Venture Capital

Shield Lands $100 Million From Thrive Holdings To Scale AI First IT Services Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2026

Shield Technology Partners announced it has raised a $100 million in investment from Thrive Holdings to accelerate product development and support additional acquisitions as it expands a national platform of IT services businesses.

CesiumAstro: $470 Million Series C Closed To Scale AI-Enabled Space And Defense Communications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2026

CesiumAstro announced it has secured $470 million in Series C growth capital to accelerate U.S. expansion and global deployment of its software-defined, AI-enabled space communications platforms. The Austin, Texas-based space and defense communications provider said the raise combines $270 million in equity and a $200 million financing package structured as a public-private partnership.

Constructor Capital: $110 Million Fund I Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2026

Constructor Capital announced it has officially closed its first fund at $110 million, with plans to invest globally in Seed- and Series A-stage startups across DeepTech, SoftwareTech, and EdTech.

Biorce: $52.5 Million Series A Raised To Expand Globally And Apply AI to Clinical Trial Design

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2026

Biorce, a Barcelona-based health AI company focused on using artificial intelligence to improve how clinical trials are designed and executed, announced it has closed a $52.5 million Series A round to accelerate international expansion and scale its platform, Aika.

Lenzing Takes Majority Control Of TreeToTextile To Speed Scale-Up Of Cellulosic Fibers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2026

Lenzing Group announced it will acquire a controlling majority stake in Swedish innovation company TreeToTextile AB, increasing its ownership through the issuance of new shares and positioning the company to accelerate the industrialization of TreeToTextile’s fiber technology.

Day AI: $20 Million Series A Raised And CRMx Platform Launched For Agent-First Sales Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

Day AI, a company building an AI-native customer relationship platform, said it has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Sequoia Capital and has made its product generally available. In a post on LinkedIn, founder and CEO Christopher O'Donnell argued that traditional CRM workflows force teams to spend too much time “context-switching” across records and tools, while leaders wait weeks for insights into why deals are slipping or which messages resonate in demos.

Plug: $20 Million Series A Closed To Scale EV First Marketplace As Used EV Market Expands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

Plug announced it raised a $20 million Series A round to expand its electric vehicle-focused marketplace, as a wave of off-lease inventory is expected to hit the U.S. market over the next several years. The company said the financing was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Galvanize and existing investors Autotech Ventures, Leap Forward Ventures, and Renn Global.

Loop AI: $14 Million Series A Raised To Expand Agentic Back-Office Platform for Restaurants And Retail

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

Loop AI, an enterprise-grade AI platform built for restaurant and retail back-office teams, has raised a $14 million Series A round led by Nyca Partners, adding a roster of new and returning backers as it accelerates product expansion and hiring across multiple offices.

Waymo Confirms $16 Billion Round At $126 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

Waymo confirmed it raised a $16 billion investment round valuing the company at $126 billion post-money, marking what it described as a shift from proving autonomous driving to scaling it commercially. The company said the financing was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Mubadala Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, and T. Rowe Price, alongside additional investors including BDT & MSD Partners, CapitalG, Fidelity Management & Research Company, GV, Kleiner Perkins, Perry Creek Capital, and Temasek. Waymo said Alphabet remains its majority investor.

Principle: $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Closed To Bring Military Wargaming Style Simulations To Corporate Strategy Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

Principle, a strategic foresight platform that uses AI to simulate competitive futures, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding as it moves from bespoke pilots toward a repeatable product aimed at corporate strategy teams. The round was led by SMRK VC and SMOK VC, with participation from RideHome AI Fund, a16z Scout Fund, Bain Capital Scout Fund, and Unpopular Ventures.

