Venture Capital

BioStem Technologies Secures Up To $40 Million Equity Facility From Roth Principal Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

BioStem Technologies has secured access to up to $40 million through a committed equity facility with Roth Principal Investments, providing the regenerative medicine company with additional capital flexibility as it expands its commercial and clinical operations.

AMC Robotics Secures Access To Up To $50 Million To Accelerate AI Robotics Manufacturing Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

AMC Robotics has entered into a standby equity purchase agreement providing access to up to $50 million as the AI-driven robotics company accelerates commissioning of its manufacturing facility.

Raindrop Raises Series A Funding For AI Agent Reliability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Raindrop has raised a Series A led by CRV, bringing its total funding to $50 million as the company expands technology designed to detect failures in autonomous AI agents. Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Y Combinator participated alongside lead researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic and Thinking Machines. Raindrop is already being used by customers including Vercel, Framer, Clay and Fortune 100 enterprises.

Pulse Fund Closes $63 Million Inaugural Fund To Invest Across Climate, Infrastructure, Food And Mobility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Pulse Fund has closed its inaugural $63 million venture capital fund to invest in early-stage climate companies spanning the energy transition, infrastructure, food and agriculture, and mobility.

Elowen Capital Structures $101 Million Financing With RRA Capital And The Bancorp For ECA Texas Multifamily Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Elowen Capital has structured and sourced $101 million in capitalization for ECA's acquisition of a 20-property, 1,576-unit multifamily portfolio across 13 Texas cities.

2020 Bulkers Plans $406 Million Acquisition To Build Fleet Of Up To 15 Large AHTS Vessels

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

2020 Bulkers has signed a letter of intent covering acquisitions that could create a fleet of up to 15 large Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels, marking a major strategic shift following the sale of its Newcastlemax dry bulk fleet.

Accenture And Anthropic Each Plan At Least $1 Billion AI Safety Investment Over Five Years

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Accenture and Anthropic have formed a partnership to create a dedicated team of embedded AI evaluators working directly alongside Anthropic's internal teams and safety partners.

Tempo Therapeutics Raises $14.5 Million To Advance Regenerative Tissue Technology Toward Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Tempo Therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed $14.5 million financing round to advance its Microporous Annealed Particle regenerative technology through potential regulatory clearance and commercialization.

Crusoe Raises $3.9 Billion Series F At $30.9 Billion Valuation To Expand Vertically Integrated AI Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Crusoe has announced the initial closing of an anticipated $3.9 billion Series F financing at a $30.9 billion post-money valuation, giving the AI infrastructure company additional capital to expand its data centers, energy infrastructure and AI cloud platform. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners, with significant participation from Founders Fund, GIC, NVIDIA, Qatar Investment Authority, Radical Ventures and TPG.

Nscale Files For U.S. IPO On NYSE Under NSCL Ticker

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Nscale has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering, moving the full-stack AI cloud and data center company toward a public listing in the United States.

Angle Health Raises $600 Million At $2.7 Billion Valuation To Expand AI-Native Healthcare Benefits Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Angle Health has raised $600 million at a $2.7 billion valuation as the AI-native healthcare benefits company accelerates expansion across the small and midsize business market. The financing consists of a $200 million Series C and a $400 million tender offer.

CoreWeave Prices Upsized $3.7 Billion Convertible Senior Notes Offering To Fund AI Cloud Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

CoreWeave has priced an upsized $3.7 billion private offering of 2.875% convertible senior notes due 2033, increasing the deal from the previously announced $3 billion as the AI cloud infrastructure company continues raising capital to support its expansion.

Veridion Raises $20 Million Series A To Build Real-Time Data Graph Covering 642 Million Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Veridion has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its company intelligence platform, which continuously collects and refreshes data on businesses around the world. Hoxton Ventures led the round, with participation from Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, GapMinder VC, Day One Capital and LAUNCHub Ventures.

Integral Raises €18 Million Series A To Expand AI-Native Accounting, Tax And Payroll Platform For SMEs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Integral has raised €18 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native professional services platform, which combines proprietary software with licensed accounting, tax and payroll experts serving small and medium-sized businesses.

Expanse Raises $5.3 Million Seed Round To Improve Infrastructure Utilization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Expanse, an AI infrastructure startup focused on helping companies get more work from existing computing hardware, has raised $5.3 million in seed funding.

