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Key takeaways
- Venture Capital Access Online currently lists 210 venture capital and private equity news stories on this page, across four beats.
- The most recent story on this page is dated October 16, 2026; new stories are added daily.
- Deal news covers venture funding rounds; buyout news covers private equity control transactions. The dividing line is control, not deal size.
- Fund news tracks the capital limited partners commit to new venture capital and private equity funds, which becomes the dry powder behind later deals.
- All coverage is free to read with no registration, and has been published by Access InterComm since 1998.
What this venture capital and private equity news service covers
Venture Capital Access Online publishes daily venture capital news and private equity news across four beats: deal news (funding rounds raised by companies), buyout news (acquisitions and take-privates by private equity firms), fund news (new funds raised and closed by fund managers on both sides of the market), and transition news (partner and executive moves between firms). This page lists the 210 most recent stories across those four beats, the newest dated October 16, 2026. Every story is free to read, with no paywall, registration or account. Venture Capital Access Online is published by Access InterComm, which has covered the private markets since 1998.
Read together, the four beats give a running picture of market conditions in the private markets: how much capital limited partners are committing, which sectors sponsors are buying into, and how firms are staffing for what they plan to buy next. Exits show up across the beats rather than in one of their own — a venture-backed company sold to a private equity buyer is reported as buyout news.
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Venture capital deal news: startup funding rounds
Deal news reports capital going into companies: seed rounds, Series A, Series B and later growth rounds raised by startups and private businesses, together with the venture capital firms that led or joined them. These are minority investments — founders and existing shareholders keep control of the company, which is what separates a venture round from the control transactions covered in buyout news.
- Estuary Biotherapeutics Launches with $103 Million to Develop Targeted Gene Therapies for Kidney Disease
- Fission Raises $10M Series A Led by Pantera Capital to Bring Liquidity to Digital Private Markets
- Mueon Raises $65M in Series A Funding to Scale its Cubelets™ Exponential Computing Platform
- Stand Raises $70 Million Series C at $1 Billion Valuation to Make the World's Homes Resilient Against Natural Disasters
- Opsin Raises $21M to Keep AI Agents on Task and Out of Trouble
- CarbonAI Raises $12M to Bring AI Agents to Commercial Real Estate Lending
- Sunbound Acquires Richter Healthcare Consultants, Bringing Decades of Financial Trust and Expertise in Senior Living Revenue Management to Sunbound's Technology Platform
- North.cloud Raises $60M Series B to Unify Spend Intelligence and Enable Full Automation Across Cloud, AI, and Data
- Punch Raises $2 Million to Expand Construction Intelligence Platform
- Homa Raises $5 Million to Redefine Homebuying with AI
- Sirona Medical Raises $40M Series D as Platform Usage Triples
- Marklo Raises $5M to Launch the Agentic Marketing Platform for Modern Commerce
- Othello Raises $8 Million for Real-Time AI Sales Coaching During Live Calls
- Confido Health Expands Agentic Operating Platform to Move Healthcare from Systems of Record to Systems of Action
- Tamr Secures $21 Million in Growth Equity Investment Led by Volition Capital to Accelerate AI-Native Master Data Management
- Duvo Raises $32 Million Series A to Become the One Platform Enterprises Run Their Operations On
- Evos Raises $9M to Bring Autonomous Operators to Industrial Businesses of All Sizes
- Forgepoint raises $9.8M to help manufacturers quote faster and win more business
- Harmonic Security Raises $50 Million Series B, Enabling Safe AI Adoption for Millions More Employees
- Fragment Raises $12 Million Series A to Turn Agents into Financial Operators
- EZ Bombs Raises $25 Million From CAVU After Expanding to More Than 8,000 Retail Locations
- Altay Therapeutics Closes $37 Million Series A Financing to Advance First Oral DUX4 Inhibitor for FSHD into the Clinic
