Venture capital & private equity news
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Startup funding rounds, private equity buyouts, new fund closes and executive moves at venture capital firms and private equity firms — four beats, updated every day and free to read. Need the firms behind the headlines? Use the venture capital and private equity directory.
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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 September 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 September 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.
- Gaia Dynamics Raises $7M to Expand AI Platform, Keeping Businesses Ahead of Tariffs and Trade Risk
- FERRY HEALTH LAUNCHES OUT OF STEALTH WITH $9M IN FUNDING FOR ITS AI-POWERED HEALTHCARE PERSONAL ASSISTANT
- Ayble Health Raises $16M Series A to Expand the Nation's Most Clinically Validated Virtual Digestive Health Clinic
- Veridion Raises $20M Series A to Expand Real-Time Map of the World’s 640 million Businesses, Doubling Down on U.S. Growth
- Circle Pharma Announces $92.5 Million Series E Financing to Advance First-in-class Cyclin D1 Program into Clinical Development
- Hang Ten Systems Raises Additional $53 Million Led by Xora, a Temasek-Backed Fund, Bringing Total Funding to $85 Million
- Sling Therapeutics Announces $123 Million Series C Financing to Advance Phase 3 Development of its Oral Small Molecule IGF-1R Inhibitor for Thyroid Eye Disease
- Eve Security Extends Seed Round to $7.5 Million as Rogue AI Agents Turn Runtime Security into an Enterprise Imperative
- Fin.com Emerges From Stealth With $20M from Expa and Coinbase Ventures, Powering Customers That Serve 825 Million Users
- ReEmerge, Inc. Exits Stealth with Oversubscribed $37M Series A to Challenge the Limitations of Chronic Cognitive Impairment Caused by Brain Injuries
- DECIMAL AI ANNOUNCES $4 MILLION SEED ROUND TO BRING CUSTOMER ENGINEERING TO SOFTWARE COMPANIES
- G5 Labs Raises $14M Seed Round to Pioneer the Post-Developer Era
- Liquid Compute Launches with $15M to Build a Regulated Exchange for AI Infrastructure
- Branch Energy Raises $33M to Deliver AI Power in Weeks, Not Years
- Delos Data Closes over $100 Million to Deliver Delos Nonstop AI™ for Faster, Stronger, More Efficient AI Capacity
- Thatch Raises $108M at $1B Valuation as Employers Shift Away From Traditional Health Plans
- Profound Raises $180M Series D at $1.8B Valuation to Build the AI Platform For Marketing Teams
- Nix Biosensors Closes Series A to Bring Hydration Data to Consumer Health Platforms
- Polaris Electro-Optics Secures $50M Series B to Scale Next-Gen Optical Engine Platform for AI Infrastructure
- Planted Raises $31.8 Million to Accelerate Autonomous Power Deployment
- Buywander, Auction Marketplace for Returned Goods, Raises $21M in Series A Funding
- Evvy Raises $40M Series B to Scale AI-Powered Precision Diagnostics & Care Platform for Women’s Health
- Factory Raises $200 Million at a $5 Billion Valuation to Scale Self-Improving Software Development in the Enterprise
- RegCell Secures $66 Million of Additional Funding to Bring Nobel-Winning Immune Tolerance Science to the Clinic
- Nara Health Raises $14M to Reinvent Health Insurance Through AI Benefits Administration and Alternative Health Plans
- Cornelis Expands into Scale-Up Networking with Active Compute Fabric, $205M in Funding, and Qualcomm Collaboration at AI Infra Summit
- Founded by Apple’s Ex-Head of Worldwide Logistics Procurement, Aron Launches With First AI Chief of Staff for Procurement Teams and Raises $8 Million in Funding from Menlo Ventures and Storm Ventures
- Temporal Raises $550M at a $12.55B Valuation as Demand Surges for Reliable AI Infrastructure
- SENA Health Secures Series A Financing to Accelerate Growth and Expand AI and Technology Capabilities
- Shennon Biotechnologies Raises $12M in Financing, Appoints Cyril Konto, M.D., as Chief Executive Officer and Unveils Precision Immunotherapy Pipeline
- Flam Raises $40 Million Series B to Scale AI Interactive Content
- Archy Raises $50M Series C to Bring Dental Practices into the AI Era
- Impossible Objects Raises $40 Million to Bring Industrial Scale to 3D Printing
- Xapien Secures $56 Million to Scale Dynamic Due Diligence Globally
- Graph AI Raises $13.3M Series A to Scale the First AI-Native Operating System for Patient Safety
- Maven Robotics Raises $100M Series A for the World's First General-Purpose Robotics System for Industrial Work
- Piston Raises $15 Million to Scale the Infrastructure Layer for Logistics Commerce
- Vheda Health Secures $47 Million Investment from Agora to Scale Outcomes and Analytics Platform for Health Plans
- Vecna Robotics Raises $31 Million to Meet Demand for Flexible Dock-to-Dock Automation
- Ayar Labs Expands 2026 Funding to $650 Million to Scale Manufacturing-Ready CPO for AI Scale-Up Beyond the Rack
- Mach Industries Raises Additional $600 Million to Scale Defense Manufacturing
