Venture Capital

Willow Raises $7 Million Seed Funding To Expand Enterprise AI Agent Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Willow, an agentic access platform focused on helping enterprises securely adopt and govern AI agents, announced it has emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Hetz Ventures and follows early angel investments from Avishai Abrahami and Nir Zohar. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate product development and expand its go-to-market efforts.

Naturion Secures Landmark Financing To Expand Environmental Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Naturion, an integrated owner of environmental infrastructure assets, announced the closing of a landmark financing with Societe Generale and HSBC Asset Management to support the continued expansion of its portfolio of stream and wetland restoration assets across the United States.

AnaCap Raises Over €320 Million For Flagship Buyout II Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

AnaCap, a private equity firm focused on founders and entrepreneurial management teams in the European financial ecosystem, announced the successful final close of its latest flagship fundraising vehicle, Buyout II.

York Space Systems Raises $67 Million To Acquire Solestial And Secure U.S. Space Solar Supply Chain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

York Space Systems announced the completion of its acquisition of Solestial, a developer of next-generation space solar technology, in a deal valued at approximately $67 million. The transaction strengthens York’s control over a critical component of spacecraft manufacturing by securing a domestic source of space-qualified solar technology at a time when much of the industry remains dependent on foreign-controlled supply chains.

Endra Raises $50 Million Series A To Build AI-Based Infrastructure Platform For MEP Engineering Firms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Endra announced that it has raised $50 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Norrsken VC and Notion Capital. The new financing brings the company's total funding to $74 million raised over the past 12 months.

Honeycomb Insurance Raises $40 Million To Expand AI-Powered Commercial Real Estate Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Honeycomb Insurance, a digital insurer focused on apartment buildings and condominium associations, announced a $40 million funding round led by Zeev Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to $95 million.

Montara Therapeutics Receives $1 Million Grant From The Michael J. Fox Foundation To Advance Parkinson’s Disease Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Montara Therapeutics announced that it has received a research grant of approximately $1 million from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to advance a new Parkinson’s disease program based on its BrainOnly™ platform technology.

Innovorder Raises €20 Million To Accelerate AI-Powered Restaurant Digitalization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Innovorder announced a €20 million funding round as the company seeks to become the European leader in restaurant digitalization and expand its role from a leading French scale-up to a consolidator in the European hospitality technology market.

Alpha Compute: $79.2 Million In Assets, $23 Million Revenue Run Rate, And Completes GAMEE Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Alpha Compute Corp., an AI GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) and confidential computing company, announced a business update highlighting operational, financial, and strategic milestones, including the completion of its GAMEE acquisition, the launch of its “Own Your Data” national media campaign, and continued expansion of its sovereign AI infrastructure platform.

Seres Therapeutics: $25 Million Deal And Lease Restructuring Extend Cash Runway Into Q1 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Seres Therapeutics announced two strategic transactions designed to strengthen its balance sheet, lower operating expenses, and extend its projected cash runway well into the first quarter of 2027.

AethexAI Raises $3 Million Pre-Seed Round And Launches Kora 1 Voice AI Platform For Emerging Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

AethexAI announced its official launch along with a $3 million pre-seed funding round led by 4DX Ventures, with participation from Enza Capital, Dorm Room Fund, Mojo Ventures, 26 Fund, and a group of angel investors that includes contributors from Anthropic, Stanford faculty, and telecommunications executives across the Middle East and Africa.

Airspeed Raises $20 Million Series A To Help GTM Teams Execute In The Era Of Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Airspeed, a company focused on helping go-to-market (GTM) teams improve execution through AI-powered agents, announced that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was led by DN Capital, with participation from Vi Partners, Framework Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, and other investors.

Merantix Capital Raises €103 Million AI Fund To Back Early-Stage European Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Merantix Capital announced the closing of a €103 million AI-focused fund to support early-stage, AI-native startups across Europe. The new fund will invest in approximately 40 companies across the pre-idea, pre-seed, and seed stages, with a focus on founders building AI-driven solutions for major industries, including logistics, manufacturing, energy, finance, healthcare, life sciences, robotics, enterprise software, and physical AI.

Kodesage Raises $6.6 Million Seed Round To Modernize Legacy Enterprise Software With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Kodesage announced that it has raised $6.6 million in seed funding to help enterprises modernize mission-critical legacy software systems. The round was led by VentureFriends, with participation from returning investor Portfolion and a group of angel investors that included Christian Szegedy, co-founder of xAI, and World Cup-winning soccer player Mario Götze.

WasabiCard Raises Nearly $10 Million In Pre-A Funding To Expand Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

WasabiCard, a global payment infrastructure platform focused on connecting stablecoins with real-world financial applications, announced the completion of its Series Pre-A funding round, bringing its total funding to nearly $10 million.

