Venture Capital

Bain Capital Acquires Majority Stake In Everllence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Bain Capital announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Everllence from Volkswagen Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sicona Secures $45 Million ARENA Grant To Build Battery Materials Facility In Wollongong

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Sicona Battery Technologies announced that it has secured $45 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to build and operate its first commercial-scale silicon-carbon battery anode material production facility. The facility will be located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales.

Hyperscale Data Establishes $120 Million Reserve Account For Michigan AI Data Center Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Hyperscale Data announced the establishment of a Michigan AI development reserve account, a dedicated capital reserve account targeting approximately $120 million to support the continued development of the company’s Michigan AI data center campus.

XMax Announces Up To $25 Million In AI API Service Contracts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

XMax announced a commercial milestone for its artificial intelligence business, reporting that it has executed multiple AI model API service agreements with an aggregate contractual value of up to approximately $25 million.

Greenland Resources Receives Final Approval For $7 Million Canadian Government Contribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Greenland Resources announced that the Government of Canada has signed an agreement for a $7 million non-repayable contribution through Natural Resources Canada’s Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration program.

Pocket Raises $11 Million To Expand Personal AI Assistant Device

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Open Vision Engineering announced that it has raised $11 million in funding for Pocket, its dedicated AI hardware device for capturing conversations, organizing insights, and helping people stay present. The funding came from Accel, Y Combinator, and several founders, CEOs, and operators, including Vercel founder and CEO Guillermo Rauch, ElevenLabs co-founder Mati Staniszewski, and Opendoor CEO and former Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian.

Wultra Raises €6.8 Million Series A To Expand Post-Quantum Digital Identity Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Wultra announced that it has raised €6.8 million in Series A funding to accelerate the global expansion of its post-quantum authentication and digital identity solutions. The round was led by Seventure Partners, with participation from new and existing investors.

X Square Robot Surpasses $2.8 Billion Valuation After Four Consecutive Financing Rounds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

X Square Robot announced the closing of four consecutive financing rounds, culminating in a Series C that brought its valuation to more than $2.8 billion.

Emergent BioSolutions Secures $52.7 Million U.S. Government Contract Modification For ACAM2000

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Emergent BioSolutions announced that it has been awarded a contract modification valued at approximately $52.7 million from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Why Scandium Canada Acquired Ferreol Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Scandium Canada announced the closing of its acquisition of Ferreol Technologies, a Québec-based company focused on research, development, processing, and production of aluminum products and other alloys incorporating scandium.

Osney Capital Closes £60 Million Cybersecurity Seed Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Osney Capital announced the final close of its debut fund at its £60 million hard cap. The fund was oversubscribed against its initial £50 million target and is one of the largest debut seed funds in UK history.

GenerativeX Raises $4 Million Series A To Scale Forward Deployed Engineer Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

GenerativeX announced that it has closed a $4 million Series A funding round led by Nissay Capital. The round included participation from Salesforce Ventures, Angel Bridge, DeepCore, and SMBC Venture Capital.

Straiker Raises $64 Million Series A To Secure Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Straiker announced that it has raised $64 million in Series A funding to secure enterprise AI agents. The round was led by Marathon Management Partners, Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Workday Ventures, with continued support from Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed. The financing brings Straiker’s total funding to $85 million. Gokul Rajaram, founding partner of Marathon, is joining Straiker’s board of directors.

Elevance Health Foundation Invests $5.8 Million To Expand Behavioral Health Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Elevance Health Foundation announced nearly 40 new behavioral health grants totaling $5.8 million. The grants are designed to help more people access mental health and substance use disorder services across the United States.

Why Samsung And SK Hynix Are Planning Massive South Korea Chip Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly preparing major long-term investment plans as South Korea looks to strengthen its position in semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and next-generation memory chips.

Sharon AI Closes $1.6 Billion Strategic Financing To Support NVIDIA Compute Collaboration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

SharonAI Holdings announced the closing of its previously announced oversubscribed $1.6 billion private placement financing. The company plans to use the proceeds to support its six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA and broader expansion initiatives.

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $191 Million Refinance For Netherlands Office Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Coolbrook Secures €2.5 Million Business Finland Grant To Accelerate Steel Industry Electrification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Coolbrook announced that it has been awarded research and development funding from Business Finland to advance the decarbonization of steel production. The grant supports Coolbrook’s participation in the FutSteel project, which is a core part of the Sustainable World through Steels ecosystem led by SSAB.

Orderful Raises $35 Million Series C To Grow AI-Native EDI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Orderful announced that it has raised $35 million in Series C funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies. NewRoad Capital Partners also participated in the round. The financing brings Orderful’s total funding to $85 million. Orderful’s previous investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Initialized Capital, 9Yards Capital, Flume Ventures, NFI Ventures, and GLP Capital Partners.

Ornn Raises $33 Million Seed Round To Build Compute Market Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Ornn announced the launch of Ornn Compute, a physical capacity layer for the compute market, alongside a $33 million seed round led by a16z crypto.

Runpod Raises $100 Million Series A Led By Summit Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Runpod announced that it has closed a $100 million Series A funding round led by Summit Partners.

xCures Raises $46 Million Series B To Expand Clinical Clarity Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

xCures announced that it has closed a $46 million Series B financing round led by Innovius Capital. The round included participation from iGrow, GKCC, Spring Mountain Capital, and existing investors.

Almetra Raises $19 Million Series A To Bring Real-Time Intelligence To Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Almetra announced that it has raised $19 million in Series A funding led by blisce/.

uniQure Closes Upsized $259 Million Public Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2026

uniQure announced the closing of its previously announced upsized underwritten public offering of 5,686,813 ordinary shares at a public offering price of $45.50 per share.

Nucleo Ventures Launches €34 Million Fund For Regional Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2026

Nucleo Ventures announced the launch of a new €34 million fund to invest in companies active across the region.

Hybar Raises $1.1 Billion To Build Second Sustainable Steel Rebar Mill

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2026

Hybar announced that it has raised $1.1 billion to build a second technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable scrap metal recycling steel rebar mill in northeast Arkansas.

Imagion Biosystems Raises AU$3.75 Million To Advance MagSense Phase 2 Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2026

Imagion Biosystems announced that it has secured firm commitments for AU$3.75 million, or about US$2.59 million, in new capital.

Orthogonal Raises $4.3 Million Seed Round For AI Agent Discovery And Payments Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2026

Orthogonal announced that it has raised $4.3 million in seed funding to build discovery, orchestration, and payments infrastructure for AI agents.

ASP Isotopes And ENDRA Life Sciences Announce Proposed Noble Africa Merger And $50 Million Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2026

ASP Isotopes and ENDRA Life Sciences announced a proposed merger involving ASP Isotopes’ wholly owned subsidiary Noble Africa and a subsidiary of ENDRA.

Terawatt Infrastructure Secures $300 Million Debt Facility To Expand AV And EV Charging Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2026

Terawatt Infrastructure announced that it has entered into a five-year senior secured debt facility to expand its autonomous vehicle and electric fleet infrastructure platform. The facility includes up to $150 million in committed senior secured financing, with an option for up to $150 million of incremental financing.