Venture Capital

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.

Magnify Ventures Closes $46.6 Million Fund II To Build AI Infrastructure Layer Of The Care Economy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Magnify Ventures announced the launch of Fund II with $46.6 million closed. The early-stage venture capital firm will use the fund to invest in category-defining technology companies driving AI innovation across health, wealth, family care, and the systems that support them.

Kling AI Raises $2.8 Billion To Expand AI Video Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Kuaishou Technology’s Kling AI has raised about $2.8 billion from a group of investors to expand its AI video operations. The financing values the AI video business at about $15 billion on a pre-money basis.

Marlinspike Closes Oversubscribed $127 Million Fund II To Invest In Dual-Use Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Marlinspike Partners announced the final close of Marlinspike Disruptive Technology Fund II at $127 million. The fund surpassed its original $75 million target.

geoSurge Raises $12 Million Seed Round To Advance AI Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2026

geoSurge announced an oversubscribed $12 million Seed round. The financing was led by AlbionVC and included participation from Play Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Celero Ventures, Boost Capital, existing investors Passion Capital and Tuesday Capital, and angel investors from Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, and Signal AI.

Microsoft Launches Frontier Company With $2.5 Billion AI Engineering Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2026

Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Frontier Company, a new operating business focused on helping enterprise customers deploy AI systems at scale while protecting their proprietary data, workflows, and intellectual property.