Venture Capital

Rent Butter Secures $3 Million Growth Capital Facility To Expand Resident Screening Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Rent Butter, a resident screening platform for property managers and landlords, has secured a $3 million growth capital facility from Bigfoot Capital to support its continued expansion and product development.

TETRA Technologies: Arkansas Bromine Facility Approved Following Final Investment Decision

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

TETRA Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has conditionally approved the final investment decision for the development of its bromine production facility near Stamps, Arkansas, known as the Evergreen Project. The approval remains subject to the company securing financing for the project and represents a major step in TETRA’s strategy to become a vertically integrated bromine producer under its ONE TETRA 2030 plan.

Alexis Black Björlin Joins General Catalyst As Chief Strategy Officer To Help Shape AI Infrastructure Future

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

General Catalyst has appointed Alexis Black Björlin as Chief Strategy Officer, bringing aboard a veteran technology executive with more than 25 years of experience spanning optics, semiconductors, networking, high performance computing, and AI infrastructure.

Eddy Grid Raises €7.5 Million Following Nearly 900% Revenue Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Eddy Grid, a Dutch energy technology startup focused on optimizing renewable energy assets, has raised €7.5 million in a new funding round as the company continues its rapid expansion across Europe. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Utrecht, the company reported nearly 900% revenue growth in 2025, surpassed 500 MW of assets under management, and has already achieved cash-flow-positive operations, a rare milestone for a startup at its stage.

Transition Ventures Raises Over $150 Million To Back Founders Building The Physical World

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Transition Ventures announced that it has raised more than $150 million for its second fund, reinforcing its focus on supporting early-stage founders developing technologies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the physical world.

Mykor Raises £4 Million To Scale Low-Carbon Construction Systems Grown From Industrial Waste

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Mykor, a Bristol-based biotechnology company that transforms industrial and agricultural waste into low-carbon construction products, has secured £4 million in funding to accelerate the scale-up of its industrial biofabrication technologies. The funding round was led by Clean Growth Fund, with participation from the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund through The FSE Group, Green Angel Ventures, and support from Innovate UK’s investor partnership programme. The latest investment brings the company’s total funding raised to £7.5 million.

Pacifico Biolabs Raises €7 Million Series A To Scale Mycelium Protein Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Pacifico Biolabs announced that it has raised €7 million in Series A funding to accelerate the scale-up of its mycelium protein production platform and support its commercial launch. The company’s approach leverages existing brewery infrastructure to produce alternative proteins, creating a capital-efficient pathway to expand sustainable food production.

Stellar Alpina Raises CHF 3.5 Million To Advance Detonation-Based Space Propulsion Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Stellar Alpina, a Swiss space technology startup based at Innovation Park Zurich, announced that it has raised CHF 3.5 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) designed for next-generation in-space mobility. The financing round was led by Founderful, with participation from deep-tech venture capital firm LP&E and a group of strategic investors from the broader deep-tech ecosystem.

Seine Capital Closes Debut Liquidity Solutions Fund At $180 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Seine Capital, a private equity firm founded by former Mantra Investment Partners head of secondaries Fabrice Moyne, has announced the final close of its inaugural fund, Seine Capital Liquidity Solutions, at $180 million. The fund exceeded its original fundraising target of $150 million and closed oversubscribed, highlighting strong investor demand for specialized secondary market opportunities.

CPP Investments Sells C$4 Billion Portfolio of Private Equity Fund Interests To Blackstone Strategic Partners And Ardian

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) announced that it has completed the sale of a diversified portfolio of 33 limited partnership fund interests to Blackstone Strategic Partners and Ardian, two major global private markets investors.

AHL Venture Partners Raises $30.5 Million First Close For Africa Credit Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

AHL Venture Partners announced the successful first close of its AHL Africa Credit Fund I (ACF) at $30.5 million, achieved in less than 12 months. The fund marks the next phase of the firm's strategy to expand private credit financing across Africa while delivering both financial returns and developmental impact.

Andreessen Horowitz Appoints Gaby Goldberg As Partner On New Media Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has appointed Gaby Goldberg as a Partner on its New Media team, where she will focus on the intersection of communications, networks, and investing. The move marks a new chapter for Goldberg, whose career has spanned early-stage investing, communications leadership, writing, and community building.

Pemberton Raises €3.4 Billion For Fourth Vintage Of Strategic Capital Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Pemberton announced the final close of the fourth vintage of its Strategic Capital strategy at €3.4 billion, exceeding its target range of €2.5 billion to €3 billion. The fund is currently the largest opportunistic direct lending fund of its kind in Europe, based on total commitments and available industry data. The latest close brings total commitments across the strategy’s four vintages to €8.3 billion.

First Helium Raises $2.6 Million Through Oversubscribed Private Placement

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

First Helium announced the closing of an oversubscribed non-brokered private placement, raising approximately $2.58 million in gross proceeds. The financing is expected to support continued development of the company's Worsley project in Northern Alberta, along with operating expenses and general working capital needs.

Bit Digital Provides $100 Million Loan Facility To WhiteFiber Subsidiary

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Bit Digital announced it has originated a $100 million delayed-draw term loan facility for a subsidiary of WhiteFiber, expanding financing options for the AI infrastructure company and supporting Bit Digital’s broader capital allocation strategy.

