Venture Capital

Avolon: $420 Million Samurai Loan Facility Raised By Aviation Finance Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Avolon announced it has raised $420 million through its inaugural Samurai loan facility, marking the largest debut Samurai issuance by a European company and the firm’s first borrowing that is not denominated in U.S. dollars.

Otovo: $16.6 Million Secured To Fund EnergyAid Acquisition And Accelerate Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Otovo announced it has secured approximately $16.6 million through a private placement as the company moves forward with plans to acquire EnergyAid and expand its home energy services platform across North America and Europe.

Circadence: $16.4 Million Closed For AI-Driven Cyber Readiness Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Circadence announced it has closed a $16.4 million investment round led by Seneca Partners as the company continues to expand its AI-driven cyber readiness and resilience platform across defense and enterprise markets.

Unleash: $35 Million Raised For AI-Era Feature Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Unleash, an enterprise FeatureOps platform designed to help organizations control software releases in the era of AI-generated code, announced it has raised $35 million in Series B funding. The round was led by One Peak, with participation from existing investors Spark Capital, Frontline Ventures, and Firstminute Capital.

Spellbook: $40 Million Debt Financing Secured To Fund Legal AI Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2026

Spellbook, an AI copilot platform for contracts, announced it has secured $40 million in debt financing from RBCx, the technology and innovation banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, to support strategic acquisitions as the legal AI sector undergoes consolidation.

Surf Internet: $407 Million Fiber ABS Closed To Support Broadband Network Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Surf Internet announced the closing of a $407 million fiber asset-backed securitization designed to strengthen the company’s long-term capital structure and accelerate fiber network expansion across the Great Lakes region.

Cancer Grand Challenges: $125 Million Awarded To Five Global Research Teams Tackling Major Cancer Questions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Cancer Grand Challenges, a global research initiative co-founded by Cancer Research UK and the U.S. National Cancer Institute, has awarded $125 million to five international teams of scientists working to address some of the most complex and unresolved problems in cancer research.

All Seas Capital: Investment In Funeral Services Platform Sereni To Support Buy-And-Build Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Pan-European private capital firm All Seas Capital has announced an investment in Sereni, a funeral services platform operating across Belgium, Germany, and Poland. The investment is intended to support Sereni’s buy-and-build strategy and accelerate the scaling of its operations across European markets.

Hightower Advisors: $5 Billion AUM Firm Journey Strategic Acquired

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Hightower Advisors has agreed to acquire Journey Strategic Wealth in a deal that will add about $5 billion in assets under management to its Hightower Signature Wealth platform, marking the first external acquisition for the W-2 advisor channel.

Attain Finance: C$250 Million Credit Facility Secured To Refinance Canadian Financing And Lower Cost Of Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Attain Finance announced it has entered into a new C$250 million credit facility designed to refinance its previous Canadian SPV II facility and strengthen the company’s capital structure.

Eight Sleep: Funding Raised At $1.5 Billion Valuation For AI-Driven Predictive Health Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Eight Sleep announced a new strategic funding round led by Tether Investments, valuing the company at $1.5 billion, supporting its expansion from sleep optimization into a predictive AI-driven health platform.

Cart.com: $180 Million Raised For Unified Commerce And Logistics Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Cart.com announced that it has secured a $180 million growth equity investment led by Springcoast Partners, providing the Houston-based unified commerce and logistics platform with additional capital to expand its technology, fulfillment network, and artificial intelligence capabilities.

Northisle Copper And Gold: $115 Million Financing For Project Advancement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Northisle Copper and Gold announced a total financing of up to $115 million through a combination of brokered and non-brokered offerings to support development of its North Island Project in British Columbia.

proteanTecs: Strategic Investment From TGVP To Expand Semiconductor Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

proteanTecs, a provider of health and performance monitoring solutions for advanced electronics, announced that it has secured a strategic investment from TGVP, the U.S.-based corporate venture capital arm of TOPPAN Group. The investment brings the company’s total funding to more than $250 million.

STG: $1.3 Billion Raised For Allegro II Enterprise Software Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

STG announced the final closing of its STG Allegro II fund with more than $1.3 billion in committed capital, surpassing its original $950 million target and reaching its hard cap in under four months.

The Rohatyn Group: $72 Million Financing For Mexican Teak Plantation Operator Agropecuaria Santa Genoveva

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

The Rohatyn Group (TRG), a global asset manager focused on emerging markets and real assets, announced the closing of a $72 million senior secured financing for Agropecuaria Santa Genoveva, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (AGSA), one of the largest vertically integrated plantation teak operators in Latin America.

Qualitas Funds: €100 Million Secondaries Fund Launched For European Lower Mid Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Madrid-based private markets investor Qualitas Funds has launched its first dedicated secondaries vehicle, Qualitas Secondary Opportunities I, with a hard cap of €100 million. The new fund will focus on the European lower mid-market, including the United Kingdom, and marks the firm’s expansion into the secondaries segment of private equity. The strategy is designed to complement the firm’s existing investment programs, which include fund-of-funds strategies, co-investment vehicles, and NAV financing funds.

