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title: "September 10–12 VC News: Miro $1.355B EV, Mechanize Talent Deal, Volition $950M"
date: 2026-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-september-10-12-investment-news-miro-mechanize-volition
---

# September 10–12 VC News: Miro $1.355B EV, Mechanize Talent Deal, Volition $950M

**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](/startup/bending-spoons) agreed to buy [Miro](/startup/miro) at **$1.355 billion EV** (**~$1.79 billion** equity). [Google completed a Mechanize talent move](/2026-google-mechanize-talent-deal) (**$1.5 billion-plus** was August talks). [Volition](/2026-volition-capital-950m-fund-vi) 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](/2026-september-vc-news).

## Deep dives on this tape

| Date | Entity | Amount | Type | What is actually known | Follow-up |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sep 10 | [Miro](/startup/miro) / [BSP](/startup/bending-spoons) | **$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](/2026-bending-spoons-miro-1-36b-acquisition) |
| Sep 11 | [Mechanize](/startup/mechanize) | **Undisclosed** | Talent deal | BI: completed. **$1.5B+ was talks.** Not an acquisition. Besiroglu → DeepMind. | [Mechanize memo](/2026-google-mechanize-talent-deal) |
| Sep 11 | Volition Capital | **$950M** | Fund VI close | Hard cap. **>$2.6B is AUM.** June Form D **$875M**. | [Volition memo](/2026-volition-capital-950m-fund-vi) |

## Roundup only

### Aqua — $15M Series A, $18.8M lifetime, not an $18.8M round

[WealthManagement, September 9](https://www.wealthmanagement.com/advisor-support-platforms/ai-native-alts-platform-raises-18-8m-series-a) and [Fintech Global, September 10](https://fintech.global/2026/09/10/aqua-raises-18-8m-to-build-alternatives-infrastructure/): 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](/fund/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](https://graftandgrit.com/news/meta-acquires-ai-agent-startup-stilla-after-eight/): 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](https://github.com/advissor/cf-page-venturecapitaltrackercom/pull/147).
- TAR **$120M / ~$1B**, Pinegrove SIF XII **$1.5B**, Enflame STAR IPO — open [PR #148](https://github.com/advissor/cf-page-venturecapitaltrackercom/pull/148).
- Motive **>$1.3B**, Xapien **$56M**, Ultimarii, Kinetix, Furo, nocall, Enigmata — open [PR #149](https://github.com/advissor/cf-page-venturecapitaltrackercom/pull/149).
- [Harvey](/startup/harvey) / Clay / Covenant — already on [September 9–10](/2026-september-9-10-investment-news-harvey-clay-covenant).
- Frazier public-biotech add-on and ARCHIMED PE — skipped (not founder VC).

Related: [Miro](/2026-bending-spoons-miro-1-36b-acquisition) · [Mechanize](/2026-google-mechanize-talent-deal) · [Volition](/2026-volition-capital-950m-fund-vi) · [September hub](/2026-september-vc-news).

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**Last updated:** September 12, 2026

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