DC Capital Acquires Majority Stake In Applied AI Provider Knexus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

DC Capital Partners said it has made a majority investment in Knexus, a Vienna, Virginia-based provider of applied artificial intelligence capabilities supporting mission-critical U.S. government programs. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Breezy: $10 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For AI Operating System For Residential Real Estate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

Breezy has officially launched what it calls the world’s first independent AI operating system built specifically for residential real estate professionals, positioning the platform as a productivity layer for an industry the company sizes at $500 billion in services. The Los Angeles-based startup says it was founded in early 2024 by top-producing agent James Harris alongside Afterpay co-founders Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen, with the stated goal of consolidating agent workflows into a single AI-powered workspace that reduces administrative load and accelerates client-facing output.

Intesa Sanpaolo Targets €50 Billion Shareholder Returns Through 2029 As It Unveils New Growth Plan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

Intesa Sanpaolo has laid out a new multi-year strategy that combines high shareholder distributions with a push to expand fee-led revenue, reduce structural costs, and continue investing heavily in technology.

BlueFive Capital Closes $3 Billion Onyx Fund I For Opportunistic US And Europe Tech Bets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

BlueFive Capital announced it has closed its $3 billion Onyx Fund I, a vehicle registered with the Abu Dhabi Global Market that will pursue opportunistic technology and growth capital investments across the United States and Europe. The firm said the fund will focus on businesses operating at the frontier of innovation, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and advanced computing, where it sees disruptive potential increasingly translating into scalable commercial applications.

Polestar Secures $400 Million Equity Investment From SMBC And Standard Chartered

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2026

Polestar announced it has agreed to a $400 million equity financing backed by two financial institutions, with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited each investing $200 million. The transaction is structured with put option arrangements that provide investors with a potential exit in three years, via a wholly owned subsidiary of Geely Sweden Holdings AB, with certain returns as part of the overall financing package.

Oracle Details $45 Billion-$50 Billion Equity And Debt Funding Plan For 2026 OCI Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2026

Oracle announced it plans to raise $45 billion to $50 billion in gross cash proceeds during calendar year 2026 to fund the expansion of its rapidly growing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure business, as it works to build additional capacity to meet what it described as contracted demand from its largest OCI customers.

Waymo Eyeing $16 Billion Raise At Nearly $110 Billion Valuation, Says Report

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2026

Alphabet’s Waymo is reportedly pursuing a massive new funding round that could push the self-driving leader’s valuation into rarefied territory, even as U.S. regulators sharpen their scrutiny of robotaxi safety. According to Bloomberg News, Waymo is aiming to raise about $16 billion in financing at a valuation of nearly $110 billion, citing people familiar with the matter. The report indicates that parent Alphabet would supply roughly $13 billion of the total, with the remaining capital expected to come from outside investors, including Sequoia Capital, DST Global, and Dragoneer Investment Group.

Serverfarm Closes $3 Billion To Build More Data Centers Across North America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2026

Serverfarm announced it has closed a $3 billion credit facility, finalized in December 2025, to fund the development and construction of multiple hyperscale campus projects across key North American markets. The company said the financing is supported by a syndicate of 23 institutional lenders and is designed to enable it to deliver AI-ready data center infrastructure for cloud providers and AI companies seeking massive-scale deployments.

J.F. Lehman Launches Environmental Services Platform With Majority Stakes In Tradewater And RTI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2026

J.F. Lehman & Company has formed a new environmental services platform after an investment affiliate of JFL Equity Investors VI, L.P. acquired majority stakes in Tradewater LLC and Reclamation Technologies USA. The two acquisitions are intended to serve as foundational investments for a growth-oriented platform focused on the lifecycle management of industrial and refrigerant gases and on mitigating uncontrolled methane sources, with an emphasis on specialized closed-loop services shaped by regulatory complexity and customer demand.

Standard Chartered Arranges €641.1 Million In Financing For Uganda Power Grid, Roads, And Water Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2026

Standard Chartered has arranged €641.1 million in financing for the Government of Uganda to support three major infrastructure projects across power transmission, road upgrades, and water supply and sanitation, according to an announcement in Kampala. The signing took place at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Uganda).

