Venture Capital

CIM Group: $154 Million Closed In Hotel Loans Across Three Hospitality Properties

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

CIM Group announced it has closed $154 million in hotel loans across three hospitality properties, continuing the company’s focus on hospitality industry lending.

AeroVironment: $20.2 Million Huntsville Expansion To Scale Freedom Eagle-1 Interceptor Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

AeroVironment announced an additional $20.2 million government investment to expand its Huntsville, Alabama facility in order to increase Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) capacity and accelerate future Full-Rate Production (FRP) of the company’s Next-Generation Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Missile (NGCM), known as Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1).

Pagaya: $600 Million Auto ABS Transaction Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Pagaya Technologies announced the closing of RPM 2026-3, a AAA-rated and upsized $600 million auto asset-backed securitization transaction, marking the company’s largest auto ABS deal to date.

BNB Plus: $4.1 Million Strategic Financing To Support Digital Asset And Biotech Review

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

BNB Plus Corp. announced that it secured initial commitments for $4.1 million in convertible preferred stock financing, with the company expecting total proceeds to reach approximately $5 million. The financing is intended to strengthen the company’s digital asset treasury and provide working capital to support a broad strategic review of its operations and assets.

ClearNote Health: $52 Million Series D Raised To Accelerate Early Cancer Detection Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

ClearNote Health announced it has secured $52 million in Series D financing and appointed clinical oncology diagnostics veteran Kevin Keegan as president and chief operating officer. The company said the funding and leadership expansion will support its continued growth as demand increases for noninvasive early cancer detection tools.

Protuoso Biosciences: $9.5 Million Seed Raised For Multifunctional MUXBODY Biologics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Protuoso Biosciences announced the close of an oversubscribed $9.5 million seed financing round to advance its AI-driven protein synthetic biology platform and multifunctional biologics pipeline targeting cardiometabolic, oncology, and autoimmune diseases.

Pace: $46 Million Series B Raised For AI Insurance Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

Pace, an AI operations partner for insurers, announced it has raised $46 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by Thrive Capital and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Emergence Capital and Pruven Capital.

SBI Growth: Strategic Investment From Bow River Capital To Advance Growth Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2026

SBI Growth Advisory announced that Bow River Capital has completed a strategic investment in the company, marking a new phase of expansion focused on talent, technology, and SBI Wayforge™, the firm’s proprietary growth intelligence platform.