Venture Capital

STS Digital: $30 Million Strategic Round Closed For Crypto Options Trading Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

STS Digital announced it has closed a $30 million strategic funding round led by CMT Digital, with participation from Payward, Strobe Ventures, Arrington Capital, F-Prime, and BitRock Capital, to accelerate the growth of its crypto options trading platform.

Greenbriar Equity Group: $5.4 Billion Raised For Oversubscribed Seventh Private Equity Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Greenbriar Equity Group announced the final closing of Greenbriar Equity Fund VII, L.P. with total capital commitments of $5.4 billion, marking the firm’s largest fund to date. The fundraise was significantly oversubscribed, surpassing its $4.25 billion target, and was completed on an accelerated timeline following a first close in December 2025.

Proxymity Announce Strategic Investment As Euroclear Takes Minority Stake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Proxymity, the digital investor communications platform, and financial market infrastructure provider Euroclear announced that Euroclear has acquired a minority stake in Proxymity, becoming both a strategic shareholder and client.

Maersk Deepens Saudi Footprint With Stake In Jeddah Terminal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

The Saudi Ports Authority announced that APM Terminals, a wholly owned subsidiary of A.P. Moller–Maersk, has acquired a 37.5% stake in the South Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port, reinforcing the Danish shipping group’s long-term commitment to Saudi Arabia’s logistics transformation and the growing strategic importance of the Red Sea corridor.

Eventus: Majority Investment From Terminus Capital Partners To Accelerate Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Terminus Capital Partners has made a majority investment in Eventus, a provider of trade surveillance and market risk solutions, positioning the company for accelerated geographic expansion and product growth. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ThreatAware: $25 Million Raised From OnePeak To Expand AI-Powered Security Workspace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

ThreatAware, a cyber asset management and cyber hygiene platform, announced it has raised $25 million in funding from growth equity firm One Peak.

Clee Medical: Seed Financing Secured By Wyss Geneva Spin-Off To Advance Real-Time Brain Surgery Imaging

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

The Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering Geneva announced the successful closing of the seed financing round of Clee Medical SA, a Swiss neurotechnology spin-off developing ultra-high-resolution real-time intraoperative imaging for brain surgery.

SHINE Technologies: $240 Million Raised For Nuclear Fusion And Medical Isotope Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

SHINE Technologies, a nuclear fusion company, announced it has raised $240 million in equity funding and appointed Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., Executive Chairman of ImmunityBio and founder of NantWorks, to its Board of Directors. The round was led by NantWorks, with participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, Pelican Energy Partners, Deerfield Management, Oaktree Capital Management, and other existing investors.

Bandelier: Funding Raised From CerraCap Impact Venture Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

CerraCap Impact Venture Capital (CIVC) has announced an investment in Bandelier Technologies, a New Mexico-based deep-tech company developing memory-free quantum radar, sensing, and advanced metasurface antenna systems for national security, space-domain awareness, and resilient communications. The investment reinforces CIVC’s focus on national security and advanced computing while expanding its portfolio of mission-critical dual-use technologies.

FirmPilot AI: $22 Million Series A-1 Raised For AI-Powered Legal Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

FirmPilot AI, an AI-powered legal marketing platform, announced the close of its oversubscribed $22 million Series A-1 funding round, bringing its total funding to $27.25 million. The round was led by DeepWork Capital, with a significant investment from Data Point Capital and participation from existing investors including Blumberg Capital, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Valor Ventures, SaaS Ventures, and EarlyLight Ventures. As part of the investment, DeepWork Capital Partner Ken Hall has joined the company’s board of directors.

JetScale AI: $5.4 Million Raised In Seed Round For Cloud Infrastructure Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

JetScale AI, a Montréal-based cloud infrastructure optimization company, has raised $5.4 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to accelerate growth and expand deployments across North America and Europe. The company was co-founded and is led by Mehdi Merai and Gabriel De Lisi, who previously co-founded, scaled, and exited machine learning company Dataperformers. JetScale AI was also co-founded by Diagram through its venture studio model, which has launched Canadian technology companies including Nesto and Dialogue.

Secfix: $12 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI-Native Security Compliance Platform Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Secfix announced that it has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Bayern Kapital and neosfer.

Wayve: $1.5 Billion At $8.6 Billion Valuation Secured To Deploy Global Autonomous Driving Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Wayve, a UK-based embodied AI autonomous driving company, announced it has secured $1.5 billion in capital to accelerate the global commercial rollout of its end-to-end autonomy platform, including a $1.2 billion Series D round that values the company at $8.6 billion post-money.

MatX: $500 Million Series B Raised To Accelerate MatX One LLM Chip Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

MatX, an AI chip startup founded by former Google hardware engineers, announced that it has raised a $500 million Series B funding round to complete development and scale manufacturing of its next-generation processor, the MatX One. The funding, one of the largest early-stage raises in the semiconductor industry, was led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness LP, with participation from Spark Capital, Triatomic Capital, Harpoon Ventures, and technology founders including Andrej Karpathy and Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison. Strategic hardware partners Alchip and Marvell also took part in the round.

Aalyria: $100 Million Series B Raised For Space-Based Communications Platform At $1.3 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Aalyria, an advanced aerospace communications company building infrastructure for next-generation space-based networks, announced it has raised $100 million in a Series B financing round at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round was led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, with participation from DYNE and other investors.

