Bessemer raises $5.75 billion, including $4 billion for growth investments
Bessemer Venture Partners has raised $5.75 billion in fresh capital, its largest fundraise ever. The firm has dedicated $4 billion to growth-stage investments as AI companies raise larger rounds and stay private longer. Partner S...
Basecamp Research raises $140 million for AI drug development
Basecamp Research announced a $140 million Series C funding round led by S32, with participation from investors including NATO and Nvidia. The company plans to use the capital to advance drug development and pursue more partnershi...
Ondas acquires three Israeli defense technology firms for $56 million
Ondas is acquiring Insignito, Ottopia Defense and Caribou Labs for an initial $56 million in cash or stock, CTech reports. The deals could add up to $32 million in payments tied to performance targets through 2028 and bring 37 emp...
Pilgrim raises $25 million for biological threat detection device
Pilgrim raised $25 million in seed funding for a device designed to detect biological threats, the Wall Street Journal reported. The 50-pound device combines air sampling with genomic sequencing, which reads genetic material to he...
Modal and Baseten seek funding at sharply higher valuations
Modal Labs and Baseten are in talks to raise capital at higher valuations, Bloomberg reported. Modal is seeking financing at a roughly $15 billion valuation, roughly triple its valuation in a round four months ago. Baseten is disc...
Blue Owl-backed developer raises $1.1 billion for CoreWeave-linked data center
A data center developer sponsored by Blue Owl Capital affiliates raised $1.1 billion through a junk-bond offering to finance a project tied to CoreWeave, Bloomberg reported. The developer offered high yields to attract investors. ...