---
title: "September 1 VC News: a16z Growth $8.5B, Kepler $8M, Cloover $100M Facility"
description: "September 1 tape: a16z’s fifth Growth fund now totals $8.5 billion ($1.75 billion top-up, not a new vehicle), Kepler Aerospace $8 million seed for Indian swarm ISR, Cloover’s $100 million lending facility at a claimed $350 million run rate, and Cherubic Fund VI at $68.88 million. YC Summer Demo Day is September 10."
date: 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
tags: ["2026-vc-news", "venture-capital", "startup-funding", "fund-tracker", "space-tech", "climate-tech"]
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-september-1-investment-news-a16z-growth-india-space
---

# September 1 VC News: a16z Growth $8.5B, Kepler $8M, Cloover $100M Facility

> September 1 tape: a16z’s fifth Growth fund now totals $8.5 billion ($1.75 billion top-up, not a new vehicle), Kepler Aerospace $8 million seed for Indian swarm ISR, Cloover’s $100 million lending facility at a claimed $350 million run rate, and Cherubic Fund VI at $68.88 million. YC Summer Demo Day is September 10.

**September 1, 2026 did not print a US mega-round.** The tape that still needed a page after other August 31 drafts: [a16z](/fund/andreessen-horowitz)’s Growth fund now **$8.5 billion** (a **$1.75 billion** top-up of January’s **$6.75 billion** launch, not a new vehicle), [Kepler Aerospace](/startup/kepler-aerospace) **$8 million** seed, [Cloover](/startup/cloover)’s **$100 million** facility (not equity), and Cherubic **Fund VI** at **$68.88 million**. [Machine Age](/2026-a16z-1-1b-machine-age-fund) remains a separate **$1.1 billion** hardware vehicle from August 28. Last verified **September 1, 2026**. This index does **not** duplicate open drafts covering Gridsight, Polymarket, Adaptyv, Clerky, Sharpa, or Onos.

## What this pass adds

| Company / page | Amount or mark | Status | Why it matters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [a16z Growth](/2026-a16z-8-5b-growth-fund) | $8.5B total ($1.75B add-on) | Company-confirmed; **not a new vehicle** | Scaling-stage book, three days after Machine Age |
| [Kepler Aerospace](/2026-kepler-aerospace-8m-seed-india-swarm-isr) | $8M seed | Reported (TOI / Fortune India) | First external equity since 2018; launch target Dec 2027 |
| [Cloover](/2026-cloover-100m-facility-350m-run-rate) | $100M facility | Reported; **not equity** | Company: profitable at >$350M run rate |
| [Cherubic VI](/2026-cherubic-ventures-68-88m-fund-vi) | $68.88M | Company PR | Early-stage; AUM >$500M is six-fund, not this vehicle |
| [YC Demo Day](/yc-fall-2026-application-deadline-interview-guide) | n/a | YC post | **Summer 2026: Sep 10.** Fall: Dec 2. Apply page is Winter 2027 |

Full memos linked in the table above. YC’s [2026 Demo Day dates](https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/2026-demo-days): **Summer Demo Day Thursday, September 10**; Fall **December 2**. The [apply page](/yc-fall-2026-application-deadline-interview-guide) still lists **Winter 2027** as the live window.

## Roundup only — verified, no standalone URL

| Date | Item | Amount | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sep 1 | xorlab Series A+ | **€5M** | Spicehaus led; named customers Julius Bär, Swisscom, CERN ([Tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/09/01/xorlab-secures-eur5m-to-scale-its-email-security-platform-across-europe/)). No entity. |
| Sep 1 | Airbility Series A | **₩6.5B (~$4.7M)** | Saje Partners lead; **₩10.5B** total (Seoul Economic Daily). Korean counter-drone. No entity. |
| Sep 1 | Beaten Zone Fund I | **A$26M** | Brisbane defence VC. **Australian dollars.** Target had been A$60M. No `/fund/` page. |
| Sep 1 | Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund II | **€33.3M** | Berlin. Compare [Capital F $17M](/2026-capital-f-17m-debut-fund-female-economy). No `/fund/` page. |
| Sep 1 | Turing (Korea) Series B | **$5M / ₩7B** | GPAI study agent. **Not** Turing.com. No entity. |
| Sep 1 | Drumbeat seed | **NZ$2M** | NZ AI comms. Too small for a memo. |

**No action / already covered elsewhere:** Onos Health $17M (on main), Polymarket ~$1B / $21B reported (open draft), Alteon $2.5M (open draft), Gridsight / Reframe / Helcim / Adaptyv / Clerky / Sharpa.

Month hub: [September 2026 VC news](/2026-september-vc-news). Next day: [September 2](/2026-september-2-investment-news-afterquery-frontier-clipto). Prior month: [August 2026 VC news](/2026-august-vc-news).

**By:** [Venture Capital Tracker](https://venturecapitaltracker.com/editorial-policy)
**Last updated:** September 1, 2026

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