Texas LNG Assembles Bank Group For $5.7 Billion Debt Financing Package For Port Of Brownsville Terminal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2026

Texas LNG Brownsville, an affiliate of Glenfarne Group, announced that it has lined up an initial group of banks to lead a planned $5.7 billion debt financing package for the construction of its liquefied natural gas export terminal at the Port of Brownsville. The company said the four million tonnes per annum facility remains on track to reach a Final Investment Decision in early 2026, a key step toward moving from development into full construction.

Jetstream Venture Fund Makes First Investment With Exclusive Secondary Stake In Carbogenesis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2026

Jetstream Venture Fund announced its first portfolio investment, taking an exclusive private secondary position in Carbogenesis, a clean technology company developing processes to convert natural gas and carbon dioxide into industrial chemicals.

Kos Biotechnology Partners Makes First Investment While Leading Epikast Financing Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2026

Kos Biotechnology Partners announced it has closed a financing round in Epikast, a technology-enabled provider of commercial and clinical services for the biopharmaceutical industry. The transaction marks the inaugural investment from Kos’ first fund, which the firm said will target a wide range of life sciences stages, from seeding new platforms to scaling established ones.

RedBird Capital Partners Completes Refinancing Of AC Milan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2026

RedBird Capital Partners has completed a refinancing designed to strengthen AC Milan’s capital structure and expand the club’s long-term financial flexibility, replacing acquisition-related vendor financing from entities advised by Elliott Advisors UK Limited with new institutional debt financing arranged by Comvest Credit Partners. The move eliminates loans tied to RedBird’s 2022 purchase of the club and aligns the financing package with RedBird’s long-term strategic and operational plans as the sole control owner.

Prometheum: Additional $23 Million Raised To Expand U.S. Digital Markets Push

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2026

Prometheum, a market infrastructure provider for digital assets, announced it has secured an additional $23 million since the start of 2025 from a group of high-net-worth investors and institutions, adding fresh capital to support its plans to modernize how digital asset products are distributed and supported inside U.S. securities markets.

Adaptive6 Exits Stealth With $44 Million To Cut Enterprise Cloud Waste With AI Remediation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Adaptive6 emerged from stealth with $28 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to $44 million as the company pushes an engineering-first approach to cloud cost governance that it says can reduce overall cloud spend by 15% to 35%. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners, with participation from New Era Capital Partners, Forgepoint Capital, Pitango VC, and Vertex Ventures.

Rogo: $75 Million Series C Secured With Plans To Expand In Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Rogo announced it has raised a $75 million in Series C financing led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Henry Kravis and Wells Fargo, and continued support from existing backers Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Tiger Global, and J.P. Morgan. The round brings Rogo’s total funding to more than $165 million and marks a new phase of growth as the company expands into deeper enterprise deployments across global financial institutions.

Exxat: Minority Growth Investment Raised From Accel-KKR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Exxat, a provider of software for clinical and experiential education in healthcare, said it has received a minority growth investment from Accel-KKR to accelerate product development and broaden adoption across healthcare education and workforce development.

Bleap: $6 Million Seed Funding Secured For Scaling Self-Custodial Financial Accounts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Bleap has raised a $6 million seed round led by Blossom Capital to scale its product and expand internationally. The company said the financing follows a $2.3 million pre-seed round raised in late 2024 and will support growth across Europe and Latin America while accelerating product development

Evaro: $25 Million Series A Raised to Expand Embedded Digital Healthcare For Consumer Brands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Evaro, an NHS licensed digital healthcare platform that says it serves more than 2 million patients, has raised a $25 million Series A round led by AlbionVC, with participation from Simplyhealth Ventures, Exceptional Ventures, Cornerstone VC, and BBI. The company positions itself as a healthcare-as-a-service provider that enables consumer brands, healthcare organisations, and employers to offer regulated digital care without building their own clinical or pharmacy infrastructure.