Venture Capital

Inovia Capital Holds $200 Million First Close For Venture Fund 6

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Inovia Capital has held a $200 million first close for Inovia Venture Fund 6, its latest venture capital fund focused on backing technology companies and emerging frontier technologies.

Hive Raises $27 Million Series B From Frontier Growth To Scale Live Events Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Hive has raised a $27 million Series B investment from Frontier Growth to expand its marketing platform for the live events industry and accelerate development of new artificial intelligence capabilities.

Marquette University Receives $2 Million Gift To Advance Biological Sciences Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Marquette University has received a $2 million gift from alumnus Nanda Alapati to support undergraduate and graduate research in biological sciences.

Upwind Raises $400 Million Series C At $3.8 Billion Valuation As Revenue Quadruples

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Upwind has raised $400 million in Series C funding at a $3.8 billion valuation as the cloud and AI security company expands its platform for securing increasingly complex enterprise infrastructure and autonomous AI agents. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Canapi Ventures and existing investors Cyberstarts, Greylock Partners, Craft Ventures, Leaders Fund, Salesforce Ventures, TCV, Alta Park Capital, Penny Jar Capital, Cerca Partners, Swish Ventures, and Picture Capital.

Switzer-CARTY Secures $300 Million Credit Facility Led By Scotiabank To Support U.S. Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Switzer-CARTY Transportation Services has secured a $300 million revolving credit facility from a five-bank syndicate led by Scotiabank, providing the student transportation company with additional capital to support expansion across Canada and the United States.

Bouwinvest And Tishman Speyer Launch U.S. Office Investment Vehicle With $1.5 Billion Of Purchasing Power

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors and Tishman Speyer have formed a separately managed account to acquire high-quality office properties across major U.S. markets.

University At Buffalo Raises Record $166 Million In Fiscal 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

The University at Buffalo raised more than $166 million in philanthropic support during fiscal 2026, marking the most successful fundraising year in the university’s history.

OH.io Invests $2 Million In CVAT To Accelerate Open-Source AI Data Labeling Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

OH.io has partnered with CVAT and added the open-source AI data labeling company to its portfolio, with sister company OH.io Capital making a $2 million investment.

Wisable Raises $5 Million Seed Funding Backed By The D. E. Shaw Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Wisable has raised $5 million in seed funding as the M&A advisory firm looks to bring institutional-style deal execution to owners of small and midsize businesses.

Nord Quantique Secures $10 Million DARPA Stage B Extension For Quantum Computing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Nord Quantique has secured a $10 million extension to its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Stage B agreement, providing additional funding to evaluate the company’s approach to fault-tolerant quantum computing.

Virent Capital Makes First Platform Investment In Kanahoma

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Virent Capital has made its first platform investment in Kanahoma, a San Diego-based higher education marketing and enrollment services company, supporting plans to build a broader full-service enrollment growth platform.

Fairbanks Morse Defense Awarded $99.09 Million U.S. Navy Submarine Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Fairbanks Morse Defense has been awarded a $99.09 million Naval Sea Systems Command contract to provide life-extension services supporting six U.S. nuclear submarines through 2030. The company, which is backed by Arcline Investment Management, will provide repairs, parts, and labor for Emergency Diesel Generator overhauls on attack submarines and ballistic missile submarines.

Kivo Health Raises $10 Million Series A Led By Allumia Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Kivo Health has raised an oversubscribed $10 million Series A round led by Allumia Ventures to expand its AI-powered virtual care platform for seniors living with chronic disease. Corewell Health Ventures, Y Combinator, Heuristic Capital, and MassMutual Ventures also participated in the financing. The round brings Kivo’s total funding to more than $16 million.

Tenstorrent Raises $1.5 Billion Series E At $6.2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Tenstorrent has raised $1.5 billion in Series E funding at a $6.2 billion post-money valuation to support high-volume manufacturing of its AI computing systems and expand commercially worldwide. The round was led by Trace Capital and Innovation X, with participation from new and existing investors including Agostinelli Group, ARK Invest, Brett Barna, Cadence Ventures, Eclipse, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Maverick Silicon, Morgan Stanley, Protagonist, Sandisk, T. Rowe Price, Tether Investments, Troluce Capital, Virtu Financial, and XTX Markets.

