Venture Capital News, Guides & Fund Directory
Venture capital fuels the companies that reshape industries — from AI infrastructure and fintech to healthcare and defense tech. This hub collects our latest analysis on how VC firms evaluate startups, structure deals, and deploy capital across stages and geographies.
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- Fund profiles & directories: Stage focus, sector thesis, and check-size context for active investors
- Deal flow analysis: Funding roundups, mega-rounds, and emerging-manager activity
- Founder playbooks: Pitch decks, term sheets, warm intros, and fundraising strategy
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Flam’s $40M Series B: QED Backs Interactive Content Infrastructure
San Francisco’s Flam raised $40M Series B led by QED Investors on September 14, 2026, citing 100+ enterprise customers including Google and a next-year path toward ~$100M ARR — interactive video, 3D, and visual agents rather than one-way gen-media.
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Nuance Labs’s $50M Series A: Lightspeed Bets on Face-to-Face AI
Seattle’s Nuance Labs raised $50M Series A led by Lightspeed on September 14, 2026, with Accel, NVIDIA, South Park Commons, and Define Ventures — funding a full-duplex foundation model for human conversation before a public research preview.
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Cohere $2–3B at $20B: Talks, Not a Close — April Already Used $20B
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.
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Open Cosmos’s €300M Series C: Profitable European Satellites at Factory Scale
Open Cosmos closed €300M (~$351M) Series C led by ETF Partners on September 14, 2026 — with LocalGlobe’s Phoenix Court in the syndicate — after five years of profitable growth, $370M+ contracts, and one-satellite-per-day manufacturing capacity (company).
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Intrepid Growth Closes $525M Fund I — $25M Over Target, Not AUM
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.