- Positron AI Raises $875 Million at a $5 Billion Valuation to Bring Its Next-Generation Inference Silicon to Market
- Inspiren Raises $70M Series C to Scale Physical AI for Senior Living
- Luminary Raises $22 Million to Power the Data Infrastructure Behind Wealth Transfer
- Epsilon Health Raises $27.6 Million to Solve America’s Growing Radiologist Shortage
- TAR Raises $120 Million Series A at a $1 Billion Valuation Led by Spark Capital to Build Off-Grid Power for AI
- BEEP CLOSES SERIES B TO ACCELERATE COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY NETWORKS
- Latitude Raises $35M Series A to Connect Stablecoin Payments to Local Rails Worldwide
- System Raises $20M in Funding to Become the Trusted, Peptide-Native Platform for a New Era
- Cymphony Launches with $30 Million to Secure AI Agents Access to Enterprise Data
- Clay Raises $115M to be the AI Growth Engine for Every Company
- Perry Weather Lands $110M Growth Investment, Plans Major Dallas Hiring Expansion for Weather Ops & Safety Platform
- Solstice Oncology Launches with $225 Million Series A Financing to Advance Porustobart, a Neoadjuvant Immuno-Oncology Therapy
- Overroute Raises $5.5 Million to Scale in Complex Freight Operations
- Carputty Closes Series B Financing to Accelerate Growth of Its Embedded Finance Infrastructure Across the Automotive Industry
- Covenant Emerges From Stealth With Anthem: a Long-Range, Heavy Payload Weapon System Built to Close the West’s Deep Precision Strike Gap
- Euno Raises $23 Million Series A to Build the AI Context Brain for the Enterprise
- Wint Raises $36 Million in Series D Funding to Scale AI-Powered Water Intelligence Globally
- Lightfield Raises $47 Million Series A to Build the CRM for Companies that Run on Agents
- Navion Neurosciences Closes $10.8 Million Seed Financing to Advance Precision Sodium-Channel Medicines for Epilepsy and Neuropathic Pain
- TwoStep Therapeutics Announces Oversubscribed $62.5 Million Series A Financing and FDA Clearance of IND for First-in-Class Peptide-Drug Conjugate
- Latitude Raises $35M Series A to Connect Stablecoin Payments to Local Rails Worldwide
- Encoded Therapeutics Raises $275 Million in Series F Financing to Advance ETX101 Through Pivotal Development and Accelerate its Precision Genetic Medicines Neurology Pipeline
- Savvy Wealth Raises $100M Series C Led by Ryan Smith and Ryan Sweeney's Halo Fund
- Antioch Raises $32M to Bring Software Speed to Physical AI Development
- BrainChild Bio Closes $116 Million Series A Financing
- Forus Raises $150M at a $3B Valuation as Its AI Network Becomes How Medicine Reaches Patients
- Lightsage raises $4M to build the growth stack for internet’software’s newest customer: AI agents
- Blee Raises $27 Million to Introduce AI Content Governance to the Enterprise
- Moonwalk Biosciences Announces $70 Million Series B Financing to Advance Adipose-Targeted RNAi Therapies for Obesity and Cardiometabolic Diseases
- Celero Communications Raises $275 Million Series C Following Validation of Industry’s First 2nm Coherent DSP Silicon
- Now Valued at $3 Billion, Gimlet Labs Raises $300 Million in Series B Led by Andreessen Horowitz for Industry’s First Multi-Silicon Inference Cloud for Agentic AI
- Diameter Pay Raises $10 Million to Expand Global Access to the US Dollar
- Superluminal Medicines Announces Oversubscribed $60 Million Series B Financing to Advance Lead Program in Rare Genetic Forms of Obesity into the Clinic
- PatientIQ Raises $30 Million Series C to Power the Next Generation of Patient-Reported Outcomes Intelligence
- Critical Materials Group Raises $10.3M Seed Round to Modernize U.S. Energetics Manufacturing
- HiddenLayer Raises $100M Series B to Advance Trustworthy AI
- Thyme Care Closes $125+ Million Series E, Establishes Thyme Companies to Broaden Its Impact Across the Oncology Ecosystem
- Medici Brands Raises $250 Million in Series B Funding
- Elucid Raises $55 Million in Oversubscribed Series D Financing
- TabaPay Closes $155 Million Strategic Growth Financing Led by FTV Capital and Announces Planned Acquisition of Transact Bank
- empirik.ai emerges from stealth with $21 Million to build the AI Agent for Infrastructure Change
- Lyte Raises $165 Million Series C Led by Maverick Silicon to Give Robots a Trustworthy View of the World
- Introducing Physical Superintelligence: The World's Most Advanced Physics Lab, Staffed by Virtual Physicists to Discover New Laws of the Universe
- AI startup Visko closes $10 million pre-seed round and launches Orbis, its first Live Model
- Norbert Health Raises $14 Million Series A to Power Autonomous Robotic Nursing Assistants
- N-Power Medicine Closes $32 Million Series B Financing to Expand Its Community Oncology Network and Accelerate ProECA Adoption
- Aranya Secures $11M to Convert Bare Metal into Custom, Production-Ready Clusters in 48 Hours with Full Visibility into Inference and Training Management
- Odyssey Energy Solutions Raises $74 Million to Accelerate Distributed Renewable Energy Financing in Emerging Markets
