Venture Capital

Brigade Capital Management: $1 Billion Inaugural Private Credit Fund Targets First Lien Direct Loans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Brigade Capital Management announced it has closed its first dedicated private credit fund, raising more than $1 billion of investable capital and exceeding its target in an oversubscribed raise backed by a range of global institutional investors.

Union Capital Associates Closes $450 Million Fund IV At Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Union Capital Associates has closed its fourth private equity fund, Union Capital Equity Partners IV, L.P., at its $450 million hard cap after roughly four months in the market, with the raise described as significantly oversubscribed. The Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm said Fund IV will continue its strategy of providing first institutional capital to U.S. founder-owned businesses, primarily in food manufacturing, niche manufacturing, and business services.

Allonic: $7.2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Automate Manufacturing Of Advanced Robotic Bodies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Allonic, a Budapest-based robotics manufacturing startup with a joint U.S. headquarters, has raised $7.2 million in pre-seed funding to commercialize a production platform it says can dramatically simplify and scale the production of complex robotic hardware. The round was led by Visionaries Club, with backing from Day One Capital, Prototype, SDAC Ventures, and TinyVC. The company said the financing is the largest pre-seed round to date in Hungary.

Volue Adds TA Associates As Strategic Investor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Volue announced TA Associates has joined as a new strategic investor alongside Advent International, Generation Investment Management and Arendals Fossekompani, in a partnership the company framed as strengthening its position as a European leader in electrification technology.

Partners Capital Closes $1+ Billion Merlin IV Co-Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Partners Capital Investment Group announced it has reached a final close of Merlin IV, a private equity co-investment fund with more than $1 billion in commitments, as it scales a platform designed to invest alongside high-conviction private equity managers in single-asset deals.

Primary Venture Partners Launches $625 Million Fund V

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Primary Venture Partners announced it has raised $625 million for its fifth set of funds, positioning the New York-based firm to continue leading pre-seed and seed rounds as founders build companies amid what the firm describes as an AI revolution.

Blue Owl Capital Closes Strategic Equity Secondaries Fund With Over $3 Billion In Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Blue Owl Capital announced it has reached a final close for Blue Owl Strategic Equity, its strategic equity and secondaries strategy, with more than approximately $3 billion in total commitments raised across institutional and private wealth channels, as well as related accounts.

Alantra Forms €155 Million Fund To Keep Backing Health In Code

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Alantra Private Equity has closed a €155 million healthcare continuation vehicle to increase its stake in Health in Code, positioning the Spanish clinical genomics platform for its next phase of international expansion and acquisitions. The single-asset continuation fund was significantly oversubscribed, led by Hayfin Capital Management, with additional commitments from a diversified group of institutional investors, including BNP Paribas AM and Altamar CAM.

Carlyle Acquiring Majority Stake In Nido Home Finance In $230 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Edelweiss Financial Services Limited announced it will bring in The Carlyle Group as a strategic majority investor in Nido Home Finance Limited, the housing finance business that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Edelweiss.

Ignium Launches With $300 Million For Defense Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Albion River has launched Ignium, a purpose-built merchant provider supplying components and solutions to the U.S. and allied defense industrial base. The new platform consolidates a portfolio of established businesses that make mission-critical subsystems used across current and next-generation weapons systems, positioning Ignium as a supplier that is not dependent on the outcome of any single prime contractor or platform program.