---
title: "September 15–16 Investment News: Factory $5B, Profound $1.8B, Thatch $1B"
description: "September 15–16, 2026: Factory $200M at $5B, Profound $180M Series D at $1.8B, Thatch $108M Series C at $1B, AIUC $40M Series A, Evvy $40M Series B — plus BRKZ $31M mixed equity/debt brief."
date: 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-september-15-16-investment-news-factory-profound-thatch
---

# September 15–16 Investment News: Factory $5B, Profound $1.8B, Thatch $1B

> September 15–16, 2026: Factory $200M at $5B, Profound $180M Series D at $1.8B, Thatch $108M Series C at $1B, AIUC $40M Series A, Evvy $40M Series B — plus BRKZ $31M mixed equity/debt brief.

## Deep dives

| Company | Round | Amount / mark | Lead / anchors | Memo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Factory](/startup/factory) | Growth (unnamed) | **$200M** at **$5B** | Blackstone, [Khosla](/fund/khosla-ventures), [Sequoia](/fund/sequoia), [Insight](/fund/insight-partners) — **no named lead** | [Factory memo](/2026-factory-200m-5b-khosla-sequoia-coding-agents) |
| [Profound](/startup/profound) | Series D | **$180M** at **$1.8B** | [Sequoia](/fund/sequoia) + [Kleiner Perkins](/fund/kleiner-perkins) co-led | [Profound memo](/2026-profound-180m-series-d-1-8b-sequoia-kleiner) |
| [Thatch](/startup/thatch-health) | Series C | **$108M** at **$1B** | [Index](/fund/index-ventures), [a16z](/fund/andreessen-horowitz), [GC](/fund/general-catalyst), [Scale](/fund/scale-venture-partners) | [Thatch memo](/2026-thatch-108m-series-c-1b-index-a16z) |
| [AIUC](/startup/aiuc) | Series A | **$40M** (**$55M** total) | [Ribbit](/fund/ribbit-capital) | [AIUC memo](/2026-aiuc-40m-series-a-ribbit-ai-agent-insurance) |
| [Evvy](/startup/evvy) | Series B | **$40M** | Catalio (| [Evvy memo](/2026-evvy-40m-series-b-catalio-womens-health) |

## Briefs

### BRKZ — $31M mixed ($13M equity + $18M debt)

Saudi building-materials procurement platform **BRKZ** announced **$31 million** on **September 14, 2026**: **$13 million** Series B equity **co-led** by Wa’ed Ventures and 500 Global (BECO / Anb Seed Fund participating) plus **$18 million** growth debt from Stride under an existing **$30 million** facility. Company claims include **250%** prior-year revenue growth and **$133 million** materials sold. Do **not** headline **$31M** as pure equity ([GlobeNewswire](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/14/3360818/0/en/brkz-secures-31-million-to-scale-ai-enabled-building-materials-procurement-across-saudi-arabia-and-the-gcc.html)).

## What we skipped (already owned / not closed / thin)

- **Exein $270M @ $1.7B**, **EUCLYD >€200M**, **Open Cosmos €300M**, **Nuance Labs $50M**, **Flam $40M**, **AlphaPai $50M** — covered on a separate September 14–15 tape; not re-slugged here.
- **Temporal / Cornelis / OpenAI Glass** — separate September backfill tape; not duplicated.
- **Mecka AI ~$500M** Sequoia — talks, not closed.
- **UniPat ~$300M / $2.5B** — talks, not closed.
- **RobotPlusPlus Series C** — amount undisclosed (“tens of millions”); below standalone bar.

## How to read the day

Three unicorn-or-above marks on one day does **not** mean one theme. Factory is **enterprise coding agents**, Profound is **AI-search marketing**, Thatch is **ICHRA benefits** — different buyers, different diligence. AIUC is the **assurance layer** sitting next to the agent stack; Evvy is **diagnostics data**, not an AI wrapper.

Month hub: [September 2026 VC News](/2026-september-vc-news).

### Sources

1. [Factory](https://factory.com/news/5-billion-valuation)
2. [Profound](https://www.tryprofound.com/newsroom/profound-raises-usd180m-series-d-at-usd1-8b-valuation-to-build-the-ai-platform-for-marketing-teams)
3. [Thatch](https://thatch.com/v3/blog/thatch-series-c-announcement)
4. [TechCrunch — AIUC](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/early-anthropic-hire-former-metr-coo-have-found-a-way-to-rein-in-rogue-ai-agents/)
5. [TechCrunch — Evvy](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/evvy-raises-40m-as-it-seeks-to-further-womens-health-research-with-vaginal-microbiome-data/)
6. [BRKZ](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/14/3360818/0/en/brkz-secures-31-million-to-scale-ai-enabled-building-materials-procurement-across-saudi-arabia-and-the-gcc.html)

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**Last updated:** September 16, 2026

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