- SciFin Emerges from Stealth with $44 Million in Seed Funding to Help Revenue Teams See Risk Earlier and Act Faster
- AIR Emerges from Stealth With $50M to Build a Firewall for Agents
- Ex-Google Applied AI Expert Launches Guickly with $4.2M in Seed Funding to Give Enterprises Control of AI Investments
- Light Raises $46 Million to Scale the Power Company for Embedded Electricity
- Molten Salt Solutions Raises $7 Million to Scale Lithium Enrichment for Advanced Nuclear Energy
- Clipto Raises $15M to Build the Memory Layer for the AI Era
- Easy Aerial Completes $20 Million Series B Funding Round to Expand Global Defense Footprint
- EIT Pharma Closes Oversubscribed $35 Million Series A Round, Led by Propel Bio Partners
- Owner Raises $240M Led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives to Build the AI-Native Platform for Every Local Business
- Metriport Raises $26 million to Give Clinicians Insight into Any Patient Question at the Point of Care
- Quaise Energy Closes $180 Million Series B with $35 Million Investment from Nabors Industries and Strategic Framework to Build World's First Superhot Geothermal Power Plant
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.
- 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
- Appleby to Accelerate Growth in Legal and Fiduciary Services With Investment From New Mountain Capital
- NexPhase Capital Announces Investment in EVERYWHERE Communications
- Bertram Capital Announces New Platform Investment in STARC Systems
- Chimney Rock Equity Partners Invests in Russell Equipment
- FFL Partners Invests in Waylin Partners, a Fast-Growing Office of the CFO Consulting Firm to Private Equity-Backed Companies
- H.I.G. Capital Makes a Significant Investment in Click Here Digital
- Knox Lane Partners with SAGE Integration
- A-Rent Announces Majority Growth Investment from Bregal Sagemount
- Argonaut Manufacturing Services Divests Life Sciences and Diagnostics Division to 1315 Capital
- NEW WATER CAPITAL ACQUIRES LIDWORKS, A LEADING MANUFACTURER OF CUSTOM FOODSERVICE LIDS
- Accumulus Technologies Announces Acquisition by Eir Partners to Accelerate Next Phase of Growth
- Point 41 Capital Partners and Management Recapitalize Safe-Way Garage Doors to Support the Company's Next Phase of Growth
- Sverica Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Atrium
- One Equity Partners Invests in Rail Services Provider Metro East Industries
- H.I.G. Capital Invests in Outcomes
- Align Capital Partners Announces Partnership with Trident Solutions
- Great Hill Partners Announces Strategic Investment in Aurenity
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Acquires The Colt Group
- Titan Investors Partners with Corridor Capital to Support Next Phase of Growth
- Bernhard Capital Partners Establishes Infrastructure-Focused Professional Services Platform with Acquisition of Revenew
- Kingsview Partners Announces Significant Growth Investment from FTV Capital
- Continuim Equity Partners Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Resodyn
- Inspirit Equity Acquires Valiant O&M and Launches Vulcan Government Services
- Superstep Capital Invests in Zencore to Build the Leading Independent Google Cloud AI Services Platform
- BDI Launches Next Phase of Growth with Investment from Kelso & Company
- Sound Growth Partners Invests in Diamond Art Club
- Nevvon Receives Strategic Investment from BVP Forge
- Linden Announces Partnership with ArtesRx
- Stone Point Capital Acquires Ever.Ag’s Risk Management Business
- MarketSphere Partners with Long Ridge Equity Partners to Accelerate Growth and Technology Innovation
- Serif Health Receives Significant Growth Investment From SEVA
- XBE Announces Growth Investment from PSG to Help Accelerate Product and Community Growth
- Turnspire Capital Partners Acquires Hulcher Services
- Genstar Capital to Acquire Oncourse Home Solutions from Apax Funds
- River Associates Acquires Diamond Wipes
- Carepoint Announces Partnership with New Heritage Capital
- Uplift Investors Announces Acquisition of Technology Consultancy Engage fi
- Vetspire, the AI Operating System for Veterinary Practices, Receives a Significant Growth Investment from Battery Ventures
- Astara Capital Partners Acquires Dynatec Systems, a Leading Provider of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Solutions
- RF Announces Utility Infrastructure Platform Investment
- Thought Logic Partners with Braemont Capital to Accelerate Growth and Expand its Technology-Enabled Consulting Platform
- Bernhard Capital Partners Completes Acquisition of New Mexico Gas Company
- Dumpsters.com Announces Partnership with Blue Point Capital Partners to Accelerate Growth and Innovation
- Edge Focus Closes Growth Equity Raise Led by Atlas Merchant Capital
- Gridiron Capital Partners with van den Boom & Associates
- Trinity Hunt Partners Launches Value Creation Services Platform With Investment in Fisher Management Partners
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.
