Venture Capital

Guthrie AI Raises $4 Million Seed Funding To Scale Virtual Bid Assistant Platform For Glazing Contractors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Guthrie AI, a Philadelphia-based construction technology company that recruits, trains, and places Virtual Bid Assistants for glazing contractors, has raised a $4 million seed round led by Chicago Ventures. The funding will expand Guthrie AI's engineering team, deepen integrations with tools estimators already use, including Bluebeam, Outlook and Excel—and grow the platform that makes it easy for glazing contractors to hire, supervise and work with a trained bid assistant from day one.

Williams Secures $5.34 Billion From Blackstone, Apollo And KKR For Five Behind-The-Meter Power Innovation Projects Serving AI Infrastructure Demand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Williams, the Tulsa-based natural gas infrastructure company that delivers roughly one-third of the nation's natural gas, has signed an agreement with funds managed by Blackstone Credit & Insurance, in partnership with Apollo and KKR, to provide $5.34 billion in committed capital to support the development of five announced behind-the-meter Power Innovation projects: Socrates, Apollo, Aquila, Socrates the Younger and Neo. The transaction gives Blackstone and its partners a 49% noncontrolling equity interest in the five projects while Williams retains 51% ownership and full commercial and operational control.

Corner Health Raises $32.5 Million in Seed and Series A Financing to Rebuild Primary Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Corner Health, a company designed to rebuild the healthcare system by empowering Nurse Practitioners to start and scale their own local primary care practices, announced it has raised $32.5 million in Seed and Series A financing. The Series A was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors First Round Capital and Zigg Capital. The investment follows a period of rapid growth for Corner Health, which has established a network of more than 70 provider-owned primary care practices, making it the fastest-growing primary care network in Arizona and Washington and enabling 35,000-plus patient visits over the past year.

Warren Equity Partners Closes Fund V At Hard Cap With About $2.8 Billion in Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Warren Equity Partners Manager (WEP), a leading investor in infrastructure solutions with $9.6 billion in assets under management, announced the closing of Warren Equity Partners Fund V, L.P. and Warren Equity Partners Fund V-A, L.P., with approximately $2.8 billion in total capital commitments. Fund V surpassed its initial target of $2.25 billion in less than 12 months and closed oversubscribed at its hard cap, receiving commitments from over 60 global institutions, including pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, endowments and foundations, and family offices.

Thira Raises $21 Million Seed To Build Self-Learning AI Back-Office Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Thira announced that it raised $21 million in seed funding led by Madrona, with participation from FUSE and a group of global advisors and CIOs.

Draig Therapeutics Closes $65 Million Series B To Advance AMPA And GABAA Receptor Modulators In Neuropsychiatric Disorders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Draig Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company co-founded by Cardiff University and SV Health Investors and headquartered across Newton, Massachusetts and Cardiff, United Kingdom, has closed an oversubscribed $65 million Series B financing. The round was led by new investor Deep Track Capital, with participation from Janus Henderson Investors, Marshall Wace, British Business Bank and Jefferson Life Sciences, joining existing backers SV Health Investors, ICG, Access Biotechnology, Canaan Partners, SR One, Sanofi Ventures and Schroders Capital. Proceeds will be used to accelerate clinical development of the company's pipeline of highly specific AMPA receptor and GABAA receptor modulators.

Cover Genius Raises $100 Million From Vista Credit Partners At $1.9 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Cover Genius, the global infrastructure for embedded protection, announced a $100 million capital raise backed by Vista Credit Partners, a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners and strategic financing partner focused on enterprise software. The raise values Cover Genius at $1.9 billion, marking a new chapter for the company.

XOVR Invests $30 Million In Kalshi To Expand Private Market Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

ERShares, adviser to the ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF, announced that XOVR has invested $30 million in Kalshi as part of the fund’s latest rebalance. The investment adds exposure to Kalshi, a federally regulated prediction market company, and represents one of XOVR’s largest private-company investments.

Warburg Pincus-Led Investor Group Is Acquiring A Controlling Interest In PANTHERx Rare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Warburg Pincus announced that a Warburg Pincus-led investor group has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in PANTHERx Rare from Nautic Partners, General Atlantic, and The Vistria Group.

Valarian Raises $50 Million Series A To Build Sovereign Infrastructure For AI-Driven Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Valarian announced that it raised $50 million in Series A funding led by New Enterprise Associates, bringing the company’s total funding raised to $70 million.