Venture Capital

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.

Kuro Raises €10 Million To Build AI Platform For General Contractors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Kuro Technology has raised €10 million in funding to expand its AI platform for general contractors, with the round led by UVC Partners. Foundamental, Realyze Ventures and helloworld also participated in the financing.

Volantis Raises $88 Million Series A To Develop Photonic AI Inference Architecture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Volantis has raised $88 million in Series A funding to develop and commercialize a new photonic architecture designed to address memory capacity and bandwidth constraints in AI inference systems. The round was co-led by Lachy Groom and Abstract Ventures, with participation from John Doerr, VXI Capital, Triatomic and Susa Ventures. Angel investors Dwarkesh Patel, Naveen Rao and Sholto Douglas also participated.

Monroe Capital Prices $398.9 Million Private Credit CLO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Monroe Capital has priced Monroe Capital PC CLO II, a $398.9 million collateralized loan obligation backed primarily by senior secured loans to lower middle-market and traditional middle-market companies. The transaction represents Monroe's second new-issue CLO completed during 2026 and its fourth CLO transaction over the past 12 months. Deutsche Bank served as lead arranger for the transaction.

VSS Capital Partners Appoints Otilia Ciotau As Managing Director Of AI And Value Creation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

VSS Capital Partners has appointed Otilia Ciotau as Managing Director, AI and Value Creation, expanding the private investment firm's focus on using artificial intelligence throughout its investment and portfolio company value-creation processes.

White Oak Commercial Finance Appoints Mark Buren As Managing Director Of Originations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

White Oak Commercial Finance has appointed Mark Buren as Managing Director on its Originations team, expanding the lender's business development capabilities across the U.S.

BlackRock Future Builders Awards More Than $13 Million To 15 Organizations For Skilled Trades Training

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

BlackRock Future Builders has awarded more than $13 million in grants to 15 organizations that will help more than 5,400 people across 26 states prepare for careers in skilled trades.

PERPTools Raises $5 Million Seed Round At $80 Million Valuation For Decentralized Perpetual Futures Trading Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

PERPTools has raised a $5 million seed round at an $80 million fully diluted valuation, bringing the AI-native perpetuals trading platform's total funding to $8 million across two token rounds. The seed round brought in BigBrain Holdings, NEAR, Animoca Brands, Sfermion and Shima Capital as key stakeholders. It followed a $3 million pre-seed round completed at a $30 million fully diluted valuation and led by DEXTools Ventures and Orderly Network. Fundraising began in November 2025, with the pre-seed closing the following month and the seed round following in early 2026.

Broadcom To Lend Anthropic Up To $42 Billion To Finance AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Broadcom has agreed to provide Anthropic with up to $42 billion in financing to support the AI company's massive infrastructure expansion, according to Anthropic's IPO filing reviewed by Reuters. The financing could cover roughly one-third of Anthropic's $125.2 billion commitment to lease tensor processing unit (TPU) computing capacity over five years.

Armadin Raises $255.5 Million Series B At Over $2.5 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Armadin has raised $255.5 million in Series B funding at a valuation of more than $2.5 billion, just seven months after the AI-native cybersecurity company emerged from stealth. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Accel, with participation from new investors Bain Capital Ventures and Redpoint. Existing investors 8VC, Ballistic Ventures, Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Kleiner Perkins and Menlo Ventures also participated. The new financing brings Armadin's total funding to $445 million.

Osavul Raises €8.5 Million Series A To Expand Hybrid Threat Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2026

Osavul has raised €8.5 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered hybrid threat intelligence platform across government, defense, enterprise and critical infrastructure markets worldwide. The round was led by 33N Ventures, with participation from Balnord, G+D Ventures and existing investor 42CAP, bringing Osavul's total funding to approximately €12 million.