led the round, with participation from The Raine Group, Bullpen Capital, Versus Ventures, Spoondrift Capital and Permit Ventures.

Aqua Medical Raises Multimillion-Dollar Series B Led By Relevance Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2026

Aqua Medical has raised a multimillion-dollar Series B financing led by Relevance Ventures to advance its minimally invasive device-based treatment for Type 2 diabetes. The amount of the financing was not disclosed.

University of Alabama Names Seven 2026 Blazer Bridge Fund Winners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has selected seven projects for the 2026 Blazer Bridge Fund, supporting technologies with potential commercial applications across medicine, engineering, and the sciences.

George Mason University Plans Virginia Quantum Hub With $3.7 Million GO Virginia Grant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

George Mason University is advancing plans for the Virginia Quantum Hub, a public-private initiative designed to connect quantum computing infrastructure, research, workforce development and industry partnerships across Virginia.

Harold Hamm Commits $150 Million To University Of Oklahoma, Largest Gift In School History

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

The University of Oklahoma has received a $150 million gift from Harold Hamm, marking the largest single gift in university history and bringing Hamm's lifetime giving to OU to nearly $250 million.

GECU Commits $29.1 Million To University of Texas At El Paso Athletics And Don Haskins Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

The University of Texas at El Paso has received a $29.1 million commitment from GECU to support improvements to the Don Haskins Center and UTEP's athletics program.

University of Pennsylvania Receives $22.5 Million Gift From Gabriel And Stephanie Gilinski

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

The University of Pennsylvania has received a $22.5 million gift from Gabriel Gilinski and Stephanie Gilinski to expand financial aid and establish endowed faculty positions within Penn Arts & Sciences.

Investcorp Raises $1.22 Billion For North American Private Equity Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Investcorp has closed its second North American Private Equity fund with $1.22 billion in commitments, exceeding its $1.1 billion target. North American Private Equity Fund II focuses on growth-oriented middle-market businesses across the business and professional services and commercial services sectors.

MidOcean Energy Secures More Than $4 Billion In Equity Commitments To Accelerate Global LNG Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

MidOcean Energy has concluded its 2026 equity capital raise with more than $4 billion of closed and pending equity commitments secured over the past 12 months, giving the liquefied natural gas company additional capital to expand its global LNG portfolio.

Ares Raises $4.2 Billion For Inaugural Global Structured Solutions Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Ares Management has raised approximately $4.2 billion for its inaugural Ares Global Structured Solutions Fund and affiliated vehicles, significantly exceeding the strategy's original $1 billion fundraising target.

Blackstone Invests In Falcata, Combining TSC And ASEI To Expand Interceptor Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Blackstone has announced a significant investment to launch Falcata, a defense technology company being formed through the acquisition and combination of TSC and Applied Systems Engineering, Inc. under a single platform.