TotalEnergies: €500 Million Partnership With AllianzGI For German Battery Storage Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Allianz Global Investors for the sale of a 50% stake in a portfolio of 11 battery storage projects currently under construction in Germany, representing a total investment of €500 million.

Cyclops: $8 Million Raised For Stablecoin And Crypto Infrastructure Platform For Payments Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Cyclops announced it has raised $8 million in a strategic investment round backed by Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime, and Shift4 Payments. The funding will support the development of a stablecoin and crypto infrastructure platform built specifically for the payments industry.

HawkEye 360: $23 Million Raised In Additional Series E Financing To Support Signals Intelligence Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

HawkEye 360 announced an additional close of its Series E financing, raising approximately $23 million in new capital to support the company’s continued expansion in signals intelligence data and analytics. The latest funding round includes participation from new investors Ghisallo, Principia Growth, and Sixty Degree Capital, along with continued participation from existing investor Strategic Development Fund (SDF). The company said the additional capital will strengthen its balance sheet while enabling it to continue executing strategic growth priorities.

Vivox AI: £1.3 Million Raised For Financial Crime Compliance AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Vivox AI, a London-based technology company developing AI agents for financial crime compliance, has raised £1.3 million in its first funding round to accelerate product development and scale its enterprise platform. The round includes backing from Axel Weber, former president of Germany’s central bank and chairman of UBS Group, along with Dan Cobley, former managing director at Google UK. Additional investors include senior executives from Barclays, Onfido co-founder Kos Stiskin, Finom co-founder Kos Stiskin, Startup Wise Guys, Printify and Printful founder and executive chairman James Janis Berdigans, Venture Together, and other fintech and technology investors.

Halogen Ventures: $10 Million Alabama Initiative Backs First Nine Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Halogen Ventures announced its first nine investments in Alabama one year after partnering with Innovate Alabama to deploy $10 million aimed at expanding the state’s startup ecosystem and supporting companies with at least one female founder.

Cuesta Partners: Strategic Investment From Riveron And Kohlberg To Expand AI And Data Advisory Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Chicago-based AI and data technology firm Cuesta Partners has secured a strategic investment and growth partnership with Riveron, a national business advisory firm backed by Kohlberg, a private equity firm, to expand AI-driven advisory services for middle-market companies.

Clark Atlanta University: $5.23 Million In Federal Funding Secured For Science Education, Cybersecurity Research, And Campus Safety

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Clark Atlanta University announced that it has secured $5.23 million in federal funding over the past four years to support science education, cybersecurity research, and campus safety initiatives. The funding was obtained through Congressionally Directed Spending across two presidential administrations and reflects bipartisan support from federal lawmakers.

Purchasing Power: $225 Million Asset-Backed Securities Transaction Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Purchasing Power, a subsidiary of PROG Holdings, announced it has closed a $225 million asset-backed securities transaction backed by a diversified pool of consumer receivables generated through the company’s payroll purchase platform.

Breezeway: Strategic Growth Investment To Accelerate AI Innovation And Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Breezeway, a vacation rental operations platform, announced a strategic growth investment led by Resurgens Technology Partners, a software-focused private equity firm. The investment is aimed at accelerating Breezeway’s product development, expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities, and supporting the company’s continued global expansion.

Seaport Therapeutics: $15 Million ARPA-H Award To Advance GlyphCele Oral Therapeutic For Gut Lymphatic Dysfunction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Seaport Therapeutics announced that it has been awarded up to $15 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to advance GlyphCele, an investigational oral therapeutic designed to restore gut lymphatic function. The funding will support the development of the drug candidate in collaboration with the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS).

Minit Games: $2 Million Raised For Feed-First Short-Form Gaming Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Hamburg-based mobile gaming startup Minit Games has emerged from stealth with $2 million in pre-seed funding to develop a feed-first platform for short-form gaming. The round was led by LVP and Sony Innovation Fund, with participation from industry angels Stefan Klemm, Timo Soininen, and Klaas Kersting.

RIFT: €114 Million Raised To Scale Iron Fuel Technology For Industrial Decarbonization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

RIFT, a Netherlands-based cleantech company developing iron fuel technology, announced it has secured €113.8 million in financing to scale its circular iron fuel system and advance toward commercial deployment for industrial heat applications.

Mycoverse: €2.4 Million Raised For Fungal-Based Biological Crop Protection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2026

Mycoverse, a Denmark-based agri-tech startup developing fungal-based biological crop protection, announced that it has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed equity funding to accelerate development of solutions targeting potato late blight, one of Europe’s most destructive crop diseases.