investment-strategies
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Volition Capital Fund VI Closed at a $950M Hard Cap — $2.6B Is AUM
Volition Capital announced the final close of Fund VI at a $950 million hard cap on September 11, 2026. The firm said the vehicle was oversubscribed and is its largest to date. More than $2.6 billion is stated firm AUM, not this fund. A June 4, 2026 Form D showed $875 million already sold.
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Google Completed the Mechanize Talent Deal — $1.5B+ Was Talks, Not the Price
Business Insider reported on September 11, 2026 that Google completed a talent deal with Mechanize. Co-founder Tamay Besiroglu is now a DeepMind research scientist; more than a dozen former employees moved to Google, mostly midtraining. August talks were reported above $1.5 billion. Final terms were not disclosed. Not an acquisition. Mechanize remains a company under new CEO Guive Assadi.
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Bending Spoons Buys Miro at $1.355B EV — $1.79B Equity, $17.5B Was 2022
Bending Spoons (NASDAQ: BSP) signed a definitive all-cash deal to acquire Miro at a $1.355 billion enterprise value on September 10, 2026. Equity value is about $1.79 billion after net cash. Certain sellers will roll $295 million into new BSP shares. Not closed; expected Q4 2026. Miro last printed $17.5 billion in January 2022. Company ARR claim: about $600 million.
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September 10–12 Investment News: Motive $1.3B, Xapien $56M, Physical AI
Fresh tape after Sep 10 megaday PRs: Motive’s $1.3B+ GC CVF and S-1 pull, Xapien $56M, Ultimarii ~$9.5M (C$13M+), Kinetix ~$75M Angel+, Furo $4M, nocall ~$5.2M, Enigmata $6.5M — plus AIDIN and Provilac briefs.
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Fab2 Raises $500M Series A at $3.7B to Build the Factory That Builds Chip Fabs
Fab2, formerly Atomic Semi, raised a reported $500 million Series A at a $3.7 billion valuation to build its own semiconductor equipment, software-defined fabs, and chip-design tools.