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Planeteer Capital closed its debut fund with anchor investments from an Ivy League university endowment and Mike Schroepfer, former CTO of Meta and a partner at Gigascale Capital, after pitching more than 400 potential LPs.

The firm closed on $50 million to back early-stage companies and connect them with its corporate network.

The fund primarily targets early-stage US startups in national security sectors like AI, space, cybersecurity, autonomy, and dual-use deep technologies.

Investors in Zeal's $82m Fund II include Capricorn Investment Group, Citi Impact Fund, Hampton University, M&T Bank, MassMutual, Spelman College, Wells Fargo and Zaffre Investments.

The new investment platform builds on the foundation established by Denver Angels, the original investment group, and currently manages over $60 million in assets across multiple investment vehicles.

Pan Demetriou and Orr Vinegold aim to turn their accelerator into a sort of Y Combinator for UK impact brands.

'We decided to actively go find partners in Canada and Europe to be long-term partners,' managing partner John Tough tells Venture Capital Journal.

LPs in Longview’s North America University Innovations Fund include UK-based IP Group plc, institutional investors, large multi-family offices and prominent single-family offices.

Humain is an AI company owned and funded by the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's $925bn sovereign wealth fund.

Harper Court Ventures Fund I will target pre-seed and seed-stage companies in sectors that include AI, quantum computing, life sciences and energy.