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September 14–15 tape: Temporal closed $550 million Series E at $12.55 billion (Lightspeed co-led; ARR dollars still missing). Cornelis announced $205 million with no series letter. WSJ reported OpenAI bought Glass Imaging for more than $300 million — not confirmed. Robocurve $10 million seed is roundup-only.
Fresh Sep 14–15 tape: Exein $270M at $1.7B (Headline), EUCLYD >€200M Series A (Samsung/EQT Scaleup), Open Cosmos €300M Series C, plus Nuance Labs $50M, Flam $40M, AlphaPai $50M — and what we skipped.
The Globe and Mail said Cohere is in advanced talks for $2–3 billion at $20 billion, including Canadian and German government money. Not a company close. Axios already printed ~$20 billion in April with Aleph Alpha and a Schwarz Digits $600 million Series E lead. Mistral’s €3 billion / €21B+ is the close that actually printed.
Ex-CPPIB CEO Mark Machin’s Intrepid Growth Partners closed Fund I at $525 million — $25 million above a $500 million target. Toronto/London AI growth vehicle. Nine investments already. Temasek and Abu Dhabi Investment Council named.
Fresh Sep 13–14 tape: Tandem Health $100M Series B (EQT Scaleup’s first healthcare check), Qupital $300M Series C + ABS package, Synapse Analytics $13M Partech Series A — plus what we skipped (NeoCognition April reprint, Mecka talks).