Unilever Invests $270 Million In New Haven Global Innovation Center To Accelerate Beauty And Wellbeing Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Unilever announced plans to invest $270 million in a new Global Innovation Center in New Haven, Connecticut, with the facility expected to open by spring 2029. The center will serve as a major research and development hub for the company’s personal care, beauty, and wellbeing businesses in both the United States and international markets.

Trajectory Raises $15 Million To Build A Platform For Continual Learning

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Trajectory, a research lab and product company focused on continual learning, announced that it has raised $15 million in funding to develop a platform that enables companies to continuously train large-scale agentic models using signals generated from product usage.

allO Raises $14 Million Series A To Build AI-Native Operating System For Restaurants

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

allO announced a $14 million Series A funding round led by Zigg Capital, with participation from LifeX Ventures, Aperture Capital, Wecken & Cie. - Care4 AG, and angel investors Fabian Siegel, Mark Ransford, and Ludwig A. Fuchs. Existing investors 20VC and Keen Venture Partners also participated in the round.

Pharmacity Raises Growth Capital From LeapFrog Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Pharmacity, one of Vietnam’s largest pharmacy retail chains and a portfolio company of TR Capital, has secured growth capital from LeapFrog Investments, a global private equity firm focused on healthcare and financial services in emerging markets.

Volt Harbor Raises $2 Million Seed Funding To Scale Software-Defined Energy Storage For Data Centers And The Grid

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Volt Harbor announced the closing of a $2 million seed financing round led by MFV Partners as the company emerges from stealth mode and accelerates commercialization of its patented MAC-BESS technology. The Ann Arbor-based company plans to use the funding to move from pilot projects to broader commercial deployments targeting both data center power infrastructure and grid-scale energy storage applications.

NALA Secures $50 Million Credit Facility To Scale Global Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

NALA announced that it has secured a $50 million credit facility from LIQUIDITY and MUFG-backed Mars Growth Capital, providing the company with additional capital to accelerate the expansion of its global stablecoin payments infrastructure.

Utilidata Raises $40 Million Extension To Complete $100 Million Series C

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Utilidata, a leader in embedded AI for power infrastructure, announced that it has secured an additional $40 million in Series C funding, completing a $100 million Series C round. The extension was led by existing investor Renown Capital Partners with participation from Keyframe Capital. The financing follows Utilidata’s initial $60.3 million Series C round announced in April 2025, which also included participation from Keyframe Capital, Quanta Services, and NVIDIA.

Canals Secures $35 Million To Eliminate Friction From The Industrial Supply Chain

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Canals, a company focused on applying artificial intelligence to wholesale distribution, announced it has raised $35 million in funding led by Base10 Partners. The investment will support the company’s efforts to streamline interactions between distributors, customers, and suppliers while accelerating product development for the wholesale distribution market.

Cognition Raises Over $1 Billion At A $26 Billion Valuation As Devin Adoption Accelerates Across Enterprises

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Cognition announced that it has raised more than $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation in a funding round led by Lux Capital, General Catalyst, and 8VC. Existing investors participating in the round include Founders Fund, Elad Gil, Alpha Wave, Definition Capital, Positive Sum, Avenir, Vitruvian, Bain Capital Ventures, Conversion Capital, 137 Ventures, Soma Capital, and Omri Casspi. New investors include Ribbit Capital, Atreides, and Layer Global.

Geordie AI: $30 Million Series A Raised To Help Enterprises Govern Autonomous AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2026

Geordie AI announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst and Ten Eleven Ventures, as well as new investor Crosspoint Capital.

WhiteFiber: $100 Million Facility Secured To Support AI Infrastructure Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2026

WhiteFiber announced that it has secured a $100 million delayed draw term loan facility with Bit Digital Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bit Digital. The facility includes the potential to expand to $150 million through mutual agreement between the parties. In addition, B. Riley Securities purchased a portion of the term loans under the facility.

Eleveight AI: $120 Million Invested In Armenia’s First Blackwell-Powered AI Factory

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2026

Eleveight AI announced the launch of a GPU-native AI Factory in Gagarin, Armenia, powered by NVIDIA Blackwell B300 GPUs. The facility is the first deployment of NVIDIA’s Blackwell B300 architecture in Armenia and the South Caucasus, representing an investment of up to $120 million in its first phase and positioning the region as an emerging hub for global AI infrastructure.

SEALSQ: Additional Investment In EeroQ To Advance Quantum Computing Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2026

SEALSQ announced an additional strategic investment in quantum computing company EeroQ and will serve as the lead investor in EeroQ’s upcoming financing round, strengthening its commitment to developing scalable quantum computing technologies and expanding its broader Quantum Highway strategy.

RedCloud: $30 Million Saudi Joint Venture Launches Operations To Deploy AI Infrastructure Across FMCG Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2026

RedCloud Holdings announced the operational launch of its previously announced $30 million joint venture with Kayanat in Saudi Arabia, establishing RedCloud Arabia as the company’s operational foothold in the Kingdom. The initiative is designed to deploy RedAI infrastructure and related products across Saudi Arabia’s estimated $68 billion fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market while supporting the country's broader digital transformation objectives under Vision 2030.

VB Spine: Distribution Agreement With Apolo Medica Expands Reach Into Mexico

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2026

VB Spine announced that it has signed a Master Service Agreement with Apolo Medica to begin distributing its spine products in Mexico, marking another step in the company’s international growth strategy. The agreement expands VB Spine’s presence within North America and follows recent market expansions into the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Australia, and New Zealand.