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September 5–6 VC News: Swish $250M Fund III, ServiceNow–Sweep Reported
Swish Ventures closed Fund III at $250 million (September 3; $800 million is AUM). ServiceNow confirmed it acquired Sweep with no release; about $400 million is Geektime. Roundup-only: AI Score $5.4 million, iPremom €15 million, Adobe–Rilo, Tensive €20 million EIB loan.
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September 6 gap-fill of two September 3 items the XDOF / Nscale tape did not own. Swish Ventures closed Fund III at $250 million (~$800 million is AUM). ServiceNow confirmed it acquired Sweep — no release; about $400 million is Geektime. Dated snapshot through September 6; not a live deal feed.
Deep dives
| Entity | Amount | Type | What is actually known | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swish Ventures | $250M | Fund III close | Casspi / Globes / JPost. $800M = AUM. Named overlap: Cognition, Wonderful, Upwind. | Swish memo |
| Sweep | $400M reported | Acquisition | Spokesperson to CTech / Geektime. No release. Insight / Bessemer historical. | Sweep memo |
Briefs (same window)
AI Score — $5.4M seed (Fuel Ventures)
London AI-governance company. Tech.eu, September 4: $5.4 million seed led by Fuel Ventures, GALLOS returning; follows a $1 million November 2025 pre-seed. No valuation. Too small for a standalone here; no /startup/ page yet. No /fund/ for Fuel or GALLOS.
iPremom — €15M seed (Amadeus)
Valencia molecular diagnostics. EU-Startups, September 2: €15 million seed led by Amadeus Capital Partners; Asabys and APEX in. MaiRa cfRNA first-trimester risk. No valuation. No entity page yet. No /fund/ for Amadeus, Asabys, or APEX.
Adobe × Rilo — team / IP, terms undisclosed
TechCrunch, September 2: Adobe confirmed a licensing and team deal for India marketing-intelligence startup Rilo. No price. Prior: $1 million at $10 million from PeakXV, DeVC, Day Zero. Six-person team. Missed on the September 2 indexes. Off-thesis size.
Tensive — €20M EIB convertible loan
Milan medtech. EU-Startups, September 3: €20 million EIB convertible loan (two tranches, 20-year maturity) under InvestEU — half of a €40 million plan. Not equity.
Explicitly not this index
- XDOF / Nscale talks — September 4–5 index.
- Crusoe, Gimlet, Upwind’s round, Ultrahuman, Guardio, HiBob, Atira, Hivebotics, Octave.energy — September 2–3 Wonderful/Console index and September 4–5 industrial index.
- Nexeon £100 million — National Wealth Fund August 31. Aggregator dates are not a new close.
- Netris $15 million a16z — June 25. Recap sites dated September 6 are reprints.
- Etched $700 million / $21 billion — August 18. Already on
/2026-etched-700m-21b-jane-street. - CVC Secondary $10 billion SOF VI — PE secondaries; no CVC
/fund/page.
Related: September hub · September 4–5 · September 6–7 Nua · Console.
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