AI & Machine Learning Growth Capital Investments in 2026

Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has made an investment in PavCon, a provider of predictive analytics and decision‑support software serving U.S. defense customers. The partnership will fund PavCon’s growth—investing behind its talent, technology and scalable operating model—to accelerate delivery of AI-driven predictive solutions; financial terms were not disclosed.

DEALSAGE, an AI-native M&A intelligence and analytics platform founded by Mario Mancuso and Louis Citron, received growth investment from Duke University Management Company (DUMAC) and Teamworthy Ventures to support expansion into private equity sponsors, law firms, corporate development teams, and institutional LPs. The funding will accelerate product and go-to-market efforts for DEALSAGE's decision-grade, AI-driven M&A risk and diligence platform; no deal amount was disclosed.