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September 15–16 Investment News: Grab $1.49B, Pulley Wind-Down, Jack & Jill $40M
Dated coverage for September 15–16, 2026: Grab agreed to buy 60% of Atome Financial for $1.49 billion cash (close targeted Q3 2027). Pulley will cease operations December 8 with Carta as migration partner. Jack & Jill closed $40 million Series A. Reuters reported Anew Labs $290 million at $1.5 billion. Brighteye first-closed Fund III at $72 million.
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Deep dives in this set
| Company / firm | Amount | Type | Lead / key | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grab / Atome Financial | $1.49B cash for 60% | Acquisition (agreed) | Close targeted Q3 2027 | Grab memo |
| Pulley | n/a | Shutdown | Carta migration partner | Pulley memo |
| Jack & Jill | $40M | Series A | Air Street Capital | Jack & Jill memo |
| Anew Labs | $290M at $1.5B | External (reported) | HSG / IDG / Hillhouse | Anew Labs memo |
| Brighteye Ventures | $72M | Fund III first close | Lumina, Zanichelli, PI Impact named | Brighteye memo |
Briefs
Complir ($11M seed, Sep 16). Copenhagen product-compliance software. Tech.eu and Tech Funding News say General Catalyst led, after a $2 million Vendep-led pre-seed in December 2025. Named retailers in TFN: Flying Tiger, Matas, Konges Sløjd, Coop Trading. No valuation. No company blog retrieved. Team of 18 is TFN.
ReEmerge ($37M Series A, Sep 15). Edina, Minnesota medtech exited stealth. PR Newswire: USVP and Santé co-led. Cognitive Network Restoration Therapy for chronic TBI; upcoming study NCT07730099, up to 40 patients. No valuation. Below the AI-infra bar for a standalone memo here.
Fibe IPO observations (Sep 15). Inc42: SEBI issued final observations on Social Worth Technologies (Fibe / EarlySalary). Fresh issue up to ₹750 Cr (~$90 million at ~83 INR/USD, indicative) plus an OFS of more than 4 crore shares. Not listed. TPG, Norwest, Eight Roads are named historical holders in that report.
What we skipped
| Item | Why |
|---|---|
| Factory / Profound / Thatch / AIUC / Evvy | Covered separately from this index |
| Temporal / Cornelis / OpenAI–Glass Imaging | Covered separately from this index |
| Exein / EUCLYD / Open Cosmos | Covered separately from this index |
| Tandem / Qupital / Synapse | Covered separately from this index |
| TesterArmy $1.2M pre-seed (YC) | Below standalone bar |
| Tech.eu Brighteye “$100 billion revenue/year” | Not repeated; likely unit error |
Pattern read
- Unfinished large checks — Grab’s $1.49 billion is structure and 2027 close risk, same family as Hugging Face agreed, not closed.
- Category consolidation — Pulley ends; Carta catches the ledger. Not an acquisition print.
- Agent GTM without the conversion number — Jack & Jill’s 380,000 conversations are not 380,000 jobs.
- China / Europe specialist capital — Anew Labs is a Reuters-only ByteDance spinout; Brighteye is a $72 million first close, not AUM.
Month hub: 2026 September VC News. Prior index: September 10–12 Motive/Xapien.
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