Venture Capital

Searchlight Capital Partners Invests In Aderian Group To Support Nordic Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Searchlight Capital Partners has made an investment in Aderian Group, backing the Nordic managed IT services provider as it accelerates expansion across Sweden, Norway and the broader Nordic market.

Monroe Capital Provides Senior Credit Facility To Support Dealer Services Network Acquisition Of GG&D

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Monroe Capital recently announced a comprehensive senior credit facility to support Dealer Services Network's strategic acquisition of GG&D Motor Vehicle Services. This significant move marks a pivotal step in expanding the Frontenac-backed Dealer Services Network’s presence across the western United States, allowing it to better serve its growing customer base in this region.

Empirik.ai Raises $21 Million Seed Round To Build Autonomous Infrastructure Engineer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Empirik.ai has emerged from stealth with a $21 million seed round backed by Sequoia Capital, S32, Canapi Ventures and Alumni Ventures, as the company develops an autonomous infrastructure engineer designed to help enterprises safely manage infrastructure changes at machine speed.

DataAgent Raises $10 Million Pre-Seed Round Led By MizMaa Ventures And Alicorn Venture Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

DataAgent emerged from stealth with the launch of its AI-native infrastructure remediation platform and $10 million in pre-seed funding led by MizMaa Ventures and Alicorn Venture Partners. The company plans to use the financing to bring its remediation-first platform to market and accelerate customer adoption across North America.

Guickly Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round Led By Engineering Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Guickly launched with $4.2 million in seed funding to help enterprises measure, control and optimize spending on artificial intelligence tools and infrastructure. The funding round was led by Engineering Capital, with participation from Converge VC, Neon Fund and angel investors.

BW LPG Launches Approximately $300 Million Convertible Bond Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

BW LPG has announced a significant capital-raising initiative, launching an offering of senior unsecured convertible bonds valued at approximately $300 million, maturing in 2031. This strategic move aims to bolster the company’s financial resources, primarily to support its ambitious newbuild program in collaboration with Hyundai Heavy Industries. The program involves building eight state-of-the-art Panamax Very Large Gas Carriers, which are expected to enhance the company's operational capabilities and market position.

Light Raises $46 Million Series A Led By Matrix

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Light raised $46 million in Series A funding led by Matrix, with participation from Activate Capital and existing investors including Spark Capital, Mischief, Gigascale Capital, MCJ, and BoxGroup.

Nickolas Asset Management And Kreate Invest $100 Million In Ohio Advanced Manufacturing Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Nickolas Asset Management, in partnership with Kreate, has announced a $100 million investment to establish an advanced manufacturing facility in Tiffin, Ohio. This ambitious project includes a sprawling 542,000-square-foot facility dedicated to cutting-edge manufacturing operations to produce a range of consumer and professional products under the Kreate brand.

Aranya Raises $11 Million To Scale AI Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Aranya has secured $11 million in funding, split between a $9 million seed round and an earlier $2 million pre-seed round. First Round Capital, a well-known venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments, led the seed round. It also attracted participation from other notable investors, including BoxGroup, Vermilion Cliffs, and Asylum Ventures. The pre-seed round also drew respected investors, including Founder Collective, Parable VC, and Uncommon Ventures.

Scopia Surgical Raises C$2.65 Million Pre-Seed Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Scopia Surgical has successfully concluded an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round, raising an impressive C$2.65 million. This funding round was co-led by prominent investment firms Linearis Ventures and Anges Québec, with additional support from Fonds Impulsion, HaloHealth, angel investor Richard Rubin, Suresh Madan, and other notable investors.

Sunthetics Selected For $19.5 Million NSF Autonomous Laboratory Initiative

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Sunthetics has been named Co-Principal Investigator on a major National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative, securing $19.5 million in funding. This initiative focuses on creating and deploying AI-enabled autonomous laboratories.

Tripo AI Raises 3 Billion Yuan In Series B And Series B+ Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Tripo AI has raised about 3 billion yuan through its Series B and Series B+ rounds, significantly bolstering its financial resources to expand its generative 3D technology. This funding will allow Tripo to enhance its foundation models, improve computing infrastructure, and accelerate its efforts toward commercialization.

Norbert Health Raises $14 Million Series A For Autonomous Robotic Nursing Assistants

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Norbert Health has secured $14 million in a Series A funding round to further advance its innovative physical AI technology for autonomous robotic nursing assistants. Prominent investors backed the round, including William A. Marino of Cardinal Group, Exor Seeds, and CareIT. Several angel investors also joined the effort, including Alexis Le-Quoc and Olivier Pomel, co-founders of Datadog; Saeju Jeong, co-founder of Noom; and Thomas Clozel, co-founder of Owkin.

Senticell Raises Nearly $7 Million In Oversubscribed Seed Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Senticell has successfully closed an oversubscribed seed financing round, raising nearly $7 million to further develop its innovative liquid biopsy platform that utilizes red blood cells. Notable investors participated in this round, including The Venture City, Capital Factory, Scalpel Ventures, and Evoce Capital, along with several high-net-worth individuals who recognized the potential of this groundbreaking technology.