ATRO Medical: €3 Million Raised To Advance Artificial Meniscus Toward Pivotal Studies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

ATRO Medical, a Netherlands-based clinical-stage orthopedic medical device company, has secured €3 million in a new financing round to advance development of its Artimis Meniscus Prosthesis, an artificial meniscus implant designed for patients suffering from post-meniscectomy pain syndrome.

Nimble: $47 Million Series B Raised For Agentic Web Search Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Nimble, a real-time web search and data platform focused on turning the live web into reliable, decision-grade data for enterprises, has raised $47 million in Series B financing, bringing its total funding to $75 million. The round was led by Norwest, with participation from Databricks Ventures and all existing investors, including Target Global, Square Peg, Hetz Ventures, Slow Ventures, R-Squared Ventures, J-Ventures, and InvestInData.

Neural Earth: $9.3 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Powered Geospatial Risk Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Neural Earth has closed a $9.3 million Seed round to scale its AI-powered geospatial risk intelligence platform serving the property and casualty insurance and real estate sectors. The financing was three times oversubscribed, underscoring strong investor demand as climate-driven risk complexity continues to outpace legacy assessment tools.

Based: $11.5 Million Raised For Consumer-First On-Chain Trading And Payments Platform In Series A Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Based, a crypto company focused on building a consumer-first, on-chain trading and payments stack, announced that it has raised $11.5 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Pantera Capital, with additional participation from Wintermute Ventures, Coinbase, and Karatage. The investment marks a significant milestone for the company as it continues to expand its infrastructure aimed at enabling seamless crypto-native financial experiences for everyday users.

Genstar Capital Appoints Operations Executive John Kufner To Strategic Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Genstar Capital has appointed veteran operations and supply chain executive John Kufner to its Strategic Advisory Board, reinforcing the private equity firm’s focus on value creation across its industrials portfolio.

General Magic: $7.2 Million Raised By Insurance AI Platform To Cut Quote Time To 3 Minutes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

General Magic, a Toronto-based AI company focused on insurance workflows, has raised an oversubscribed $7.2 million seed round to accelerate the development of its SMS-native AI agents. The financing was led by Radical Ventures, with significant participation from a16z Speedrun and new investment from Figma VP of Product Brendan O'Driscoll and Larry James Erwin from OpenAI. The company has raised $8.4 million to date, backed by Radical Ventures, a16z Speedrun, and Comma Capital, along with operators including Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere, and members of the executive team at Braze, including Kevin Wang, Chief Product Officer, and Spencer Burke, SVP of Growth.

Riyadh Valley Company & SparkLabs Launch $20 Million King Saud University Venture Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

SparkLabs Saudi Arabia has launched SparkLabs KSU Fund I, a $20 million venture capital fund focused on backing high-potential local and global founders building and scaling from Saudi Arabia. The fund received an anchor investment from Riyadh Valley Company (RVC), the investment arm of King Saud University.

Techstars AI Health Baltimore: Expanded Anchor Collaboration Unites Region’s Largest Health Systems And Payer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

The Greater Baltimore Committee announced that the University of Maryland Medical System, the University of Maryland Baltimore and MedStar Health have joined CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Johns Hopkins as anchor collaborators for Techstars AI Health Baltimore, marking the first time the institutions have aligned within a single accelerator collaboration.

NOG: $464.5 Million Ohio Utica Acquisition Closed And $1.8 Billion Credit Facility Expansion Announced

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

Northern Oil and Gas announced it has closed its previously disclosed joint acquisition of non-operated properties in the core of the Ohio Utica Shale and entered into an amendment to expand its reserves-based lending facility.

Kanbrick Announces Growth Partnership With Depatie Fluid Power Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

Kanbrick, a long-term investment partnership focused on investing in and growing family-owned businesses, announced a minority partnership with Depatie Fluid Power Group, a manufacturer, distributor, and service provider of fluid power components and automation systems. The investment is designed to provide long-term strategic support as Depatie enters its next phase of growth.

TBD: $3 Million Raised To Launch Human Sentiment Prediction Market Protocol

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

TBD, a prediction market protocol focused on measuring verified human sentiment, has raised $3 million in a seed round and launched publicly following a private beta. The round was led by CMT Digital and ParaFi, with participation from Jump Crypto.

Guidde: $50 Million Raised For AI Digital Adoption Platform To Train Employees And AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

Guidde, an AI digital adoption platform, announced it has raised $50 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by PSG Equity, with participation from monday.com and existing investors Norwest, Entrée Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, and Inkberry Ventures. The new funding will support broader deployment of its platform, which is designed to train both human employees and AI agents on enterprise software.

Rowspace: $50 Million Raised To Turn Institutional Knowledge Into AI-Driven Edge For Finance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

Rowspace, an AI platform designed to help financial services firms operationalize proprietary data, launched today with $50 million in funding across a seed round and Series A. The Series A was co-led by Sequoia and Emergence Capital, with the seed round led by Sequoia. Additional participants across both rounds include Stripe, Conviction, Basis Set, Twine, and several angels from the finance industry.

RobosizeME: $2 Million Raised To Bring AI Workflow Automation To The Global Hotel Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

RobosizeME has raised $2 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by SeedTwo Capital, positioning the company to expand its AI-powered workflow automation platform across the global hospitality sector.

Copper Sky Capital Rebrands From AZ-VC To Expand North America Investment Mandate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

Arizona-based venture capital firm AZ-VC has rebranded as Copper Sky Capital as it broadens its platform to back early-stage technology companies across North America, with a sector-agnostic strategy and a focus on AI software products.