Venture Capital

Blue Owl Leads $2.4 Billion IREN AI Factory Financing For NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Funds managed by Blue Owl Capital have led a $2.4 billion compute equipment financing for IREN to support the expansion of the company's AI Cloud infrastructure using NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs.

CONX Takes Controlling Stake In MobileX As AI Wireless Platform Expands Across 8,700+ Retail And Dealer Locations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

CONX Corporation has made a strategic investment in MobileX that gives the communications investment company a controlling interest in the AI-powered wireless carrier.

Nevvon Secures BVP Forge Investment As 650,000+ Caregivers Complete 57 Million Training Lessons

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Nevvon has secured a strategic investment from BVP Forge as the home care compliance and training platform expands after reaching more than 650,000 caregivers and 57 million completed lessons.

Shape Memory Medical Raises $10 Million Led By August Global Partners To Advance Aortic Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Shape Memory Medical has closed a $10 million convertible note financing to advance clinical development of its shape memory polymer technology for aortic disease. New investor August Global Partners led the financing, with Taiwania Capital also participating as a new investor.

Bain Capital Private Credit Invests $6 Billion Across 58 Companies In First Half Of 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Bain Capital's Private Credit Group invested approximately $6 billion during the first half of 2026 to support middle-market and private equity-backed companies, marking one of the group's most active investment periods in recent years.

Superstep Capital Invests In Zencore As ZenAI Factory Targets Agentic AI Deployment On Google Cloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Superstep Capital has made a strategic investment in Zencore, an independent Google Cloud consultancy, as the firm expands its full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities and launches a new agentic AI framework for enterprise customers.

38 Degrees North Secures New HoldCo Debt Facility From EIG To Support Community Solar Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

38 Degrees North, a community solar and distributed renewables platform, and EIG, an institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, have closed a new debt facility to strengthen 38DN's ongoing project acquisitions, advance late-stage developments, and support continued portfolio growth.

SiFly Raises $20 Million Series A As Q12 Drone Sets 3-Hour Guinness World Record

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

SiFly Aviation has raised $20 million in Series A financing to scale U.S. manufacturing of its Q12 long-endurance electric drone and expand development of its DronePort multi-aircraft infrastructure system.

Onos Health Raises $17 Million Series A As AI Platform Cuts Behavioral Health Program Costs More Than 6%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Onos Health has raised $17 million in Series A financing to expand adoption of its behavioral health clinical intelligence platform among U.S. health plans. Costanoa led the round, with participation from Flare Capital Partners and strategic investment from CVS Health Ventures.

Agentrys Raises $24.5 Million As Agentic Chip Design Platform Tops 90% On NVIDIA Benchmark

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Agentrys has raised $24.5 million to develop an agentic design automation platform that enables semiconductor engineering teams to build, customize and continuously improve AI agents for chip development.

Crescent Capital Closes $232 Million CLO Equity Fund II, More Than Doubling Predecessor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Crescent Capital Group has closed its second captive collateralized loan obligation equity fund with $232 million in commitments, more than doubling the size of the firm's first vehicle in the strategy.

Mubadala Capital To Acquire Majority Stake In Arrive Logistics As Network Reaches 5,500 Customers And 10,000 Carriers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Mubadala Capital has agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in Arrive Logistics, backing the North American truckload brokerage as it expands its services, technology platform and workforce. Existing investors ATL Partners, Lead Edge Capital and other shareholders will retain meaningful stakes in Arrive.

Porter Capital Provides $10 Million Facility As Seafood Processor Returns To Profitability And Adds National Retail Account

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Porter Capital has closed a $10 million non-notification factoring facility for a family-owned seafood importer and processor, replacing a departing bank lender and providing working capital to support a new national retail customer.

JIOS Secures $277 Million Apollo Loan As 2026 Debt Financing Tops $800 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

JIOS has secured a $277 million loan from affiliates of Apollo Global Management for a 37-property industrial outdoor storage portfolio spanning 23 markets.

Atlantic Alumina Secures $800 Million With U.S. Government And Pinnacle As Gallium Production Targets 50 Metric Tons Annually

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Atlantic Alumina Company has secured a total of $800 million in public and private funding during 2026 to revitalize the only remaining alumina refinery in the U.S. and establish domestic primary gallium production.

Ursa Major To Go Public At $2.3 Billion Valuation With At Least $350 Million PIPE To Scale Hypersonics And Munitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Ursa Major Technologies has agreed to go public through a business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III in a transaction valuing the aerospace and defense company at approximately $2.3 billion following closing.

