Venture Capital

Align Ventures Closes $125 Million Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Align Ventures has closed an oversubscribed $125 million early-stage venture fund focused on consumer brands and related technologies.

Vital Capital Partners Fully Subscribes $16 Million Healthcare DST Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Vital Capital Partners has fully subscribed a Delaware statutory trust offering that raised approximately $16 million from accredited investors.

Pegasus Tech Ventures Secures More Than $300 Million Across Five Corporate Venture Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Pegasus Tech Ventures secured more than $300 million in new commitments across five corporate venture capital funds established during the first half of 2026.

Church’s Texas Chicken Secures Growth Equity Investment From Golub Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Church’s Texas Chicken has received a strategic growth equity investment from Golub Capital to support restaurant development, remodeling and continued expansion. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Apple Hospitality REIT Expands Credit Facility To $1.3 Billion And Term Loan To $160 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Apple Hospitality REIT has completed a series of refinancing transactions that increased its borrowing capacity and extended its debt maturities.

Providence Equity Partners Makes Significant Investment In SCG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Providence Equity Partners has made a significant investment in SCG, a U.K. provider of communications, connectivity and managed IT services for small and medium-sized businesses. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ALPHEA Raises $5 Million To Develop Distributed Infrastructure For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

ALPHEA has raised $5 million in strategic funding to develop a distributed cloud and operating environment designed for autonomous AI agents. Participants supporting the project include MH Ventures, IBC Ventures, Titan Ventures and Becker Ventures. The company did not provide a complete investor list or disclose its valuation.

Street Group Secures Hg Investment At Valuation Above £200 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Street Group has secured a strategic growth investment from Hg that values the U.K. property technology company at more than £200 million.

Kensington Credit Opportunities ETF Surpasses $100 Million In Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

The Kensington Credit Opportunities ETF has surpassed $100 million in assets slightly more than six months after its launch. The actively managed fixed-income fund trades under the ticker KAMO and invests across U.S. high-yield bonds, investment-grade credit and U.S. Treasury securities.

Tikehau Capital Closes Sixth European Direct Lending Strategy At €5.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Tikehau Capital has completed the final closing of the sixth generation of its European Direct Lending strategy with €5.2 billion in commitments, excluding leverage.

kausable Raises €12 Million Seed Round To Develop Self-Adapting AI Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

kausable has raised €12 million in seed funding to develop reasoning-first AI models designed to adapt to changing conditions without requiring continuous retraining. The round was led by UVC Partners and Entourage, with additional participation from HTGF and Mätch VC. The company is also backed by angel investors affiliated with organizations including Black Forest Labs, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Noxtua and the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems.

Mbanq Launches $100 Million Institutional Funding Program With Swiss Private Bank Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Mbanq has received the first investment in its newly established institutional funding program from an undisclosed Swiss private bank.

Novum Studio Raises Funding To Launch Ahoy Enterprise AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Novum Studio has raised a new funding round to launch Ahoy Project, an AI-native enterprise communication and transformation platform.

Pelico Secures Strategic Investment From AE Ventures To Expand Aerospace Manufacturing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Pelico has received a strategic investment from AE Ventures to accelerate adoption of its AI-powered manufacturing orchestration platform across the aerospace and defense industries. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Moa Technology Raises £22.2 Million Series C To Advance Next-Generation Herbicides

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Moa Technology has raised £22.2 million in Series C funding to advance herbicides designed to address increasingly resistant weeds. The round was co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Supernova Invest. New investors included Agri Investment Fund, GrainInnovate, Infinity Investment Partners and Magdalen College Oxford.

Belle Brands Expands Credit Facility To Support Acquisition Of Versed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Belle Brands has expanded its asset-based credit facility with Cambridge Savings Bank to support its acquisition of skincare and makeup company Versed.

Porter Secures BNDES Financing Commitment For Up To 19 Embraer E195-E2 Aircraft

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Porter Aviation Holdings has secured a financing commitment from the Brazilian Development Bank for up to 19 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft.