- Aatmunn Secures Up to $8 Million Growth Investment from Memento Growth Partners to Scale SPANR
- Switched Source Secures Over $17 Million to Help Utilities Add Grid Capacity Faster
- Allara Raises $30M to Transform the Women’s Healthcare Experience with AI
- Reach Security Raises More Than $50M Series B to Stop AI-Powered Attacks by Autonomously Closing the Gaps They Target
- ICON Raises $200M Series D to Transform How the World Builds
- Dapta Raises $6M to Accelerate the Adoption of AI Sales Agents to SMBs Across the U.S. and Latin America
- Brellium Raises $23M, Debuts CortexLM to Fix Gaps in Care and Compliance Before They Cost Providers
- Intellivisa Raises $3M to Build the Clearance Layer for Global Travel
- Clueso raises $10M Series A to build the agentic video platform for businesses
- Soufflé Therapeutics™ Announces Oversubscribed $135 Million Series B Financing to Advance Lead Clinical Programs and Continued Pipeline Progress
- Suki Secures $90 Million to Build and Scale AI Agents for Health Systems and Health Tech Companies
- Albert Raises $55M Series B to Scale the First Chemistry-Native AI
- Sharp Biomedical Closes Pre-Seed Funding Led by Gener8tor to Advance Outpatient Spine Procedures for Early-to-Mid-Stage Chronic Pain
- Loops raises $3.5M to build the AI operating system for commerce
- Kapta Space Raises $24M Series A, Secures Multiple Classified MTI Contracts
- Oxide Raises $445M Series D as the Company Proves Vision of Full-Stack Cloud Infrastructure Enterprises Can Own
- Sabi Raises $50 Million Seed Round Led by Khosla Ventures to Put a Brain-AI Interface Inside a Baseball Cap
- Rebel Audio Raises Series A at $50 Million Valuation Post-Money, Backed by Creator Media Company HardScope
- Voltus Raises $225 Million to Make Flexibility Foundational to the Grid
- Peppermint Raises $4.7M to Bring Scientific Precision to the Finances of Clinical Research
- Outro Announces $7M in Funding to Expand Access to Safe Deprescribing, Starting With Antidepressants
- Fortastra Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding to Scale Maneuverable Spacecraft for On-Orbit Security
- Gallatin AI Announces $50 Million Series A to Accelerate Transformation of Military Logistics
- Oratomic Raises $775 Million in Total Funding to Build Utility-Scale Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
- Rein Security Raises $25 Million to Secure the AI Agents Enterprises Build and Stop the Ones That Attack Them
- VEIR Raises $110 Million Series C to Accelerate Commercialization of Superconducting Power Delivery Technology for AI Data Centers
- Matchpoint Therapeutics Announces $150 Million Series B Financing to Advance Pipeline of First-In-Class Oral Small Molecules for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
- Egoist Machines AI Passport Goes Live Today - Only Way To Make Your Personal Context Portable Across AI Assistants Like ChatGPT, Claude, Muse and Gemini - But Still Owned By You
- Wally Raises $25 Million to Scale Nation's Fastest-Growing Oral Care Membership with Unlimited Cleanings & Diagnostics
- Parallel Systems Closes $100M+ in New Funding to Fully Commercialize Autonomous Freight Rail System
- AblePay Health Raises $20 Million Series A to Accelerate Growth and Expand Healthcare Affordability Solutions
- AI order-to-cash platform Stuut raises $52.5M Series B after unlocking 40% more cash for enterprises
- Trmeric Raises $6.5 Million Led by Hitachi Ventures as Agentic Platform Powers $1 Billion in Enterprise Transformation
- Agentiq Raises $4 Million to Launch Fan-to-Athlete Investment Platform
- TeddyHoldings.AI Raises $60 Million in Seed Funding from Leading Investors to Transform Compliance and Client Service in Legal Services, and Announces Over $25 Million in Revenue
- pubX Raises $5M Series A Led by Chicago Ventures and Acquires Compliant to Build Agent-to-Agent Advertising Infrastructure from the Ground Up
- Ampersand closes generation gap between agents and the enterprise software stack, backed by $15 million from Bessemer Venture Partners
- Siena Raises $17M Series A to Expand Its Agent of Record Platform for Consumer Brands
- Avarra Raises $17 Million on a Contrarian Bet: AI that rapidly upskills GTM teams rather than simply automating routine work
- Aventra Raises $17.5M to Scale Production of Piranha, Delivering Affordable Mass and Precision to U.S. and Allied Operators
