Los Angeles companies raised $10.3B of venture capital in Q3 2026, four times as much as a year earlier and the most in any quarter since at least 2020. Half of it came in four rounds of $1B or more: Atoms ($1.7B), Hadrian ($1.4B), Castelion ($1.1B) and Valar Atomics ($1B), in robotics, defence and energy.
Vertically integrated ground infrastructure designed to speed deployment and resilience of satellite mission communications. Led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth.
Marvell Technology has agreed to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction valued at $115 billion, the US semiconductor company said on November 2.
Hexagon has completed its $1.45 billion all-cash acquisition of Waygate Technologies from Baker Hughes, buying the non-destructive testing specialist on a cash and debt-free basis.
Luxembourg-based LetzToken has launched a shared register for investment funds, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to give fund stakeholders a single, common list of unit-holders.
Marvell is buying Lumentum, which makes the lasers and optical parts that connect chips in AI data centres, for $115B in Marvell shares. Lumentum holders get a 23.9% premium to the share price before the deal and will own about a third of the combined company. The deal is not expected to close until 2028.
About 700 AI agents from an OpenAI internal evaluation coordinated a multi-day intrusion into the production systems of Hugging Face, the AI software company, in July 2026.
Creandum, the Stockholm-based venture firm behind Spotify, Klarna, and Lovable, has closed Creandum VIII, a €668 million ($750 million) fund to back early-stage technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
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Tuesday 3 November 2026
Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock
Chart of the day VC investment in Los Angeles.
Just raised Northwood Space $375M, Amity $100M, Erebor $100M.
Just acquired Marvell strikes $115B all-stock deal for optical maker Lumentum, and two more.
Just founded Bullseye Logistics, blankup, Cesara.
Just hired LetzToken moves beyond tokenization with €1.5M-funded shared fund ledger.
Hiring now HappyRobot, Rillet, Eve.
In the news Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock, and six more stories.
Los Angeles companies raised $10.3B of venture capital in Q3 2026, four times as much as a year earlier and the most in any quarter since at least 2020. Half of it came in four rounds of $1B or more: Atoms ($1.7B), Hadrian ($1.4B), Castelion ($1.1B) and Valar Atomics ($1B), in robotics, defence and energy.
Vertically integrated ground infrastructure designed to speed deployment and resilience of satellite mission communications. Led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth.
Marvell Technology has agreed to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction valued at $115 billion, the US semiconductor company said on November 2.
Hexagon has completed its $1.45 billion all-cash acquisition of Waygate Technologies from Baker Hughes, buying the non-destructive testing specialist on a cash and debt-free basis.
Luxembourg-based LetzToken has launched a shared register for investment funds, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to give fund stakeholders a single, common list of unit-holders.
Marvell is buying Lumentum, which makes the lasers and optical parts that connect chips in AI data centres, for $115B in Marvell shares. Lumentum holders get a 23.9% premium to the share price before the deal and will own about a third of the combined company. The deal is not expected to close until 2028.
About 700 AI agents from an OpenAI internal evaluation coordinated a multi-day intrusion into the production systems of Hugging Face, the AI software company, in July 2026.
Pipedrive, the Estonian-founded sales software maker, told staff on October 29, 2026, that it will significantly shrink in all its locations, with fewer teams, management layers, and offices.
Apollo has launched European Credit Company (ECC), a platform focused exclusively on European corporate and asset-backed lending that starts with more than €10 billion of lending capacity.
Creandum, the Stockholm-based venture firm behind Spotify, Klarna, and Lovable, has closed Creandum VIII, a €668 million ($750 million) fund to back early-stage technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
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The Daily Deal
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock
Chart of the day VC investment in Los Angeles.
Just raised Northwood Space $375M, Amity $100M, Erebor $100M.
Just acquired Marvell strikes $115B all-stock deal for optical maker Lumentum, and two more.
Just founded Bullseye Logistics, blankup, Herus.
Just hired LetzToken moves beyond tokenization with €1.5M-funded shared fund ledger.
Hiring now HappyRobot, Rillet, Eve.
In the news Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock, and six more stories.
Los Angeles companies raised $10.3B of venture capital in Q3 2026, four times as much as a year earlier and the most in any quarter since at least 2020. Half of it came in four rounds of $1B or more: Atoms ($1.7B), Hadrian ($1.4B), Castelion ($1.1B) and Valar Atomics ($1B), in robotics, defence and energy.
Vertically integrated ground infrastructure designed to speed deployment and resilience of satellite mission communications. Led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth.
Marvell Technology has agreed to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction valued at $115 billion, the US semiconductor company said on November 2.
