Venture Capital

Lisata Therapeutics Acquires Marea Therapeutics And Raises $225 Million To Advance Cardioendocrine Drug Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Lisata Therapeutics has acquired Marea Therapeutics in a stock-for-stock transaction and secured a concurrent oversubscribed $225 million private placement as the combined company shifts its focus toward developing next-generation treatments for cardioendocrine diseases.

Ayan Capital Secures £75 Million Facility From Triple Point To Scale Halal Car Finance And Pursue UK Bank License

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Ayan Capital, a UK fintech focused on halal financial products, has secured a senior Shariah-compliant facility of up to £75 million, or approximately $100 million, originated by investment manager Triple Point.

Monroe Capital Leads $60 Million Term Loan For Equipment Finance Platform 36th Street Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Monroe Capital has led a $60 million Class B Term Loan for 36th Street Capital, providing additional financing to support the specialty equipment finance company's origination growth and platform expansion.

Kastle Raises $24 Million Series A To Build AI Workforce For Consumer Lending

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Kastle has raised $24 million in Series A funding to expand its AI workforce platform for banks and financial institutions, beginning with consumer lending.

Impulse Space Raises $308 Million Series D Extension To Expand Spacecraft Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Impulse Space has raised a $308 million extension to its Series D financing, bringing the total round to $808 million as the company expands its spacecraft technology for moving payloads after launch. Existing investors participating in the extension include 137 Ventures, BANNER VC, DFJ Growth, Linse Capital, Lux Capital and Valor Equity Partners, among others.

Bain Capital Ventures Raises $1.6 Billion Fund XI To Back AI, Physical AI, Security And Science Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Bain Capital Ventures has closed its eleventh venture fund with $1.6 billion in capital, exceeding its fundraising target as the firm increases its backing of early-stage companies building for what it describes as a post-AGI economy.

Nada Secures Up To $300 Million From O’Connor Capital Solutions To Scale HEAs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Nada Holdings has entered into a forward-flow purchase agreement providing up to $300 million of institutional capital for Home Equity Agreements originated through its home-equity finance platform.

D-Robotics Raises $400 Million Series C As Sunrise Chip Shipments Top 8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

D-Robotics has raised $400 million in Series C funding to expand its hardware and software infrastructure for artificial intelligence-powered robots. The round included strategic investment from an unnamed global internet company, other investment institutions, and follow-on capital from existing shareholders.

Generate Capital Closes $117 Million MUFG Financing For 114 MW Community Solar Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Generate Capital, an investor, owner and operator of critical infrastructure, has closed a $117 million term debt facility with MUFG to finance a portfolio of community solar projects across Illinois and New York.

PSG Equity Closes Third European Growth Fund At Over €4.4 Billion To Back Software And AI Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

PSG Equity has closed its third European growth equity fund, PSG Europe III, at more than €4.4 billion in total committed capital as the firm expands its strategy of investing in European software and technology-enabled services companies.

Euno Raises $23 Million Series A To Help Companies Deploy Trusted AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Euno, an enterprise AI context platform designed to help organizations give AI agents trusted business and data context, has raised $23 million in Series A funding led by N47. The financing brings the company's total funding to $29 million. Existing investor 10D also participated, along with technology founders and executives including Wiz co-founder Yinon Kostika, Cyera co-founder and CEO Yotam Segev, Eon co-founder and CEO Ofir Ehrlich, Tavily founder Rotem Weiss, and former Tableau CEO and President Mark Nelson.

Furo Raises $4 Million To Optimize Industrial Energy Storage Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Furo, a Munich-based energy software company that develops technology to control and optimize commercial and industrial battery storage systems, has raised $4 million to expand its software platform and enter additional European markets.

telMAX Secures $215 Million From Hamilton Lane, Power Sustainable, Palistar And MidStar To Expand Ontario Fibre Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

telMAX, an independent Canadian provider of 100% fibre internet, TV and phone services, has secured $215 million in growth financing to accelerate the expansion of its fibre network across Ontario.

AlphaPai Raises $50 Million Series B To Expand Investment Research Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

AlphaPai, an AI investment research assistant developed by financial AI company Rabyte Technology, has raised $50 million in Series B funding, marking its third consecutive financing round in the past year.

Fin.com Emerges From Stealth With $20 Million Seed Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Fin.com, a financial infrastructure company building a unified network for global money movement, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in seed funding after growing annual recurring revenue more than 50-fold since the beginning of 2026. The round was led by Expa and Uber co-founder Garrett Camp, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Tenet Fund, Figure founders, Mesh founder Bam Azizi, Second Sight Ventures and sovereign and royal family offices across the Gulf and Africa.