- KymaThera Announces $80 Million Series B Financing to Advance K-1728, a Next-Generation Pan-Mutant Selective PI3Kα Inhibitor, for Cancer and Vascular Malformations
- Authors First Launches With $10M To Evolve Book-to-Screen Adaptation Model and Puts Authors in the Director's Chair
- Santé Raises $15M Series A to Expand the First AI Operating System for Wine & Spirits Retail
- Melius Raises $25 Million for the First Agents Lab for Creative Work
- Guardrail Technologies Closes Nearly $3 Million in Seed Funding Led by Filter Fund Venture Capital
- Furientis Awarded First Funded Government Contract with Department of War
- Vitalize Raises $31M Series A to Bring “Air Traffic Control” to Healthcare
- Outer Spaces Launches With A New Category Beyond The Walls of The Home - Merging Outdoor Living With Home Energy
- Torch Systems Raises $11.5 Million to Bring AI to the Physical Infrastructure the World Depends On
- Flagship Pioneering Launches iris labs to Transform Human Wellbeing Through AI
- Capitolis Announces $220 Million in Financing, Including $120 Million Series E at $1.9 Billion Valuation, from Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, J.P. Morgan, Nomura, State Street, UBS, Tradeweb, and Others
- Multiply Labs Raises $75 Million Series B to Close the Gap Between Drug Discovery and Drug Manufacturing
- Vinci Raises $250M Series B at $1.5B Valuation to Build the Intelligence Infrastructure for a New Era of Hardware Engineering
- General Medicine Raises $120 Million to Build the Healthcare Store
- PRO SHOP RAISES $24 MILLION SERIES B TO ACCELERATE NEXT PHASE OF GROWTH ACROSS MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMERCE
- Introducing SafeWorld: An AI Lab Building Systems to Improve Robot Safety for the Next Billion Machines
- UpSmith Raises $10 Million Series A to Power the People Who Power America
- Clockwork.io Raises $31M as LinkedIn, Together AI and WhiteFiber Adopt Its Resilience Software to Stop Wasting GPU-Hours
- Valon Raises $150 Million Series D at a $2.3 Billion Valuation to Deploy ValonOS and AI Agents into Mortgage
- Supabase Announces $150M in New Funding and Turso Acquisition
- Walapay Raises $4.6M Seed Round to Put Global Payments on Local Terms
- TriGemX Bio Announces $94M Financing and Initiation of Phase 3 Trials for Elismetrep, A Potential First-in-Class Treatment for Migraine
- Parakeet Health Raises $10 Million Series A Following 10x Growth and Rapid Enterprise Adoption
- Volantis Raises $88M Series A to Demolish the AI Memory Wall With Photonics
- OuterSignal Raises $22M Series A to Bring Agentic Personalization to Every Consumer Brand
- Biotia Raises New Oversubscribed $9M Financing and Expands Board to Scale Infectious Disease Diagnostics in Women's Health and Orthopedics
- doxx.net Raises $38 Million, Led by Andreessen Horowitz, to Launch Agentic Defined Networking
- GMI Cloud Raises Over $660 Million to Accelerate Global AI Infrastructure Expansion
- Fortem Technologies Closes $50M Series B Financing Led by Lockheed Martin
- Novele Closes Oversubscribed $17M Series A to Scale Autonomous Energy Intelligence for Commercial Buildings
- Metaview Raises $60M Series C to Lead the Shift to Agentic Recruiting
- R1 Therapeutics expands Series A to $80.5 million to advance global Phase 2b program in hyperphosphatemia
- Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Secures $9.5 Million Series B to Advance Phase 2 Clinical Development of Breakthrough TBI and Concussion Therapy AST-004
- Quotr Raises $4M to Bring AI Capabilities to Preconstruction
- Relay Raises $36 Million in New Funding from Industry Leaders to Drive Frontline Safety, Productivity, and Operational Intelligence
- Flow Engineering Raises $50M Series B at $750M Valuation to Make Hardware Iteration as Fast as Software
- CScale Exits Stealth With $145 Million to Build the Interconnect for Gigawatt-Scale AI
- Beltic Emerges from Stealth to Secure Autonomous Agent Transactions at Scale
Private equity buyout news: acquisitions and take-privates
Buyout news reports control transactions by private equity firms: majority acquisitions of private companies, take-privates of listed companies, secondary buyouts where one sponsor sells to another, and add-on acquisitions made by portfolio companies. Unlike a venture round, a buyout transfers control of the business, and the purchase price is usually financed with debt alongside sponsor equity.