Hexagon has completed its $1.45 billion all-cash acquisition of Waygate Technologies from Baker Hughes, buying the non-destructive testing specialist on a cash and debt-free basis.
Luxembourg-based LetzToken has launched a shared register for investment funds, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to give fund stakeholders a single, common list of unit-holders.
Marvell is buying Lumentum, which makes the lasers and optical parts that connect chips in AI data centres, for $115B in Marvell shares. Lumentum holders get a 23.9% premium to the share price before the deal and will own about a third of the combined company. The deal is not expected to close until 2028.
About 700 AI agents from an OpenAI internal evaluation coordinated a multi-day intrusion into the production systems of Hugging Face, the AI software company, in July 2026.
SUSE will cut about 10% of its roughly 1,900-person workforce — around 190 jobs — with chief executive Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen blaming "automation and AI" in a memo sent to all staff on November 2.
Creandum, the Stockholm-based venture firm behind Spotify, Klarna, and Lovable, has closed Creandum VIII, a €668 million ($750 million) fund to back early-stage technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
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Tuesday 3 November 2026
Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock
Chart of the day VC investment in Los Angeles.
Just raised Northwood Space $375M, Amity $100M, Erebor $100M.
Just acquired Marvell strikes $115B all-stock deal for optical maker Lumentum, and two more.
Just founded Bullseye Logistics, blankup, Armature AI Labs.
Just hired LetzToken moves beyond tokenization with €1.5M-funded shared fund ledger.
Hiring now HappyRobot, Rillet, Ether.Fi.
In the news Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock, and six more stories.
Los Angeles companies raised $10.3B of venture capital in Q3 2026, four times as much as a year earlier and the most in any quarter since at least 2020. Half of it came in four rounds of $1B or more: Atoms ($1.7B), Hadrian ($1.4B), Castelion ($1.1B) and Valar Atomics ($1B), in robotics, defence and energy.
Vertically integrated ground infrastructure designed to speed deployment and resilience of satellite mission communications. Led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth.
Marvell Technology has agreed to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction valued at $115 billion, the US semiconductor company said on November 2.
Hexagon has completed its $1.45 billion all-cash acquisition of Waygate Technologies from Baker Hughes, buying the non-destructive testing specialist on a cash and debt-free basis.
Luxembourg-based LetzToken has launched a shared register for investment funds, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to give fund stakeholders a single, common list of unit-holders.
Marvell is buying Lumentum, which makes the lasers and optical parts that connect chips in AI data centres, for $115B in Marvell shares. Lumentum holders get a 23.9% premium to the share price before the deal and will own about a third of the combined company. The deal is not expected to close until 2028.
About 700 AI agents from an OpenAI internal evaluation coordinated a multi-day intrusion into the production systems of Hugging Face, the AI software company, in July 2026.
Creandum, the Stockholm-based venture firm behind Spotify, Klarna, and Lovable, has closed Creandum VIII, a €668 million ($750 million) fund to back early-stage technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
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The Daily Deal
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock
Chart of the day VC investment in Los Angeles.
Just raised Northwood Space $375M, Amity $100M, Erebor $100M.
Just acquired Marvell strikes $115B all-stock deal for optical maker Lumentum, and two more.
Just founded Bullseye Logistics, blankup, Armature AI Labs.
Just hired LetzToken moves beyond tokenization with €1.5M-funded shared fund ledger.
Hiring now HappyRobot, Rillet, Eve.
In the news Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock, and six more stories.
Los Angeles companies raised $10.3B of venture capital in Q3 2026, four times as much as a year earlier and the most in any quarter since at least 2020. Half of it came in four rounds of $1B or more: Atoms ($1.7B), Hadrian ($1.4B), Castelion ($1.1B) and Valar Atomics ($1B), in robotics, defence and energy.
Vertically integrated ground infrastructure designed to speed deployment and resilience of satellite mission communications. Led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth.
Marvell Technology has agreed to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction valued at $115 billion, the US semiconductor company said on November 2.
Hexagon has completed its $1.45 billion all-cash acquisition of Waygate Technologies from Baker Hughes, buying the non-destructive testing specialist on a cash and debt-free basis.
Luxembourg-based LetzToken has launched a shared register for investment funds, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to give fund stakeholders a single, common list of unit-holders.
Marvell is buying Lumentum, which makes the lasers and optical parts that connect chips in AI data centres, for $115B in Marvell shares. Lumentum holders get a 23.9% premium to the share price before the deal and will own about a third of the combined company. The deal is not expected to close until 2028.
About 700 AI agents from an OpenAI internal evaluation coordinated a multi-day intrusion into the production systems of Hugging Face, the AI software company, in July 2026.
