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September 10–12 VC News: Miro $1.355B EV, Mechanize Talent Deal, Volition $950M
By Venture Capital Tracker Editorial
September 10–12 adds one priced, not-closed acquisition, one talent deal with no confirmed price, and one growth-equity fund close that the other September tapes did not take. Bending Spoons agreed to buy Miro at $1.355 billion EV (~$1.79 billion equity). Google completed a Mechanize talent move ($1.5 billion-plus was August talks). Volition closed Fund VI at a $950 million hard cap ($2.6 billion is AUM). Last verified September 12, 2026.
Month hub: September 2026 VC news.
Deep dives on this tape
| Date | Entity | Amount | Type | What is actually known | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | Miro / BSP | $1.355B EV / ~$1.79B equity | Acquisition (agreed) | All-cash. $295M seller roll. Not closed. Q4 2026. Last private mark $17.5B (Jan 2022). Company ARR ~$600M. Bloomberg $1.36B is rounding. | Miro memo |
| Sep 11 | Mechanize | Undisclosed | Talent deal | BI: completed. $1.5B+ was talks. Not an acquisition. Besiroglu → DeepMind. | Mechanize memo |
| Sep 11 | Volition Capital | $950M | Fund VI close | Hard cap. >$2.6B is AUM. June Form D $875M. | Volition memo |
Roundup only
Aqua — $15M Series A, $18.8M lifetime, not an $18.8M round
WealthManagement, September 9 and Fintech Global, September 10: New York alts infrastructure. $15 million Series A led by Arthur Ventures (Alumni Ventures participated). Prior $3.8 million seed (2021) named Gradient / Google’s AI fund and Y Combinator. $18.8 million is lifetime. Do not headline a single $18.8 million close.
Meta / Stilla — acquired, price undisclosed
Graft and Grit / ArcticStartup, September 11: Meta is acquiring Stockholm agent startup Stilla (ex-Shopify founders Siavash Ghorbani and Kaj Drobin). Company said the product continues for current customers. January 2026 $5 million pre-seed is the last named raise in those stories. No price. Below a standalone here.
Mecka AI — ~$500M Sequoia talks, not a close
- Boring $3B / $23B, Positron $875M / $5B, Mach $600M / $3.7B, Maven, Inspiren, Luminary, Graph AI — open PR #147.
- TAR $120M / ~$1B, Pinegrove SIF XII $1.5B, Enflame STAR IPO — open PR #148.
- Motive >$1.3B, Xapien $56M, Ultimarii, Kinetix, Furo, nocall, Enigmata — open PR #149.
- Harvey / Clay / Covenant — already on September 9–10.
- Frazier public-biotech add-on and ARCHIMED PE — skipped (not founder VC).
Related: Miro · Mechanize · Volition · September hub.
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