- Greybull Stewardship Acquires Mid-West Textile
- Sterling Investment Partners Receives Strategic Minority Investment from PACT Capital Partners
- Blackford Capital Acquires E.G. Middleton, Inc., Expanding Its MEP Services Platform into Virginia
- Mason Wells Acquires Canworks
- Terminus Capital Partners makes majority growth investment in PickTrace to support and accelerate the company's vision of building the operating system for specialty agriculture
- HealthpointCapital Makes Significant Investment in Ospitek, a Leading Provider of Surgical Operations and Patient Flow Intelligence Software
- CDS Announces Partnership with LongueVue Capital and Lake Ten Capital Partners to Support Strategic Growth
- ATL Partners Launches New Precise Aerospace & Defense Platform with Acquisition of Precise Metal Products from Staple Street Capital
- GreenVest Announces Strategic Investment from Godspeed Capital
- Northrim Horizon Acquires Cressy, Appoints Brendon Cagney as CEO and Connor Witters as President
- Fengate Private Equity Acquires Majority Stake in Clinical Research of West Florida
- Sopris Capital Acquires Blackford Analysis, Strengthening AI Orchestration Capabilities Across Its HealthTech Portfolio
- Monomoy Capital Partners Announces Investment in Creedence Energy Services
- Kian Grows Essential Services Focus with Acquisition of Integrity Landscape, a Commercial Landscape Services Provider
- One Rock Capital Partners Expands Operating Partner Team With Addition of Damon Anderson
- LongWater Private Equity Partners with Founder of Blastco, Initiating a National Industrial Coatings Platform
- North Branch Capital Invests in Callaway Industrial Services
- Symmetric Health Solutions Secures Significant Growth Investment From Spectrum Equity to Sharpen the Data Layer for Hospital Supply Chains
- Althea US Inc. Announces Rebrand to Ally Technical, Receives Growth Investment from FFL Partners
- BEACH POINT CAPITAL ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT IN FULLERS FOODS
- Chiplytics Secures $4.5M to Bring Resiliency to US Electronics Supply Chain
- Gridiron Capital Partners with Weed Man
- FVLCRUM Funds Announces Acquisition of Fidelity Technology Services
- Aurora Capital Partners Acquires Softdocs, a Leading Provider of Process Automation and Document Management Solutions for Education and Government
- IMSAR, a Leading Provider of Synthetic Aperture Radar Solutions, Announces Strategic Investment from OceanSound Partners
- Graycliff Partners Invests in ValveTek and MeterTek
- Awayday Announces Strategic Investment from Warburg Pincus
- DIVERSIS CAPITAL ACQUIRES MAJORITY OWNERSHIP OF TIDEWORKS TECHNOLOGY FROM CARRIX
- Banner Capital Announces Agreement to Acquire Seaway Plastics Engineering, MME Group, and Wright Engineered Plastics
- One Equity Partners Makes Majority Investment in Myriad360 to Support Continued Growth
- Manna Tree Invests in Zambezi, A Leading Creative Agency
- Blue Sage Capital Invests in Clean Team
- Fusion Capital Partners Announces Partnership with Pioneer Power Group
- ITpipes and Luminate Capital Partners Announce Strategic Growth Investment
- Liberty Mutual Investments and Thayer Street Partners Form Strategic Partnership
- Fifth Ocean Capital and Tartan Investment Partners Announce Strategic Investment in Complete Production Resources
- Coalesce Capital Announces Growth Investment in ClearDefense, a Leading Full-Service Pest Control Platform
- HighPost Capital Forms Aerospace, Defense, and Cybersecurity Investment Vertical
- Arcventis Health Partners Makes a Majority Growth Investment in Aligned Modern Health, a National Leader in Functional Medicine and Hormone Health
- EnergyCAP Secures Strategic Investment from LLR Partners
- Haelan Capital Partners Launches with First Investment: Virtual Acute Care Leader NuView Health
- HappyCo Announces Investment from Lone View Capital to Continue Building the Next-Generation Property Operations Platform
- Falcon Gases Announces Strategic Majority Investment from Odyssey Investment Partners
- Cornell Capital Acquires Hancock Claims Consultants
- Peakline Partners Acquires Kalon Capital, Expands Equipment Finance Platform
- NMS Capital Launches Asurgence Medical with the Recapitalization of ENDOCORP and the Acquisition of Medical Optics
- Niobrara Capital Acquires MSP Corp, a Leading Canadian Managed IT Services Platform
- RedCloud Capital Announces Partnership with APS Environmental
- HomeExchange Secures Investment from Verlinvest to Accelerate Global Adoption of Home Swapping
- H.I.G. Capital Forms EverRise Lift Group Through Combination of Action Elevator and All City Elevator
Fund news: VC and PE fundraising and final closes
Fund news reports the fundraising side of the market: new venture capital and private equity funds launched, interim closes, and final closes announced by fund managers. Fund closes lead deal activity rather than follow it — the capital that limited partners commit to a fund becomes the dry powder that pays for the rounds and buyouts reported in the other beats, usually over the three to five years that follow.
