Venture Capital

Inflexion Reveals Record Number Of Promotions In 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Inflexion announced a record number of promotions across its 200-person team. The promotions reflect the firm’s continued focus on career development during a period of strong growth.

Flexpoint Ford Closes Over $460 Million Continuation Vehicle For SageSure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Flexpoint Ford announced the closing of a single-asset continuation vehicle for SageSure, one of the largest managing general underwriters focused on catastrophe-exposed markets. The vehicle closed with total commitments of more than $460 million, including commitments from the general partner and rollover investors.

Tapestry VC Raises $80 Million Fund III To Back Repeat Founders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Tapestry VC announced Fund III, an $80 million fundraise focused on backing ambitious repeat founders building new companies. The firm will continue investing in founders who are applying lessons from prior startup journeys to their next ventures.

Telum Therapeutics Raises €18 Million Series A To Advance Antimicrobial Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Telum Therapeutics announced the completion of an €18 million Series A financing round. The funding will advance the company’s lead antimicrobial program targeting hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii.

Ruya Ventures Launches With $50 Million Fund To Back European Deep Tech Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Ruya Ventures announced its official launch after raising a $50 million fund. The firm said the fund was oversubscribed and that it declined additional limited partner capital to stay aligned with its strategy.

Dawnguard Launches Secure Cloud Architecture Platform With $3.3 Million In Fresh Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Dawnguard announced the public launch of its security architecture automation platform. The platform is designed to help organizations design, build, and operate secure cloud-native systems from day zero through production.

Orbit Capital Holds Second Close Of Growth Debt II At €107 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Orbit Capital announced the second closing of Growth Debt II at €107 million. The milestone reflects support from both existing and new investors.

Climentum Capital Holds First €60 Million Close Of Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Climentum Capital announced the first €60 million close of Fund II. The first close matches the full size of the firm’s Fund I.

Venice Raises $65 Million Series A At $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Venice announced that it has raised $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, and other investors.

Balance Point Invests In AquaVerse To Support Residential Pool Services Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Balance Point Capital Advisors announced an investment in AquaVerse, a portfolio company of Trivest Partners. Balance Point provided debt and equity capital to support multiple acquisitions.

New Mountain Capital Makes Majority Investment In SAM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

SAM and New Mountain Capital announced that funds managed by New Mountain have made a majority investment in SAM. As part of the transaction, New Mountain acquired the ownership interest of Peak Rock Capital, which had been SAM’s majority investor since 2021.

Altera Closes Three Investment Strategies Totaling $136.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Altera announced that it has held closings on three separate investment strategies totaling $136.5 million in capital commitments. The alternative asset manager focuses on the lower market and invests across multiple asset classes.

Taxwire Raises $25 Million Series A To Scale Indirect Tax Compliance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Taxwire announced that it has raised $25 million in Series A funding. The company plans to use the funding to support its goal of becoming a trusted global provider of indirect tax compliance.

Cathay Capital Invests In Ascendia Autism Care To Expand ABA Therapy Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Cathay Capital announced the launch of Ascendia Autism Care, a new platform focused on expanding access to evidence-based Applied Behavior Analysis therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder and their families. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Alva Industries Raises €16 Million To Scale Electric Motor Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Alva Industries announced that it has secured €16 million in financing. The funding will support expanded manufacturing capacity, continued product portfolio development, and international growth.

Peraso Enters $25 Million Committed Equity Facility To Support Drone And Defense Product Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Peraso announced that it has entered into a committed equity facility with Roth Principal Investments, an affiliate of CR Financial Holdings, the holding company for Roth Capital Partners. The facility allows Peraso to issue and sell up to $25 million of common stock to Roth Principal Investments.

Skymantics Wins $9.1 Million IRS Contract To Expand AI Synthetic Data Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Skymantics announced that it has won a three-year, $9.179 million task order from the Internal Revenue Service Chief Information Officer. The award covers Phase 5 of the Enterprise Systems Testing Simulation of the Nation Synthetic Data Engine project, known as SimoN.

TISSIUM Secures €60 Million Financing Package To Support Commercial And Clinical Activities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

TISSIUM announced a €60 million financing package to support its commercial and clinical activities and platform expansion. The package combines a completed €30 million Series D2 financing with a €30 million financing facility from the European Investment Bank.

Wayout International Raises €2.42 Million Series A Extension To Scale Distributed Drinking Water Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Wayout International has raised €2.42 million in a Series A extension. The Stockholm-based climate technology startup will use the funding to execute its first commercial projects and accelerate international market activities.

Inuvo Secures $12.97 Million Financing To Strengthen Balance Sheet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Inuvo announced financing transactions resulting in gross proceeds of $12.97 million. The transactions are designed to provide working capital while retiring the company’s existing debt facilities.

Alkimii Receives Investment From August Equity To Expand Hospitality Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Alkimii announced that it has received an investment from August Equity, a U.K. lower-middle-market private equity firm. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million Series B To Build Video Superintelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

TwelveLabs announced that it has raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by NEA and NAVER Ventures, with participation from Amazon, Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital, and Red Bull Ventures.

EquiLibre Raises Series A At $500+ Million Valuation To Scale AI Trading Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

EquiLibre Technologies announced the closing of its Series A funding round at a valuation of more than $500 million. The round was led by Creandum, and the company plans to use the capital to scale compute infrastructure, expand into more markets, and grow its team of researchers and engineers.

InSoil Secures €120 Million Credit Facility To Scale Agri-SME Lending Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

InSoil announced that it has secured a €120 million senior secured credit facility from Pollen Street Capital. The facility represents one of the largest private credit commitments to date for sustainable agriculture lending in Europe.

Talp Secures Backing From Formus Capital, Aito Capital, Sunshine Lake, And a16z Scout Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Talp co-founder Baran Ataş announced that the company has secured backing from its first group of investors. The backers include Formus Capital, Aito Capital, Sunshine Lake, a16z Scout Fund, and angel investors including Juan Abundes and Kadir Danisman.

Wallbox Raises €11.8 Million And Secures Additional €4 Million Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Wallbox announced the completion of the conditions for the effectiveness of its previously announced financial restructuring. This included an approximately €11.8 million equity raise, along with a separate €4 million investment by FOCUS ON NEXT FRONTIER, the investment company through which Rafael Ruiz channels his industrial holdings.

Platinum Equity Investing In Grand Appliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Platinum Equity announced it has signed a definitive agreement to invest in Grand Appliance, a Midwest retailer and distributor of appliances and consumer electronics.

Jersey Mike’s Files For IPO And Plans NYSE Listing Under JMKE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Jersey Mike’s Subs publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock, according to CNBC. The company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “JMKE.” The number of shares to be sold and the expected price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.

LinqAlpha Raises $22 Million Series A To Build Alpha Intelligence Layer For Global Public Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

LinqAlpha announced it has raised $22 million in Series A funding to build what it describes as the Alpha Intelligence Layer for global public markets. The funding round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures. And the round also included participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms.

KredosAi Raises $7 Million Series A To Expand Enterprise Revenue Recovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

KredosAi announced it has raised $7 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered collections platform for enterprise revenue recovery. The oversubscribed funding round was led by BMW i Ventures. New investors Motley Fool Ventures and Walter Ventures also joined the round, along with existing investors Okapi Venture Capital, StartFast Ventures, SaaS Ventures, and Stout Street Capital.