B Capital Group Closes Oversubscribed $500M Ascent Fund III
B Capital Group closed its Ascent Fund III at a $500M hard cap, nearly doubling its predecessor to back seed–Series B AI, healthcare, and frontier-tech startups.
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B Capital Group closed its Ascent Fund III at a $500M hard cap, nearly doubling its predecessor to back seed–Series B AI, healthcare, and frontier-tech startups.
Cantos closed an oversubscribed $70M Fund IV to lead pre-seed and seed rounds across aerospace, defense, nuclear, biotech, and compute.
June 2026 New York venture activity spans new fund closes from Gutter Capital and Animal Capital, a medtech debut from Star51, and mega-seed rounds in private markets AI.
New York-based Eckuity Capital announced the first close of Fund II on June 26, 2026, extending its commercial-stage life sciences growth strategy across North America and Europe.
Digital Currency Group subsidiary Yuma launched the Yuma Total Market Fund, giving institutions exposure to the Bittensor (TAO) decentralized-AI ecosystem.
New York-based Colbeck Capital Management launched Colbeck Strategic Income with $400M on June 24, 2026, expanding its middle-market private credit platform.