Sound Growth Partners Invests In Diamond Art Club As Founders Retain Significant Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Sound Growth Partners has invested in Diamond Art Club through its One-Stop Buyout structure, partnering with the founders of the diamond painting company as they pursue the brand's next stage of growth. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Unrivaled Series C Tops $100 Million At $650 Million Valuation As Player Equity Pool Nears $200 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Unrivaled has raised more than $100 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing at a $650 million valuation as the professional women's basketball league continues expanding its athlete-owned business model. Ten Pillars Sports Fund, backed by UC Investments, led the financing, which exceeded Unrivaled's initial $100 million fundraising target.

Breedr Raises $27 Million Series B As Platform Tracks 2+ Million Cattle And Nearly $500 Million In Livestock Transactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Breedr has raised $27 million in Series B funding to expand its digital livestock platform as the company works to build a global system of record for the beef supply chain. Partech led the financing through its impact fund, with participation from Latitude, the growth-stage fund of seed investor LocalGlobe, and existing investor Outsiders Fund, which led Breedr's Series A. The round brings Breedr's total funding to $46.6 million.

PGIM Names Yaqub Ahmed Head Of DC Solutions As Defined Contribution Assets Top $190 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

PGIM has appointed Yaqub "Qub" Ahmed as Head of Defined Contribution Solutions, adding a veteran retirement executive as the $1.5 trillion asset manager expands its strategy across institutional and wealth channels.

Mayfield Adds Aditya Singh As Partner To Expand AI Infrastructure Investing Within $3 Billion Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Mayfield has added Aditya "Adit" Singh as a partner as the early-stage venture capital firm expands its investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure within a broader $3 billion AI strategy.

H.I.G. Capital Adds Tim Hsu And Chris Todisco To Lead Credit Fundraising Across $75 Billion Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Bertelsmann Investments: Revenue Jumps To €451 Million As Organic Growth Hits 45.1% And Portfolio EBIT Reaches €122 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Bertelsmann Investments reported strong growth in the first half of 2026, with revenue from its Bertelsmann Next businesses rising to €451 million from €280 million a year earlier.

Lockheed Martin Secures $2.25 Billion Revolver Led By Bank Of America And Extends $3 Billion Facility To 2031

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Lockheed Martin has entered into a new $2.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facility and extended the maturity of an existing $3 billion revolving facility, giving the defense contractor $5.25 billion of committed revolving credit capacity across the two agreements.

Linear Completes $99 Million Tender At $2.5 Billion Valuation As ARR Tops $100 Million And Net Retention Hits 177%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Linear has completed a $99 million tender offer that allowed current and former employees to sell a portion of their vested equity at a $2.5 billion company valuation. Existing investors Accel and 01A participated alongside new investors Salesforce Ventures and S32.

Owner Raises $240 Million At $2.3 Billion Valuation As ARR Tops $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Owner has raised $240 million in new financing at a $2.3 billion valuation as the AI-native technology platform expands beyond restaurant software toward becoming a broader operating system for local businesses.

InfiMaker Raises Tens Of Millions From IDG Capital As K1 Kickstarter Pledges Surpass $4 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

InfiMaker has completed a new financing round that includes tens of millions of U.S. dollars from IDG Capital, as the desktop manufacturing company reports more than $4 million in Kickstarter pledges for its K1 five-axis CNC machine. The financing marks another institutional-backing milestone for InfiMaker, following earlier investments from Kunlun Capital.

AusperBio Raises $120 Million Series C As Total Funding Reaches $360 Million And AHB-137 Advances Through Phase 3

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

AusperBio has closed a $120 million Series C financing to advance its chronic hepatitis B pipeline, including the Phase 3 registrational program and potential commercialization of its lead investigational therapy AHB-137. The financing brings AusperBio's total capital raised since 2024 to $360 million.

Warpify Robotics Raises Pre-Series A From Zhongguancun Zhongnuo Fund To Expand Robotics-As-A-Service Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Warpify Robotics has completed a Pre-Series A financing backed by Zhongguancun Zhongnuo Fund, marking the global robotics company's first institutional funding round.

Lambda Secures $926 Million GPU Term Loan With Baa2 Investment-Grade Rating

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

Lambda has closed a $926 million senior secured Term Loan B facility to finance GPU infrastructure supporting a committed customer deployment with an investment-grade offtaker.