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According to Tech Funding News, US AI fintech company Valon has closed a $150 million Series D funding round, reaching a post-money valuation of $2.3 billion, doubling its valuation from the previous round. The round was backed by existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with Ribbit Capital participating as a new investor.
Solana Company has completed a $15 million equity and warrant financing at a premium of approximately 5% to net asset value, and intends to use the proceeds to purchase SOL or repurchase its stock.
Odaily News: UK-based Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company has received shareholder approval to launch MORE, the UK's first Bitcoin-backed preferred stock. In addition, the company expects to raise $20 million to $33 million through an IPO to purchase more Bitcoin and fund cash-flow-generating operating businesses. (Bitcoin Treasuries)
Odaily News: Physical AI company SiMa.ai has announced the completion of a $150 million Series C funding round, co-led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Amplify, with participation from Alter Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Maverick Capital, Point72, StepStone Group, and others. AllianceBernstein, Baron Capital, JPMorgan Chase, and the State of Michigan joined as new investors. The company's cumulative funding has reached $500 million, with a valuation of $1.45 billion. It is reported that the funds will be used to accelerate the scaling of its Palette Neat agent software environment, and the company plans to launch a dedicated physical AI chip capable of achieving 1000 dense TOPS of computing power in the first half of 2028. (Businesswire)
As reported by CoinDesk, XRP treasury management company Evernorth has raised $30 million through the issuance of convertible bonds, with investment from South Korean institutional investor NH Investment & Securities. The financing is contingent on the successful merger of Evernorth with a SPAC, with the proceeds to be used for purchasing XRP spot prior to its NASDAQ listing. Upon completion of the merger, the company intends to list on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "XRPN".
Odaily News: Robinhood Ventures Fund I (NYSE: RVI) announced that it purchased approximately $25 million in preferred shares in AI infrastructure company Crusoe's $3.9 billion Series F funding round. The round valued Crusoe at $30.9 billion, and the related transaction was completed on August 31.Sarah Pinto, President of Robinhood Ventures Fund I, stated that Crusoe is building vertically integrated AI infrastructure, supporting AI computing through energy, AI data centers, and cloud platforms.
According to PRNewswire, AI-native data loss prevention (DLP) security company MIND announced the completion of a $72 million Series B financing round, led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, with existing investors YL Ventures and Paladin Capital Group participating. To date, the company has raised a cumulative total of $112 million. MIND disclosed that it has joined the Anthropic Cyber Verification Program and obtained ISO/IEC 42001 certification. The company plans to utilize the proceeds from this funding round to accelerate the development of its AI-native DLP platform, expand into the enterprise market, deepen technology and channel partnerships, and scale its team.
AI compute infrastructure startup Crusoe has completed a $3.9 billion Series F funding round, with a post-investment valuation of approximately $30.9 billion. The round was co-led by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and Mubadala Investment Company, with participation from Founders Fund, TPG, and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), among others.Founded in 2018, Crusoe initially provided services to cryptocurrency miners before pivoting to AI compute infrastructure. The company previously spent two years building a large-scale AI data center in Abilene, Texas, to provide compute power for OpenAI and Microsoft. The company is now shifting toward producing a compact data center called "Spark," which involves loading prefabricated facilities onto trucks and deploying them to locations with idle power capacity to more quickly meet AI inference compute demand. (WSJ)
Odaily reports: The company plans to issue perpetual preferred shares under the ticker MORE, with a fundraising target of £15 million to £25 million and a minimum raise of £10 million. Listing admission requires support from three market makers. Holders will receive cumulative weekly dividends and liquidation preference but will not have voting rights, and the company may redeem the shares. As of mid-2026, SWC held 2,878 Bitcoins; following High Court approval of its capital reduction, the company has £132.5 million in distributable reserves available for payment.
According to TechCrunch, AI infrastructure company Cornelis announced the completion of a $205 million funding round led by IAG Capital Partners. The company also launched Active Compute Fabric networking technology, designed to improve communication efficiency between AI chips and reduce GPU idle time caused by waiting for data transmission.