Avant Secures $300 Million Asset-Based Financing Facility Led By Aperture Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Avant has secured a $300 million asset-based financing facility led by Aperture Investors. The facility will provide flexible capital to support the growth of Avant’s consumer credit platform, particularly its credit card portfolio. The transaction expands an existing relationship between Avant and Aperture’s Asset-Based Finance team.

CAIS Raises $170 Million Series D At Valuation Above $2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

CAIS has raised $170 million in Series D financing at a valuation exceeding $2 billion. Vista Equity Partners was the lead participant. AllianceBernstein, Blue Owl Capital, Carlyle, Fortress Investment Group, Golub Capital, Lord Abbett and Royal Bank of Canada also invested.

Dimension Raises $1.65 Million Seed Round To Expand Seller OS For Social Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Dimension has raised $1.65 million in seed financing to expand Seller OS, an agentic AI platform designed to manage TikTok Shop and other social commerce operations. Investors included Science Inc., UpscaleX, OpenSky, Long Run Capital, 1864 Fund, Lawrence Hsu and creator-investor Austin Sprinz.

Centralize Raises $19 Million To Expand Enterprise Relationship Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Centralize has raised $19 million in total funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Salesforce Ventures, Y Combinator, 20SALES, Ritual Capital and Adverb Ventures also participated. Individual investors included Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield and Metronome co-founder Scott Woody.

Shield AI: Innovation X Advisors Participating In $1.5 Billion Series G At $12.7 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Shield AI has raised $1.5 billion in Series G financing at a post-money valuation of $12.7 billion. Innovation X Advisors participated alongside other existing investors. The transaction also included $500 million of fixed-return preferred equity financing and a $250 million delayed-draw facility.

Adjuvia Therapeutics Raises $8 Million Series Seed To Advance ATI-105 Into Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Adjuvia Therapeutics has raised $8 million in Series Seed funding to advance ATI-105, its lead experimental treatment for mitochondrial diseases. The round was led by JLO Ventures, with participation from Portfolia Ventures and biotechnology industry investors.

Allied Gold Secures $295 Million Investment From Zijin Gold After Acquisition Agreement Ends

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Allied Gold and Zijin Gold International have terminated their previously announced acquisition agreement after determining that the transaction’s closing conditions were unlikely to be satisfied by the July 29, 2026 deadline or within a reasonable period afterward.

Pangram Raises $9 Million To Expand AI Text And Image Detection Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Pangram has raised $9 million to improve its AI-generated text detection technology and expand into image detection. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Haystack, ScOp Venture Capital, Script Capital, and Cadenza.

Upstart Secures Up To $4 Billion Consumer Loan Purchase Commitment From Castlelake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Upstart has entered into a multiyear forward-flow agreement under which Castlelake-managed funds may purchase up to $4 billion of consumer loans originated through the Upstart platform. The loans may be purchased over a period of up to 24 months.

S&P Global To Acquire Majority Stake In Agusto & Co. To Expand African Credit Ratings Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

S&P Global has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Agusto & Company, a Pan-African credit rating agency operating in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Wellumio Raises $9.75 Million Pre-Series A To Advance Portable Stroke Imaging Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Wellumio has completed an oversubscribed $9.75 million pre-Series A funding round to advance the clinical development, regulatory approval and commercialization of Axana, its portable brain imaging system for point-of-care stroke detection. The final close added Bioshore Ventures, an Australian medical technology investor, and Jumpspace Ventures, a U.S. early-stage venture capital firm focused on neurotechnology.

ThreatLocker Raises $190 Million Series F To Expand Zero Trust Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

ThreatLocker has raised $190 million in Series F funding to accelerate product development, strengthen its artificial intelligence security capabilities and expand internationally. The round was led by Elephant, with continued participation from D. E. Shaw Ventures and Arthur Ventures. Koch Disruptive Technologies made a significant new investment in the company.

Processa Pharmaceuticals Acquires Vidya Therapeutics And Raises About $200 Million To Advance VT-7208

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Processa Pharmaceuticals has acquired Vidya Therapeutics in a stock-for-stock transaction and entered into an agreement for an approximately $200 million concurrent private placement.