Venture Capital

Gero Raises $17 Million To Slow Aging

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

WISE Raises €30 Million Series D To Advance Implantable Neurotechnology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

WISE announced the closing of an oversubscribed €30 million Series D financing round. The round was joined by ENEA Tech and Biomedical, an Italian foundation focused on innovation and technology transfer in the biomedical sector. ENEA Tech and Biomedical is joining WISE’s investor base as a strategic partner.

PDKINEMATICS Raises €2 Million Seed Round To Scale Precision Guidance Systems For UAVs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

PDKINEMATICS has raised €2 million in seed funding to scale manufacturing and expand deployments of its precision guidance systems for UAVs across Europe and Ukraine. The round was co-led by Iron Wolf Capital and Coinvest Capital.

Computomic Receives Strategic Growth Investment From Washington Harbour Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Computomic announced that it has received a strategic growth investment from Washington Harbour Partners.

NexDash Raises €2.5 Million To Accelerate Electrified Freight Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

NexDash announced that it has received €2.5 million in funding from EIT Urban Mobility to support the expansion of electrified freight operations across Europe.

IVP Partners With Silverview Credit To Modernize Expense Allocation Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Indus Valley Partners announced a partnership with Silverview Credit Partners to modernize the firm’s expense allocation infrastructure.

Nuburu Outlines $336 Million Italian Defense Revenue Plan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Nuburu announced that it has presented its defense plan for Italy following a Golden Power notification submitted in connection with its planned acquisition of a 70% controlling stake in Tekne S.p.A.

Sharon AI Raises $1.6 Billion To Expand AI Factories Across Australia And Asia-Pacific

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Sharon AI announced an oversubscribed $1.6 billion strategic financing to accelerate the expansion of its AI factories across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The financing was anchored by Situational Awareness and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, along with new and existing institutional and strategic investors.

Icarus Medical Raises $7.2 Million Series A To Accelerate Orthopedic Technology Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Icarus Medical announced that it has closed an oversubscribed $7.2 million Series A funding round to accelerate commercialization and innovation across its orthopedic bracing technology platform.

KLIPY Raises $3.8 Million And Joins Google AI Futures Fund To Expand Expression API Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

KLIPY announced it raised $3.8 million in funding and joined Google’s AI Futures Fund to scale its expression API layer for GIFs, memes, stickers, clips, and AI-powered media.

Spot Biosystems Launches With $40 Million Financing For Non-Viral Gene Therapy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Spot Biosystems announced its launch from stealth with $40 million in venture financing, along with preclinical research published in Nature Biomedical Engineering and an ongoing first-in-human clinical trial for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Nassau Financial Group Invests In Trussed AI To Support Responsible Enterprise AI Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Trussed AI announced that Nassau Financial Group has invested in the company through the Nassau Reimagine program. Trussed AI provides AI governance and compliance solutions for regulated enterprises.

Parafin Announces New Credit Facility With Goldman Sachs And One William Street

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Parafin announced a new credit facility led by Goldman Sachs, alongside One William Street Capital Management.

Montagu To Acquire Majority Stake In BMC Helix

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Montagu announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in BMC Helix in a carve-out transaction from BMC Software.

Clair Health Raises $11.6 Million To Build Noninvasive Wearable Hormone Monitor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Clair Health has raised $11.6 million in seed funding to build a continuous noninvasive hormone monitor for women, according to TNW. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from a16z speedrun, Brydge Club, Treehub, Cartan Capital, AGI House, Insiders VC, and 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki.

Tonada Raises $3 Million Pre-Seed To Give Every Brand Its Own Sound

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Tonada announced it raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-generated sound platform for retail and hospitality brands. The Stockholm-based startup is focused on making high-quality AI-generated audio available to every brand that operates a physical space.

Microamp Secures €6.5 Million To Advance Any-G mmWave AI-RAN Wireless Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Microamp announced that it has received €6.5 million in funding and strategic support from the European Innovation Council Accelerator to advance development of its Any-G mmWave AI-RAN Wireless Platform.

L’Oréal To Acquire Majority Stake In Innovist

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

L’Oréal announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Innovist, a digital-first personal care house of brands in India.

Realize Capital Partners Closes $276.7 Million Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Realize Capital Partners announced the final close of Realize Fund I, a blended finance impact fund-of-funds, with $276.7 million in total capital.

Oligomerix Awarded $1.9 Million NIH Grant For Alzheimer’s Disease Safety Studies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Oligomerix announced that it has received a $1.9 million NIH Fast-Track Phase II award from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.

Neuron23 Receives $2.5 Million Grant From The Michael J. Fox Foundation To Expand Phase 2 Parkinson’s Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Neuron23, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision medicines for Parkinson’s disease, announced it received a $2.5 million grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to support the expansion of its ongoing Phase 2 NEULARK clinical trial of NEU-411 into Israel.

OffPlan Raises $2.5 Million To Expand Membership-Based Primary Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

OffPlan announced that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to support the launch and expansion of its membership-based primary care platform.

NeuralTrust Raises $20 Million To Secure Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

NeuralTrust, a platform for securing AI agents, announced it raised $20 million in seed funding. The company said the round is the largest cybersecurity seed financing raised by an EU company to date.

Triveni Bio Raises $65 Million Series C To Expand Clinical Studies For TRIV-573

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Triveni Bio announced it raised $65 million in Series C funding to support pipeline expansion and continued corporate growth. The company is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel antibody treatments for immunological and inflammatory disorders.

Lane42 Provides Senior Secured Term Loan For Principal Mineral’s Acquisition Of Isola Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Lane42 Investment Partners announced that it provided a senior secured term loan to Principal Mineral in support of its acquisition of Isola Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Trace Finance Raises $32 Million Series A To Scale Regulated Banking And Stablecoin Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Trace Finance announced that it has raised $32 million in Series A funding to expand its regulated financial infrastructure for cross-border payments and stablecoin settlement. The round was led by CoinFund, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, Jump Crypto, Valor Capital, Paxos, HOF Capital, and others. Strategic backers in the round also included Chainlink Labs and SNZ Capital.

Traysar Raises $25 Million To Build Subterranean Defense Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Traysar announced that it has raised $25 million in seed funding and has emerged from stealth as a defense technology company focused on the subterranean domain. The round was led by Silent Ventures, with participation from Lux Capital, Ora Global, and strategic angel investors, including Steve Blank and founders from Anduril and Erebor. Additional investors included NeverLift VC, Mana, Impatient Ventures, New Vista, and Entree Capital.

June Health Raises C$2.4 Million To Expand Women’s Healthcare Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

June Health announced the closing of an oversubscribed CAD$2.4 million financing round. Securian Canada participated significantly in the round as a strategic institutional investor. The round also included participation from AgeTech Capital and Canadian technology founders Dave and Mike Wessinger of PointClickCare and Michael Garrity of Financeit, among others.

Portal Biotechnologies Raises $9 Million To Expand Cell Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Portal Biotechnologies announced the closing of an oversubscribed $9 million financing round. The round was led by NFX, with participation from existing investors including IA Ventures, Pear VC, Undeterred Ventures, IKJ Capital, and TechU Ventures.

Architect Labs Raises $24 Million Seed Round To Democratize Custom Chip Design

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Architect Labs announced that it has emerged from stealth with $24 million in seed funding. The round was led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from TQ Ventures, Race Capital, Together Fund, and several investors and executives across modern computing and AI. Kindred Ventures founder and managing partner Steve Jang has joined Architect Labs’ board.