OpenAI has acquired smartphone camera technology company Glass Imaging for more than $300 million. The company was founded in 2019 and had previously raised approximately $30 million in cumulative funding.Glass Imaging was founded by former Apple engineers Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop, who had previously led Apple's Portrait Mode development team. Glass Imaging primarily uses neural networks to optimize camera systems for different smartphones, directly enhancing image quality during the shooting process to overcome the physical size limitations of phone cameras.As of the time of publication, OpenAI has not responded to requests for comment. Multiple market reports indicate that OpenAI is developing its own hardware products, including smartphones, earphones, and AI companion devices. (TechCrunch)
Odaily News: The Smarter Web Company has announced plans to launch the UK's first Bitcoin-backed preferred shares, subject to shareholder approval. The company expects to raise $20 million to $34 million through a potential IPO, to be used for increasing its Bitcoin holdings and acquiring cash-flow-generating operating businesses.
According to Bloomberg, insiders said Nasdaq will invest $100 million into Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, through its venture capital arm to continue building infrastructure that supports tokenized stock trading. The investment values Payward at $21 billion and further expands the partnership announced by both companies in March this year.
According to PRNewswire, AI fintech company Kapital has completed a new $125 million round of equity and debt financing, co-led by Tru Arrow Partners and Fasanara Capital, with participation from Cervin Ventures, Niya Partners, and Overlook Capital. Kapital leverages artificial intelligence technology to help individuals and businesses efficiently manage operations, credit, and cash flow, while promoting savings and investment through its brokerage and fund management businesses. The new funds will be dedicated to the in-depth development of its AI platform and data analytics suite, accelerating expansion in the U.S. and European markets.
According to WealthManagement, AI wealth management firm Savvy Wealth has announced the closing of a $100 million Series C funding round, bringing its valuation to $600 million. Led by Halo Fund, the round included participation from existing investors such as Thrive Capital, Industry Ventures, and Index Ventures. To date, the company's total funding has exceeded $200 million. Savvy Intelligence, Savvy Wealth’s AI-powered wealth management platform, utilizes large language models from OpenAI and Anthropic to train AI agents that support the integration of investment, tax, and financial planning data, streamlining wealth management processes through AI. The newly raised funds will be primarily directed toward expanding the development of software products tailored for wealth advisors.
According to Reuters, AI data center optical interconnect company iPronics announced the completion of a $125 million Series B financing round, co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with participation from NVIDIA, Triatomic Capital, Bosch Ventures, Catalight Capital, the European Innovation Council Fund, and others, bringing the company's total funding to $177 million. iPronics primarily provides rack-mounted optical switching equipment for AI infrastructure. Through its programmable optical layer, it enables AI clusters to dynamically adjust network connections in real time according to training and inference workloads. The new capital will be used to scale operations and accelerate commercial deployment.
Binance Futures announces the listing of multiple USDT-M perpetual contracts for traditional financial assets on September 7, 2026. The BYDUSDT contract will list at 10:00 (UTC+8) on that day, with BYD Company Limited H-shares as the underlying asset. The HK0992USDT Quanto perpetual contract will list at 10:05 (UTC+8), with Lenovo Group Limited as the underlying asset.
According to Bloomberg, a fund under Blue Owl Capital led a $2.4 billion debt financing to support cloud computing provider Iren’s purchase of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs for its Canadian data center campus. The financing consists of a $1.2 billion senior secured term loan and an equal amount of senior secured notes, with a structure that allows Iren to procure the equipment in phases over a set period. Pacific Investment Management Company is also one of the guarantors for the financing. Documents show the facility carries a 9% interest rate and has a tenor of two and a half years.
According to Reuters, AI data center power infrastructure company Emerald AI announced the closing of its $150 million Series A funding round, valuing the company at $1.05 billion. Co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC, this round brings Emerald AI’s total funding raised past $220 million. Emerald AI is focused on transforming AI data centers into flexible grid resources, addressing one of the major bottlenecks hindering AI development: power supply. The newly raised capital will be used to expand global commercial deployments in partnership with AI companies, data center operators, and utilities.
NVIDIA has announced a strategic investment in AI chip startup Lancium, and the two parties will deepen their collaboration in the field of high-performance computing.