Capital Raising

F2 AI raised $5M in Series funding from Golub Capital. The platform uses agentic AI to help credit investors screen, underwrite, and monitor deals.

Leadership read: F2 AI's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

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Kalshi is in advanced fundraising discussions with Tiger Global and Dragoneer for a $1 billion Series round, expected to close within weeks at a $40 billion valuation (up from $22 billion in May 2026).

Leadership read: Kalshi's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

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Edens raised $850M to fund retail property acquisitions and development projects amid strong demand and constrained new retail supply.

Leadership read: Edens's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

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Hertha Metals raised $134 million in a funding round with the U.S. Defense Department taking a $65 million equity stake.

Leadership read: Hertha Metals's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

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CAZ Strategic Opportunities Fund surpassed $900 million in assets under management, expanding access to private markets for institutional and retail investors via interval fund structure.

Leadership read: CAZ Investments raising is a leading indicator for everyone it is about to fund. Capital at the fund level converts into operator demand across a portfolio, not into appointments at the manager. The Americas question is which stage and sector the fund leans into, because that is the shape of the hiring that follows next year.

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Williams secured $5.3 billion investment from Blackstone-led consortium (including KKR and Apollo) for 49% stake in five gas-fired power projects pipeline serving AI data centers. $4.4 billion covers project costs. Separately, Blackstone and Halliburton invested $1 billion equity in VoltaGrid (on-site power provider). Bloom Energy secured up to $25 billion in financing from Brookfield Asset Management for power projects.

Leadership read: Williams's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

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VoltaGrid raised $1 billion equity investment from Blackstone and Halliburton for on-site gas-powered generation systems serving AI data centers.

Leadership read: VoltaGrid's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

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Bloom Energy secured financing facility expansion to $25 billion from Brookfield Asset Management (increased from $5 billion announced in fall 2025) for fuel cell power projects serving AI data centers.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Bloom Energy, a raise in Cleantech & Renewables funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Bloom Energy hires first across Americas; that is where the capital is really pointed.

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The Fidelis Partnership, a Blackstone-backed specialty insurance underwriter, filed for IPO on Sept 24, 2026. No trading date announced.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For The Fidelis Partnership, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where The Fidelis Partnership hires first across Americas; that is where the capital is really pointed.

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Barrick Mining's planned North American gold IPO is flagged for potential delay into January 2027, signaling regulatory or market-condition headwinds affecting the capital markets transaction timeline.

Leadership read: Barrick Mining Corp.'s raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

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Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission awarded $4.8 million in FY2027 funding across 15 investigators from Maryland-based research institutions and companies. The funding supports stem cell and regenerative medicine research across diverse applications. Demand for funding significantly exceeded available resources, reflecting ecosystem maturation and progression from discovery to commercialization and manufacturing.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission hires first across Americas; that is where the capital is really pointed.

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Atico Mining secured $95M in financing for the La Plata project

Leadership read: Atico Mining's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Americas.

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