LawZero Secures Up To C$300 Million From Canada And Germany To Develop Safe-By-Design AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

LawZero has received a commitment of up to C$300 million in joint funding from the governments of Canada and Germany to develop a new form of advanced artificial intelligence designed around safety, reliability and technological sovereignty.

Metaschool AI Wins Grand Prize For Mobile-First Online High School Serving Ghanaian Students

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Metaschool AI won the $40,000 Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize at the 2026 Milken–Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, taking the top award at the 17th annual event hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Closes Oversubscribed $1.3 Billion Growth Equity Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management has closed its inaugural North Haven Growth & Innovation Fund with $1.3 billion in capital commitments after the strategy was oversubscribed.

Aristotle Raises $5 Million Seed Funding To Expand Voice-First AI Tutoring Platform For Students

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Aristotle, a voice-first AI tutoring platform designed for students ages 13 to 18, has raised $5 million in seed funding to expand its product, grow its team and launch nationwide. True Ventures led the round, with participation from Wicklow Capital and a large group of angel investors with backgrounds across OpenAI, Anthropic, Sierra, Ramp, Cognition and other AI and technology companies.

Brookfield To Invest Up To $600 Million In ACME Cleantech Ventures To Develop Green Ammonia And Green Molecule Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Brookfield has agreed to invest up to $600 million in ACME Cleantech Ventures to support the development and construction of ACME's pipeline of green molecule projects across India and the Middle East.

Zeal Raises $10 Million To Bring Loyalty And Customer Intelligence To More Than 4 Million Payment Terminals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Zeal, a London-based payments technology company that connects loyalty programs and merchant intelligence with payment terminals, has raised $10 million in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to $14 million. The company did not disclose the investors participating in the latest round.

ING To Redeem $1.5 Billion Of Perpetual Additional Tier 1 Capital Securities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

ING plans to redeem $1.5 billion of 5.750% Perpetual Additional Tier 1 Contingent Convertible Capital Securities as the European banking group continues to optimize its capital structure.

Ara Partners Acquires Majority Stake In Bryden Wood To Scale Decarbonization, Data Center And Advanced Manufacturing Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Ara Partners has acquired a majority interest in Bryden Wood, a London-based integrated design and engineering consultancy focused on mission-critical infrastructure, as the private markets firm looks to accelerate the development of industrial decarbonization, data center, and advanced manufacturing projects.

MISUMI Americas Launches $50 Million Venture Fund To Back Robotics, Physical AI And Advanced Hardware Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

MISUMI Americas has launched MISUMI Ventures, a $50 million early-stage venture fund focused on companies building frontier hardware, robotics, automation, industrial AI and other advanced physical technologies.

Sheridan Capital Partners Invests In PtEverywhere To Scale Physical Therapy Practice Management And Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Sheridan Capital Partners has completed an investment in PtEverywhere, a practice management and integrated payments software platform serving outpatient physical therapy and related rehabilitation providers.

Treble Raises $18 Million To Expand Acoustic Digital Twin Platform For Physical AI And Voice Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Treble Technologies, an Icelandic developer of sound simulation, acoustic digital twins and synthetic audio data, has raised $18 million in Series A-2 funding to expand its platform for audio-enabled products and physical AI systems. Paladin Capital Group led the round, with participation from existing investors KOMPAS VC, Frumtak Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund. The financing brings Treble's total funding to approximately €36 million.

Hello Haven Raises $15 Million Pre-Seed Round To Launch Digital Twin Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Hello Haven, a personal AI company founded by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante and Duc Chau, has emerged from stealth with a $15 million pre-seed funding round led by Mayfield and launched an AI platform designed to give users persistent personal digital twins.

Barings Provides Financing For Inflexion’s Investment In Medical Consumables Provider Primed Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Barings has served as a joint lead arranger of secured credit facilities supporting Inflexion's investment in Primed Group, a German manufacturer and provider of medical consumables and sterilization services. Financial terms of the financing were not disclosed.

Hyperscale Data Invests More Than $70 Million In Michigan AI Data Center As Potential Contract Revenue Exceeds $3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Hyperscale Data has invested more than $70 million in Alliance Cloud Services and its Michigan AI data center as the company prepares to begin operations under a previously announced agreement with a California-based neocloud provider in November 2026.

Clean Harbors Launches $600 Million Senior Notes Offering To Finance EnviroServe And ES&H Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Clean Harbors has launched a private offering of $600 million of senior notes expected to mature in 2034, with the proceeds primarily intended to finance its previously announced acquisitions of environmental services businesses EnviroServe and ES&H.