NYC VC Fund Launch: Blue Cloud Ventures Closes Fund V, Crosses $1B AUM
New York-based Blue Cloud Ventures announced the final close of Fund V on June 2, 2026, bringing total AUM above $1 billion for enterprise SaaS and AI growth investing.
New York-based Blue Cloud Ventures announced the final close of Fund V on June 2, 2026, bringing total AUM above $1 billion for enterprise SaaS and AI growth investing.
Aippy, built by NADA AI, raised tens of millions at a $250M valuation in June 2026 to build the first AI-native game community — Asia's answer to AI entertainment.
Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer's Gigascale Capital closed its first institutional fund at $250M in June 2026 to back energy, materials, and grid infrastructure.
May's European funding headline was driven by a small set of mega-rounds in defense, space, quantum, and physical AI—not a broad-based recovery.
Beyond the headline rounds, India's May 2026 mid-market spanned fintech (Sahi $33M), synthetic biology (StrainX $13M), B2B commerce, edtech, and precision manufacturing.
Anthropic's mega-round dominated May, while defense, enterprise AI, space, and infrastructure financings show where large U.S. checks still cleared.