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September 8–9 VC News: Antioch $32M, TrueBridge $508M, YC Seeds
Greylock led Antioch’s $32 million Series A. TrueBridge closed Secondaries II at $508 million. Blee’s Series A is $20 million ($27 million is lifetime). CloudNC’s $20 million is a B extension; $128 million lifetime does not add from 2022. PHYMI’s seed is almost $100 million. Herdr $6 million Bessemer. VideoGen $3.3 million is roundup-only. Mistral, Cognition, and Jet Zero sit on other September indexes.
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September 8–9 adds a Greylock Series A, a $508 million secondaries close, and three YC-adjacent prints that will get copied with the wrong denominator. Last verified September 9, 2026.
Prior tape: September 6–7 Nua. Month hub: September 2026 VC news. YC Summer Demo Day is September 10.
Deep dives on this tape
| Date | Entity | Amount | Type | What is actually known | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | Antioch | $32M | Series A | Greylock led. Ring named. No valuation. | Antioch memo |
| Sep 8 | TrueBridge | $508M | Secondaries II close | Fund I was $230M (2024). $15B is firm RAUM. No /fund/. | TrueBridge memo |
| Sep 8 | Blee | $20M | Series A | $27M is lifetime. Fin Capital + SMBC co-led. YC returned. | Blee memo |
| Sep 8 | CloudNC | $20M | B extension | Four years after Autodesk $45M B. CEO lifetime $128M does not add from 2022 ~$78M. | CloudNC memo |
| Sep 9 | PHYMI | ~$100M | Seed | IDG led. Almost $100M. No exact figure. No valuation. | PHYMI memo |
| Sep 8 | Herdr | $6M | Seed | Bessemer led. YC in. No users in the post. | Herdr memo |
Roundup only
VideoGen — $3.3M seed (YC S24)
Company/GlobeNewswire reprints dated September 8: $3.3 million seed; YC directory lists Summer 2024, site videogen.io, and a 5 million users claim. Named checks in reprints: Rebel Fund, Lobster Capital, Stretford End Capital, Mento VC, Pioneer Fund, Decacorn VC. No valuation. User count is company. Not a standalone memo here.
YC Summer 2026 Demo Day — September 10
YC’s 2026 dates post: Summer Demo Day is Thursday, September 10. The live apply page is Winter 2027, not Fall 2026 late apps. See the application guide.
Explicitly not this index
- Mistral €3B Series D / €21B+ — September 8 Mistral index.
- Cognition >$2B / $48B, Stoke ~$1B, The Exploration Company $450M, Forus $150M / $3B, Sapien $180M mark — September 8–9 Cognition index.
- Jet Zero, Navana, Cato, Jaipur, Fundly, Molten Growth, W Health Fund II — September 7–8 index.
- Ventures Platform $84M Fund II — August 26, already on the Aug 25–26 tape.
- Chime / Stride Bank — public-company bank deal, not this VC tape.
Related: Antioch · TrueBridge · Blee · September hub.
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