Key Takeaways
- • DataBento secures $97M Series B funding led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and Tribe Capital, positioning the Salt Lake City-based financial data marketplace for expanded market penetration.
- • Qiagen attracts multiple strategic bidders including Advent International, EQT, and KKR, signaling significant acquisition interest in the Paris-listed European molecular testing company.
- • Bond Vet and Small Door Vet merger combines two veterinary care platforms, with Small Door Vet having raised approximately $116M from investors including Valspring Capital, Alumni Ventures, and Brand Foundry Ventures.
- • Serent Capital-backed Marker raises $13M seed round led by Index Ventures for its London-based collaborative authoring platform, indicating investor appetite for AI-enabled productivity software.
- • Diversified dealflow across healthcare, fintech, and AgTech reflects continued institutional capital deployment across consumer and enterprise verticals, including Hippo Harvest's $30M Series C and Kapture CX's $10M funding round.
Summary
Venture capital activity remained robust across multiple sectors in mid-2026, with fintech data infrastructure and defense technology commanding significant institutional attention. DataBento, a financial data marketplace based in Salt Lake City, raised $97 million in Series B funding, establishing a lead investor in New Enterprise Associates while attracting participation from established venture firms DRW Venture Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and Tribe Capital. The funding underscores continued investor confidence in infrastructure plays serving quantitative finance and algorithmic trading communities.
Defense and aerospace venture funding also accelerated, with Israeli air-defense startup Skapion securing $36 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by UP Partners and Khosla Ventures, with additional backing from Fusion VC, Stratos Ventures, TBD VC, and q Fund, reflecting geopolitical risk appetites and counter-swarm technology development priorities among institutional venture firms.
Private equity activity centered on consolidation and strategic acquisitions. Multiple sponsors—Advent International, EQT, and KKR—entered formal processes to acquire Qiagen, the Paris-listed molecular testing company, suggesting valuation expectations in excess of current market capitalizations. In the veterinary services segment, Bond Vet, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and Talisman Capital Partners, announced a merger with Small Door Vet, an NYC-based veterinary platform that had raised approximately $116 million from investors including Valspring Capital, Alumni Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, and Lerer Hippeau. The combination represents consolidation within high-margin pet services verticals.
Consumer and specialty finance rounds included Marker's $13 million seed funding for collaborative authoring software, led by Index Ventures, and Kapture CX's $10 million raise from Bajaj Finserv Ventures for agentic AI capabilities in customer experience management. In AgTech, Hippo Harvest, an organic greens producer based in Pescadero, California, closed a $30 million Series C round led by Cox Farms. Healthcare services continued attracting capital, with Avid Health at Home acquiring Tech Medical Home Care and CenterGate Capital investing in Canadian Dental Labs.
Defense and aerospace venture funding also accelerated, with Israeli air-defense startup Skapion securing $36 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by UP Partners and Khosla Ventures, with additional backing from Fusion VC, Stratos Ventures, TBD VC, and q Fund, reflecting geopolitical risk appetites and counter-swarm technology development priorities among institutional venture firms.
Private equity activity centered on consolidation and strategic acquisitions. Multiple sponsors—Advent International, EQT, and KKR—entered formal processes to acquire Qiagen, the Paris-listed molecular testing company, suggesting valuation expectations in excess of current market capitalizations. In the veterinary services segment, Bond Vet, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and Talisman Capital Partners, announced a merger with Small Door Vet, an NYC-based veterinary platform that had raised approximately $116 million from investors including Valspring Capital, Alumni Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, and Lerer Hippeau. The combination represents consolidation within high-margin pet services verticals.
Consumer and specialty finance rounds included Marker's $13 million seed funding for collaborative authoring software, led by Index Ventures, and Kapture CX's $10 million raise from Bajaj Finserv Ventures for agentic AI capabilities in customer experience management. In AgTech, Hippo Harvest, an organic greens producer based in Pescadero, California, closed a $30 million Series C round led by Cox Farms. Healthcare services continued attracting capital, with Avid Health at Home acquiring Tech Medical Home Care and CenterGate Capital investing in Canadian Dental Labs.
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