- Aldaron Launches First-of-its-Kind Transformation Equity Firm and Announces Investment in Oak Point Partners
- OrbiMed Raises $3 Billion Across Global and Asia Private Equity Funds
- Linse Capital Rebrands to Lithos Capital as Firm Doubles Down on AI’s Physical Future
- Pear VC Raises $333M Fund V to Double Down on Finding Founders Before the Market Does
- GenNx360 Capital Partners Closes Approximately $285 Million Single-Asset Continuation Fund Transaction to Support Continued Growth of Whitsons Culinary Group
- Consonance Capital Partners Closes Oversubscribed Third Fund at $1.35 Billion
- Aphias Capital Closes Oversubscribed Inaugural Fund at Over $1.05 Billion
- Spectrum Equity Closes Oversubscribed $2.5 Billion Fund XI
- Balerion Space Ventures Oversubscribes $200M Fund II
- MSIV Fund II Raises Over $11 Million to Back North Bay Area Startups
- Sheridan Capital Partners Closes Oversubscribed Fund IV at $1.1 Billion of Institutional Capital, Hitting Hard Cap
- Endeavor Catalyst Closes Oversubscribed $320 Million Fund V as More of the World Builds What's Next
- Niobrara Capital Partners Closes Inaugural Founders Fund and Related Vehicles With Over $1.5 Billion in Committed Capital
- Energy Capital Partners (ECP) Closes $834 Million Continuation Vehicle for Next Wave Energy Partners
- Iron Path Capital Closes Oversubscribed Fund II at $450 Million
- Ares Raises $4.2 Billion for Inaugural Global Structured Solutions Strategy
- Facktor Ventures Launches Inaugural Fund Built for Community Health
- Stride Consumer Partners Closes Oversubscribed Fund II at $550 Million
- BAG Ventures Closes Inaugural Fund I on the Strength of 150+ Operators Supporting Enterprise AI Founders
- Princeton Equity Group Raises $1.3 Billion Fund III at Hard Cap
- Rising Point Capital Management Closes Inaugural Fund at $325 Million
- Zero Infinity Partners Announces Fund II to Back Founders Bringing Innovative Technologies into Physical Infrastructure
- Bessemer Venture Partners Closes $5.75 Billion to Back Founders From Seed Through Growth
- Sundance Growth Closes $250 Million Fund II at Hard Cap
- Pulse Fund Closes $63M Inaugural Fund to Back the Next Generation of Climate Companies
- Matter Venture Partners Closes $450 Million Fund II
- Bain Capital Ventures Announces $1.6B New Fund to Invest in Founders Building for an Abundant Post-AGI World
- PSG Equity Holds Final Close of Third European Fund at Over €4.4 Billion
- Genstar Capital Makes Growth Investment in Richey May
- Transformation Capital Closes Fund IV at $850 Million, Exceeding its Target in Oversubscribed Fundraise
Transition news: partner and executive moves
Transition news reports people rather than capital: partner promotions, senior hires and departures at venture capital and private equity firms, and moves between firms. Personnel changes are a useful early signal of strategy, because a senior hire in a new sector or geography often precedes a fund that invests there.
- Bow River Capital Appoints Greg Hiatrides as Chief Executive Officer; Founder Blair Richardson to Serve as Chairman
- Sierra Ventures Hires Nkechi Iregbulem as Head of Inception
- Princeton Equity Group Promotes Jack Nagle and Joseph Trahan to Partner
- AE Industrial Promotes Chris Aguemon and Bill Strobel to Principal
- Avance Appoints Carl Stanton as Senior Partner
- Abry Partners Appoints Yusef Kassim as Head of Capital Strategy and Investor Relations
- Otilia Ciotau Joins VSS Capital Partners as Managing Director, AI and Value Creation
- Evolution Equity Partners Names Cyber Investor Veteran John Cordo as a Partner
- MidOcean Partners Expands Credit Team with Key New Hires
- Ara Partners Welcomes Masumi Waida as Chief Financial Officer
- Justine Huang Burns Joins Adams Street as Partner, Secondary Investments
- Stephens Group Promotes Lindsey Joseph to Principal, Value Creation
- Owl Ventures Welcomes NBA Legend Chris Paul as Venture Partner
- Amulet Capital Promotes Sam Brinkley to Partner
- Constitution Capital Partners Appoints Rich Schainker to Expand Defined Contribution Capabilities
- Vector Capital Appoints Kiran Rao as Managing Director and Head of Value Creation
- EIV Capital Adds Kristin Kelly as Partner
- RoundTable Healthcare Partners Appoints Ed Jones as Operating Partner
- Yukon Partners Announces Promotion of Nathan Weekly to Director
- Periscope Equity Announces Promotion of Eric Hinkle to Partner
- NaviMed Capital Appoints Holly Atallah as Chief Financial Officer, Promotes Bennett Mears to Principal, and Grows Team with New Hires
- HarbourView Equity Partners Appoints Patrick Morin Managing Director of Business Development
- Vivo Capital Appoints Neetesh Kumar as Managing Partner to Co-Lead Private Equity Strategy in the U.S.