Veridion Raises $20 Million Series A To Map 640 Million Companies In Real Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Veridion has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered live business graph, which provides a continuously updated view of more than 640 million companies worldwide. The round was led by Hoxton Ventures, with participation from existing investors Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, Gapminder, Day One Capital and Launchub.

iGii Secures £22.7 Million To Scale 3D Porous Carbon Nanomaterial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Scottish advanced materials company iGii has secured a £22.7 million financing and support package to accelerate commercialization and industrial adoption of Gii, its proprietary three-dimensional porous pure carbon nanomaterial.

Flam Raises $40 Million Series B To Scale Video, 3D And Visual Agent Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Flam, an AI-powered interactive content company, has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by QED Investors to expand its AI models, product portfolio and global enterprise sales operation.

Circle Pharma Raises $92.5 Million Series E To Advance Cyclin D1 Cancer Drug CID-165 Into Clinical Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Circle Pharma has raised an oversubscribed $92.5 million Series E financing to advance CID-165, its first-in-class oral macrocyclic cyclin D1 RxL inhibitor, into clinical development for ER-positive breast cancer. The round was led by The Column Group, with participation from Nextech Invest, RA Capital Management, Euclidean Capital and Eli Lilly and Company.

CADDi Raises $114 Million Series D At $1.2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

CADDi has raised $114 million in Series D funding at a $1.2 billion valuation as the manufacturing technology company expands its AI-powered data platform globally. The financing increases CADDi's total funding to $234 million.

Sling Therapeutics Raises $123 Million Series C To Advance Oral Thyroid Eye Disease Drug Into Phase 3

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Sling Therapeutics, an Ann Arbor-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has raised $123 million in Series C financing to advance linsitinib, its oral small-molecule IGF-1R inhibitor for thyroid eye disease, through Phase 3 development.

Profound Raises $180 Million Series D At $1.8 Billion Valuation To Build AI Platform For Marketing Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Profound has raised $180 million in Series D funding at a $1.8 billion valuation as the company expands from AI search analytics into a broader agentic platform designed to perform work across marketing organizations. The round was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, with existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Saga Ventures, Evantic and South Park Commons participating. The financing comes less than seven months after Profound's $96 million Series C.

Viabot Raises $24 Million Series A To Scale Autonomous Outdoor Property-Care Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Viabot, an autonomous robotics company focused on outdoor commercial property care, announced that it has raised $24 million in Series A funding led by Walden International, with participation from CDIB Capital and Stalwart Ventures, along with existing investors Baseline Ventures, ERA Ventures, Morado Ventures, and SOSV. The financing brings Viabot’s total capital raised to $43 million.

Comp AI Raises $34 Million Series A To Expand Agentic AI Compliance And Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Comp AI has raised $34 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native compliance and security platform beyond audit readiness and compliance automation into continuous cybersecurity. The round was led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.

CorePower Magnetics Raises $10.6 Million To Scale U.S. Manufacturing Of Advanced Magnetics For AI, Data Centers And Grid Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

CorePower Magnetics, a Pittsburgh-based developer and manufacturer of advanced magnetic components for power electronics, has raised $10.6 million in equity financing to expand domestic manufacturing capacity, accelerate hiring and scale commercialization of its technology.

Crane Venture Partners Raises $484 Million Across Four Funds To Build Global Inception-To-Seed Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Crane Venture Partners has raised $484 million across four investment vehicles as the early-stage venture firm expands a globally connected inception-to-seed platform spanning Europe, North America, India and Asia-Pacific. The firm is also deepening its strategic relationship with MassMutual Ventures as part of the expansion.

TPG’s Rise Funds To Invest In Emergency Response Software Provider Tablet Command

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

TPG has signed a definitive agreement through The Rise Funds, its global impact investing strategy, to make a significant investment in Tablet Command, a provider of incident management and response software used by fire departments and emergency response agencies.

Pagaya Signs Up To $700 Million Auto Loan Forward Flow Agreement With Neuberger Specialty Finance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Pagaya Technologies has signed a new forward flow agreement with Neuberger Specialty Finance for the purchase of up to $700 million of auto loans sourced through Pagaya's network of lending partners, expanding the AI-driven financial technology company's base of committed long-term capital.

McLaren Automotive To Invest £500 Million In UK Operations, Launch Performance SUV, And Bring Engine Production In-House

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

McLaren Automotive has announced a £500 million investment program to expand its UK manufacturing, engineering and product development operations as the supercar company prepares to broaden its lineup, including the launch of a newly confirmed performance SUV.

barq Raises $329.5 Million Series A At $1.85 Billion Valuation As Saudi Fintech Expands Payments Partnerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

barq has raised $329.5 million in a Series A funding round at a $1.85 billion valuation, giving the Saudi fintech substantial new capital as it expands its digital payments ecosystem through a series of strategic partnerships spanning merchant payments, banking, insurance, travel, e-commerce and social-impact initiatives.