Generalist Raises $400 Million To Accelerate Development Of Physical AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Generalist, a company focused on building foundation models for robotics and physical-world intelligence, announced a new $400 million funding round to accelerate its mission of developing what it describes as “physical AGI,” bringing its total funding to more than $500 million.

AlphaSense Raises $350 Million At $7.5 Billion Valuation While Surpassing $600 Million In Annual Recurring Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

AlphaSense announced a $350 million funding round that values the AI-powered market intelligence platform at $7.5 billion, nearly doubling its previous $4 billion valuation and bringing total funding raised to more than $1 billion.

Cense Raises €6.5 Million Seed Round To Expand Digital Asset Compliance Platform Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Cense announced a €6.5 million seed funding round co-led by Giesecke+Devrient Ventures and Rabo Investments, with additional participation from several angel investors.

Shifters Raises $10.2 Million Seed Round To Advance AI-Native Autonomous Ground Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Shifters, a technology company developing AI-native autonomous robotic teams, announced a $10.2 million seed funding round led by Ace Capital Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to $15 million.

Offroad Raises $7 Million To Build An AI-Powered Identity Security Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Offroad, a startup focused on identity security automation, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding led by Ibex Investors and Skywell Capital Partners. The company is developing an AI-powered identity security platform designed to investigate and remediate risks across human identities, machine identities, OAuth applications, service accounts, and AI agents.

New Dawn Bio Raises €2.1 Million Pre-Seed Round To Commercialize Cultured Wood

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

New Dawn Bio announced an oversubscribed €2.1 million pre-seed funding round to advance the development and commercialization of cultured wood, a technology designed to produce wood without harvesting trees.

Backcast Partners Makes Follow-On Investment In Guardian Fleet Services To Support Expansion Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Backcast Partners announced a follow-on investment in Guardian Fleet Services, a leading provider of commercial towing, recovery, and specialized transportation services across the United States.

Ona Therapeutics Raises $86.6 Million Series B To Advance First-In-Class ADC Cancer Programs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Ona Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for treatment-resistant cancers, announced the close of an oversubscribed $86.6 million Series B financing to support the advancement of its oncology pipeline into clinical development.

Collate Raises $95 Million Series A To Expand AI Platform For Regulated Life Sciences Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Collate announced a $95 million Series A funding round as the company continues building an AI-native platform designed for regulated workflows across the life sciences industry. The round was led by a group of investors that includes Redpoint Ventures, First Round Capital, CRV, Conviction, and Y Combinator. The company said the funding will support its mission of delivering trusted, patient-first artificial intelligence solutions for pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations.

RadX Receives Investment From Kain Capital To Expand Outpatient Radiology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2026

Kain Capital announced the completion of its investment in RadX Inc., an outpatient radiology platform operating a network of 26 independent imaging centers across Florida, Michigan, Maryland, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. The investment is intended to support RadX’s continued expansion across high-growth and underserved markets as demand for outpatient diagnostic imaging services continues to increase.

Bridge Logistics Properties Raises Nearly $1.4 Billion For Value Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2026

Bridge Investment Group announced the successful completion of fundraising for Bridge Logistics Value Fund II (BLV II), securing nearly $1.4 billion in equity commitments across the fund and related parallel vehicles. The fundraising total exceeded the fund’s original $1 billion target, reflecting strong investor demand for logistics and industrial real estate opportunities.

Bowman Secures More Than $4 Million In Mining-Related Contract Awards

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2026

Bowman announced that it has secured a series of mining-related contracts totaling more than $4 million, expanding its presence in the infrastructure-intensive natural resources sector. The new awards support U.S.-based critical-minerals and precious-metals extraction projects and highlight the company's growing role in mining-related engineering and technical services.

encosa Energy: €25 Million Seed Round Raised To Expand Battery Storage Solutions For German SMEs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2026

encosa Energy announced the closing of a €25 million seed funding round as the company scales its battery energy storage platform designed to help German small and medium-sized enterprises reduce energy costs and improve energy efficiency.

LightPath Technologies Announces $100 Million Registered Direct Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2026

LightPath Technologies, a provider of next-generation optics and imaging systems serving defense and commercial markets, announced a $100 million registered direct primary and secondary offering of Class A common stock.

Lassie Raises $35 Million Series A To Build Autonomous AI Systems For Small Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 6, 2026

Lassie, a company developing autonomous AI systems designed to handle administrative work for small businesses, announced it has raised $35 million in Series A financing, bringing its total funding to $47 million. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Night Capital, Superhuman founder and former CEO Rahul Vohra, Plaid co-founder and CEO Zach Perret, Wise co-founder and former CEO Taavet Hinrikus, Gokul Rajaram, and Reforge co-founder and CEO Brian Balfour.