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Mistral closed a €3 billion Series D led by Samsung Electronics at a post-money of more than €21 billion. June €20 billion copy was talks. Roundup-only: Veridue $4 million pre-seed (Tech Funding News). Jet Zero, Navana, Cato, Jaipur, Fundly, Molten, and W Health sit on the September 7–8 index.
Mistral announced a €3 billion (~$3.5B) Series D on September 8, 2026 at a post-money of more than €21 billion. Samsung Electronics led. Scaleup Europe Fund (EQT) and PSG Equity co-led. June Bloomberg/TechCrunch copy was talks at about €20 billion. ARR was not in the company post. Samsung’s cheque size was not disclosed.
Nua closed a $50 million Series C led by Peak XV and Filter Capital. The company said the print mixes primary and secondary and did not give the split. Briefs: WAD Capital’s €67.5 million first close (Pulse2; search-fund ETA). Atoms robotaxi talk is FT via TechCrunch, not a new round. Pixxel and Zeit clusters sit on other September 6–7 indexes. Next day: Mistral Series D.
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.
Omri Casspi’s Swish Ventures closed Fund III at $250 million on September 3, 2026. The firm said AUM is about $800 million. Named portfolio overlap on this site: Cognition, Wonderful, and Upwind. Sequoia is a press-named LP.
Gap-fill tape: Zeit AI €5M, Diameter Pay $10M, Backbone €4M, Easy Aerial $20M, AI Score $5.4M, Comet ~$10.6M — plus brief notes on Piney and recycled mega-round noise to ignore.