Luxor Technology Raises $16 Million Strategic Round Led By CMT Digital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Luxor Technology has raised $16 million in strategic financing led by CMT Digital to expand its AI compute, hardware, energy, and derivatives businesses. Canaan, MicroBT, Halo, Steelhead, and additional angel investors participated in the round, which includes a combination of primary and secondary capital.

Bizcap Secures $175 Million Credit Facility To Expand Across North America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Bizcap has secured a $175 million credit facility from a U.S. institutional credit manager to increase its lending capacity and support continued expansion across the United States and Canada.

Terradot Secures $34 Million HASI Financing For Carbon Removal Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Terradot and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital have closed a $34 million senior secured term loan to finance enhanced rock weathering carbon removal projects across the United States and Brazil.

Avante Raises $30 Million Series A Led By Frist Cressey Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Avante has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand its enterprise AI platform for employee benefits teams. Frist Cressey Ventures led the round, with participation from Sorenson Capital, Hearst Ventures, Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, and existing investor FUSE. The financing brings Avante’s total funding to $40 million.

University Of Detroit Mercy Receives $7.75 Million For Defense Technology Workforce Programs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

University of Detroit Mercy has received a $7.75 million award from the U.S. Department of War to expand an education-to-workforce pipeline focused on critical technology disciplines.

Sycamore Tree Capital Partners Closes $504 Million Eighth CLO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Sycamore Tree Capital Partners has closed its eighth collateralized loan obligation, a $504 million vehicle investing primarily in broadly syndicated loans issued by U.S. companies.

Tata Communications To Invest Up To $450 Million In 10,000-Kilometer India AI Super Highway

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Tata Communications plans to invest approximately $400 million to $450 million to build an AI-ready connectivity network spanning about 10,000 kilometers across India.

General Atlantic And NFL’s 32 Equity Form Global Sports Investment Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

General Atlantic and 32 Equity, the National Football League's strategic investment vehicle, have formed a global strategic partnership to pursue growth investment opportunities across the sports industry.

Kos Biotechnology Partners Invests In Golden Age Health To Expand Rare Disease Access Across Asia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Kos Biotechnology Partners has made a strategic investment in Golden Age Health through its inaugural Kos BioVentures fund, supporting the specialty pharmaceutical company’s expansion across Greater China and the Asia-Pacific region.

Omnichat Raises $10 Million Series A Led By Openspace Capital To Scale AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Omnichat has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by Openspace Capital, with participation from Darwin Ventures and Acorn Pacific Ventures.

Rently Secures $12 Million Growth Credit Facility From January Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Rently has secured a $12 million growth credit facility from January Capital to expand its rent payment platform across Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and additional markets.

Advent Raises $30 Billion Across Global Private Equity Fund Complex

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Advent has raised $30 billion across its global private equity fund complex, including nearly $27 billion for its 11th flagship fund and more than $3 billion for a new mid-market investment strategy.

Broadcom And Financial Partners Arrange $63 Billion Financing For Anthropic AI Compute Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Broadcom, Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi, and Morgan Stanley have announced a $63 billion financing transaction designed to support the deployment of artificial intelligence compute capacity for Anthropic.

Meta Plans $95 Billion Equity Raise To Fund AI Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 26, 2026

Meta Platforms has launched approximately $35 billion of concurrent public equity offerings and plans to establish an approximately $60 billion at-the-market program as the company expands investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and personal superintelligence.

Norges Bank Investment Management Commits €1.5 Billion To European Logistics Partnership With Ares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 26, 2026

Norges Bank Investment Management has agreed to form a new strategic partnership with Ares Real Estate focused on investing in, developing, and operating logistics properties across Europe.

SpaceX Closes $40 Billion Debt Financing For AI Chip Purchases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 26, 2026

SpaceX has closed $40 billion in debt financing to buy graphics processing units to support its growing artificial intelligence operations, according to CEO Elon Musk.