- Frazier Healthcare Partners Welcomes Tom Rodgers as Senior Partner
- Grant Avenue Capital Appoints Edie Connor as Director of Executive Talent
- Mill Point Capital Announces Michael Kaplan Joins as Managing Partner
- Alex Kurland Joins Menlo Ventures as Partner
- Kainos Capital Announces Investment Team Additions and Promotions
- Star Mountain Capital Welcomes Adam Fitzner as Managing Director and Strategic Portfolio Partner
- Piva Capital Expands Investment Team with Deep Energy and Industrial Expertise
The four news beats, and what separates them
Private-markets coverage blurs together if the categories are not kept distinct. These four beats separate capital going into companies from capital changing hands, and both from capital being raised by the funds themselves.
| Beat | What it reports | Stories | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deal news | Funding rounds raised by companies, typically minority stakes taken by venture capital firms | 100 | |
| Buyout news | Control transactions — acquisitions, take-privates and secondaries by private equity firms | 50 | |
| Fund news | New vehicles raised and closed by VC and PE fund managers | 30 | |
| Transition news | Partner and executive moves between firms, and new hires at fund level | 30 |
Who publishes this coverage
Venture Capital Access Online is published by Access InterComm, which has covered venture capital and private equity since 1998 and also publishes the VCPro Database directory of venture capital and private equity firms. Stories are added daily. Announcements submitted by firms are reviewed before publication rather than posted automatically, and every story carries its publication date.
Corrections, or a funding, buyout, fund-close or personnel announcement for consideration? Contact the newsroom.
Frequently asked questions
What does this venture capital news service cover?
Venture Capital Access Online covers four beats across the private markets. Deal news reports funding rounds raised by companies. Buyout news reports acquisitions, take-privates and secondary transactions by private equity firms. Fund news reports new vehicles raised and closed by fund managers on both sides. Transition news reports partner and executive moves between firms.
What is the difference between deal news and buyout news?
Deal news covers capital going into a company in exchange for equity, typically a minority stake taken by venture capital firms in a priced round. Buyout news covers control transactions, where private equity firms acquire a majority or the whole of a business, often using debt alongside equity. The distinction is control and stage rather than deal size: a large late-stage venture round is still deal news, and a small majority acquisition is still buyout news.
Where can I find the latest startup funding rounds?
Funding rounds are listed under deal news on this page, newest first, with the publication date beside each headline. Each headline links to the full story. Earlier rounds are in the deal news section of the news archive.
How often is the private equity news updated?
Stories are added daily as they are reported. The most recent story on this page is dated October 16, 2026.
Is the venture capital news free to read?
Yes. Every story on this page and in the archive is free to read, with no paywall, registration or account required.
What do LP and GP mean in venture capital and private equity news?
An LP, or limited partner, is an investor that commits capital to a fund — typically a pension fund, endowment, insurer, family office or fund of funds. A GP, or general partner, is the firm that manages the fund and makes the investment decisions. Fund news on this page reports GP fundraising; the directory of limited partners lists LPs directly. Fuller definitions of these and other terms are in the venture capital glossary.
How can I search past venture capital and private equity news?
This page shows the most recent stories in each of the four beats. The full archive holds earlier coverage organised by the same four beats, and the news search finds stories by title. Both are linked from the top of each section and from the site footer.
How do I find contact details for the firms in these stories?
Reading who raised is one step; reaching them is another. The free investor directory lists active venture capital firms and private equity firms with their investment criteria. For a searchable venture capital database and private equity database of 7,670+ firm profiles with 55,650+ executive email addresses, use the VCPro Database.
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Yes. Venture capital firms, private equity firms and their portfolio companies can send funding, buyout, fund-close and personnel announcements for editorial consideration through the contact page. Submissions are reviewed rather than published automatically.
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