Visko Raises $10 Million Pre-Seed Round And Launches Orbis Live AI Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Visko, an innovative tech startup founded in 2025 by Qing "Will" Yin, a former Apple researcher with a Ph.D. from Stanford, has successfully secured $10 million in pre-seed funding to further develop its groundbreaking technology. Llama Ventures, a notable investment firm that supports early-stage companies with disruptive potential, spearheaded this initial financing round.

Gridsight Raises $26 Million Series B Led By Insight Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Gridsight, an innovative company specializing in AI-powered grid capacity management, has successfully secured $26 million in Series B funding. Insight Partners led the round, with additional participation from Galvanize and existing stakeholders, including Airtree, Energy Transition Ventures, and Aera VC.

SciFin Raises $44 Million Seed Funding Co-Led By Altimeter And Madrona

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

SciFin has officially launched from stealth mode, securing an impressive $44 million in seed funding co-led by prominent venture capital firms Altimeter Capital and Madrona Venture Group. The round also drew contributions from several other noteworthy investors, including Foundation Capital, S32, Zetta Ventures, and others who share a vision for innovative technological solutions.

N-Power Medicine Raises $32 Million Series B To Expand Community Oncology Research Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

N-Power Medicine has successfully secured $32 million in a Series B financing round, a significant milestone that will support the expansion of its community oncology network. This funding round will also strengthen pharmaceutical partnerships and support the continued development of innovative products to improve cancer care.

Oliver AI Raises Pre-Seed Funding From Menlo Ventures And Unusual Ventures For Agentic AI Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Oliver AI has raised pre-seed funding from Menlo Ventures and Unusual Ventures to scale OliverDB, its high-performance analytical data platform designed specifically for agentic AI workloads.

eComID Raises $17 Million Seed Round Led By Systemiq Capital For AI-Powered Shopping Passport

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

eComID has raised a $17 million seed round led by Systemiq Capital, with participation from Regeneration.VC, Course Corrected, Stadium, and returning investor CapitalT.

SBVA Appoints Former SoftBank Vision Fund Investors Kaz Yoshimaru And Chris Lee As Venture Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

SBVA has appointed former SoftBank Vision Fund investment professionals Kaz Yoshimaru and Chris Lee as Venture Partners, strengthening the firm's investment network across the U.S., Japan, and Southeast Asia.

Jetstream Venture Fund Invests In ImageAiD And Moonrise Medical To Expand AI Healthtech Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Jetstream Venture Fund has made new investments in ImageAiD and Moonrise Medical, expanding its healthtech portfolio with two companies developing AI-enabled vascular diagnostic technologies.

InspeCity Raises ₹100 Crore ($10.5 Million) To Build In-Space Servicing Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

InspeCity has raised ₹100 crore ($10.5 million) in a funding round led by Speciale Invest and Ashish Kacholia, with participation from Antler Elevate, Antler India, Manish Gandhi, Shastra VC, and other investors.

Nscale Secures $3 Billion For Texas And North Carolina AI Campuses Supporting Up To 315 MW Of Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Nscale has closed approximately $3 billion of financing commitments across two senior secured delayed draw term loan facilities supporting large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure deployments in Texas and North Carolina.

EY US Invests $100 Million In Employee Rewards Focused On AI Adoption, Innovation And Future Skills

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

EY US is investing $100 million in a new employee recognition and rewards program designed to incentivize professionals who develop future-focused skills, adopt advanced technologies, contribute to innovation and deliver measurable business impact.

Ares Closes $4 Billion Japan Logistics Fund With $11 Billion Investment Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Ares Management has closed Japan Logistics Development Partners V at ¥612 billion, or about $4 billion, reaching the fund's hard cap and completing the largest closed-end institutional fundraise in Ares Real Estate's history.

Great Hill Invests In Aurenity To Expand E&S Insurance Programs And AI-Enabled Underwriting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Great Hill Partners has made a strategic investment in Aurenity, backing the technology-enabled excess and surplus insurance managing general agent as it expands its underwriting organization, launches additional specialty programs and invests further in artificial intelligence.

Zedge Secures $7.5 Million Insider Investment As Morris Berger Becomes CEO To Scale DataSeeds.AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Zedge has announced an approximately $7.5 million direct insider investment and appointed Morris Berger as Chief Executive Officer as the company accelerates development of DataSeeds.AI into a larger artificial intelligence data business.

Searchlight Invests In Aderian As Nordic Managed IT Platform Reaches SEK 2.5 Billion Revenue And 30+ Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Searchlight Capital Partners has made an investment in Aderian Group, backing the Nordic managed IT services provider as it expands organically and through acquisitions across Sweden, Norway and the broader region.

Cherubic Ventures Closes $68.88 Million Fund VI As AUM Tops $500 Million And Sudo AI Nears $2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Cherubic Ventures has closed its sixth fund at $68.88 million, bringing total assets under management across the firm's six funds above $500 million as it continues concentrating on early-stage AI investments.