Venture Capital

GitHub Sponsors Surpasses $100 Million In Open Source Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

GitHub Sponsors has surpassed $100 million in funding distributed to open source maintainers and projects since launching in 2019. The milestone reflects growing financial support from individual developers, corporations and other organizations that depend on open source software.

Brenus Pharma Raises €11 Million Series A Extension To Advance Cancer Immunotherapy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Brenus Pharma has raised an €11 million, or approximately $12.6 million, extension to its Series A financing. The round brings the French biotechnology company’s total capital raised since its founding to €38 million, or approximately $43.5 million. The financing included follow-on participation from Angelor, UI Investissement through FRAI, Crédit Agricole through CACE Création and CACF Capital Innovation, Noshaq, Orsa and BIO JAG. Bpifrance also supported the company through non-dilutive funding. New investors Sambrinvest and Korea Omega Investment Corp joined the round. Sambrinvest expands Brenus Pharma’s European shareholder base, while Korea Omega represents the company’s first institutional investor from the Asia-Pacific region.

Shapoorji Pallonji Reportedly Closes $1.6 Billion Private Credit Deal To Refinance Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Shapoorji Pallonji Group has completed one of India’s largest private credit transactions, raising approximately ₹151 billion, or $1.6 billion, through rupee-denominated bonds, according to Bloomberg. The financing demonstrates continued investor demand for large, high-yield Indian credit transactions despite volatile global markets.

Natural Raises $30 Million Series A To Build Payments Infrastructure For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Natural has raised $30 million in Series A funding to develop payments infrastructure designed specifically for artificial intelligence agents. Kirsten Green of Forerunner led the round, with continued participation from the company’s major existing investors. Investors and supporters in the round included the founders or executives of Human Capital, Abstract, Wischoff Ventures, Increase, HappyRobot, Browserbase, Notion, Privy, Y Combinator, Profound and Brex. Antifund general partners Jake Paul and Logan Paul also participated, along with other investors.

Ant International Raises $1.2 Billion Series A To Expand Cross-Border Payments And Agentic Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Ant International has raised approximately $1.2 billion in Series A equity financing to accelerate its global expansion and financial technology development. Existing investors Ant Group and Alibaba Group participated alongside other international investment institutions.

GPIF Reportedly Invests ¥20 Billion In Advantage Partners Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund has committed ¥20 billion, or approximately $123 million, to a domestic private equity fund managed by Advantage Partners, according to Bloomberg. The investment marks GPIF’s first in-house direct commitment to a private equity fund focused specifically on Japan.

Clipway Closes Record $6.4 Billion Debut Secondaries Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Clipway has completed the final close of Clipway Secondary Fund I at $6.4 billion, creating what the firm described as the largest debut secondaries platform ever raised. The closing also establishes Clipway as the world’s largest independent firm dedicated exclusively to technology-enabled secondary market investing.

Mach42 Raises £7 Million To Accelerate AI-Powered Analog Circuit Simulation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Mach42 has raised £7 million in a pre-Series A funding round to accelerate the development and commercial adoption of its AI-powered semiconductor simulation technology. IP Group led the round, with participation from existing investors BGF and Foresight Group.

Copper Secures Investment From Diplo To Expand Consumer Earnings Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Copper has secured an investment from Grammy-winning artist and entrepreneur Diplo. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.