- 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
- Pinegrove Closes $1.5 Billion Oversubscribed Strategic Investors Fund XII
- Peterson Partners Raises Continuation Vehicle for Kelso Industries; NorthSands Capital Serves as Sole Lead Investor
- Luma Group Successfully Closes LumaBio Fund I at $410 Million
- Apogem Capital Raises $597M to Close its Eleventh Private Equity Fund at its Hard Cap
- TrueBridge Capital Partners Announces Close of Second Venture Secondaries Fund
- Gainline Capital Partners Closes Oversubscribed Single-Asset Continuation Fund to Strengthen Partnership with Core Health & Fitness
- Rohati Capital Closes Oversubscribed $50 Million Inaugural Fund
- Carrick Capital Partners Closes Oversubscribed Continuation Vehicle With $600 Million and Commits $255 Million of New Capital to Saviynt
- F&F Ventures Launches $10 Million Ecommerce Fund in Partnership with SHOPLINE
- GenNx360 Capital Partners Closes Fourth Flagship Fund at $865 Million
- MassMutual Ventures Commits to Launch $150 Million Climate Technology Fund II
- Fiat Ventures Rebrands to FGV Capital, Announces $35M Oversubscribed Fund II
- Makers Fund Closes $250M Fund IV to Back the Next Generation of Interactive Entertainment
- Broadwing Capital Closes Oversubscribed Inaugural Fund at $440 Million
- Aprio Launches Aprio Ventures to Invest in the AI Technologies Shaping the Future of Professional Services
- Reach Capital Closes $265M Fund V for Technologies That Expand Human Potential in the AI Era
- Floating Point Announces $125 Million Fund III to Embrace Complexity
- WovenEarth Ventures Closes $155M Fund II to Deliver Strategic Exposure to Cleantech 2.0
- Energy Capital Partners (ECP) Completes $8.1 Billion Fundraise for ECP VI
- Gryphon Investors Announces Close of Gryphon VI Top-Up Co-Investment Partners With Over $770 Million Commitments
- Adams Street Raises Over $5 Billion for Secondaries Investment Program
- MetLife Investment Management Closes $1.2 Billion Private Equity Partners Fund III Through Managed Transaction
- KKR Closes $19.2 Billion Infrastructure Fund
- Kingswood Capital Management Raises $4 Billion Across Two Oversubscribed Middle-Market Funds
- Wind Point Partners Announces Final Close of Oversubscribed Fund XI at $3.2 Billion
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.
- 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
- Cota Capital Welcomes Daniel Karp as Partner
- Mayfield Adds Aditya Singh as Partner to Expand AI Infrastructure Investing at Inception
- AE Industrial Partners Adds John L. Plueger as Senior Advisor
- BrknPar Venture Capital Fund Welcomes Baseball Standouts Jon Jay and Tyson Ross as Athlete Venture Partners
- Great Hill Partners Appoints Sam Liu as Director of AI
- Battery Ventures Promotes Brandon Gleklen to Partner
- Audax Strategic Capital Appoints Ralph Yang as Managing Director and Co-Head
- GreyLion Announces Promotions
- Blueprint Equity Expands Team to Deepen Founder Support and Scale Its Value Creation Platform
- Left Lane Capital Announces New Wave of Senior Promotions and Hires
- First In Expands Investment Platform with Rebecca Gevalt as General Partner
- Clarevia Ventures Welcomes Cheryl R. Blanchard, Ph.D., as Executive in Residence
- AE Industrial Names Rear Admiral (Ret.) Leonard “Butch” Dollaga as an Operating Partner
- Littlejohn & Co. Promotes Brian Michaud to Managing Partner
- Garnett Station Partners Announces Firmwide Promotions, Underscoring its Ability to Develop, Recruit and Retain Exceptional Talent
- Vance Street Capital Announces Jason Burmer as Head of Business Development
- Granite Creek Capital Partners Promotes Pete Pacelli to Managing Director
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 September 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.
Can I submit a press release?
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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