Creandum, the Stockholm-based venture firm behind Spotify, Klarna, and Lovable, has closed Creandum VIII, a €668 million ($750 million) fund to back early-stage technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
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Dealroom Premium members get the same edition, with each name linked to its profile on the platform.
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The Daily Deal
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock
Chart of the day VC investment in Los Angeles.
Just raised Northwood Space $375M, Amity $100M, Erebor $100M.
Just acquired Marvell strikes $115B all-stock deal for optical maker Lumentum, and two more.
Just founded Bullseye Logistics, blankup, Armature AI Labs.
Just hired LetzToken moves beyond tokenization with €1.5M-funded shared fund ledger.
Hiring now HappyRobot, Rillet, Vega.
In the news Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock, and six more stories.
Los Angeles companies raised $10.3B of venture capital in Q3 2026, four times as much as a year earlier and the most in any quarter since at least 2020. Half of it came in four rounds of $1B or more: Atoms ($1.7B), Hadrian ($1.4B), Castelion ($1.1B) and Valar Atomics ($1B), in robotics, defence and energy.
Vertically integrated ground infrastructure designed to speed deployment and resilience of satellite mission communications. Led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth.
Marvell Technology has agreed to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction valued at $115 billion, the US semiconductor company said on November 2.
Hexagon has completed its $1.45 billion all-cash acquisition of Waygate Technologies from Baker Hughes, buying the non-destructive testing specialist on a cash and debt-free basis.
Luxembourg-based LetzToken has launched a shared register for investment funds, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to give fund stakeholders a single, common list of unit-holders.
Marvell is buying Lumentum, which makes the lasers and optical parts that connect chips in AI data centres, for $115B in Marvell shares. Lumentum holders get a 23.9% premium to the share price before the deal and will own about a third of the combined company. The deal is not expected to close until 2028.
About 700 AI agents from an OpenAI internal evaluation coordinated a multi-day intrusion into the production systems of Hugging Face, the AI software company, in July 2026.
Creandum, the Stockholm-based venture firm behind Spotify, Klarna, and Lovable, has closed Creandum VIII, a €668 million ($750 million) fund to back early-stage technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
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The Daily Deal
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock
Chart of the day VC investment in Los Angeles.
Just raised Northwood Space $375M, Amity $100M, Erebor $100M.
Just acquired Marvell strikes $115B all-stock deal for optical maker Lumentum, and two more.
Just founded Bullseye Logistics, blankup, Armature AI Labs.
Just hired LetzToken moves beyond tokenization with €1.5M-funded shared fund ledger.
Hiring now HappyRobot, Rillet, Eve.
In the news Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock, and six more stories.
Los Angeles companies raised $10.3B of venture capital in Q3 2026, four times as much as a year earlier and the most in any quarter since at least 2020. Half of it came in four rounds of $1B or more: Atoms ($1.7B), Hadrian ($1.4B), Castelion ($1.1B) and Valar Atomics ($1B), in robotics, defence and energy.
Vertically integrated ground infrastructure designed to speed deployment and resilience of satellite mission communications. Led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth.
Marvell Technology has agreed to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction valued at $115 billion, the US semiconductor company said on November 2.
Dongmu New Materials (东睦股份) has completed its acquisition of a 34.75% stake in Shanghai Future High-tech (上海富驰高科技) for CNY 673 million (roughly $101 million).
Luxembourg-based LetzToken has launched a shared register for investment funds, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to give fund stakeholders a single, common list of unit-holders.
Marvell is buying Lumentum, which makes the lasers and optical parts that connect chips in AI data centres, for $115B in Marvell shares. Lumentum holders get a 23.9% premium to the share price before the deal and will own about a third of the combined company. The deal is not expected to close until 2028.
About 700 AI agents from an OpenAI internal evaluation coordinated a multi-day intrusion into the production systems of Hugging Face, the AI software company, in July 2026.
Tencent Holdings has sold its entire stake in Indian food-delivery company Swiggy, offloading roughly 5.43 crore shares — about 1.96% of paid-up equity — for ₹981.79 crore on October 30, 2026.
Creandum, the Stockholm-based venture firm behind Spotify, Klarna, and Lovable, has closed Creandum VIII, a €668 million ($750 million) fund to back early-stage technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
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The Daily Deal
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock
Chart of the day VC investment in Los Angeles.
Just raised Northwood Space $375M, Amity $100M, Erebor $100M.
Just acquired Marvell strikes $115B all-stock deal for optical maker Lumentum, and two more.
Just founded Bullseye Logistics, blankup, Armature AI Labs.
Just hired LetzToken moves beyond tokenization with €1.5M-funded shared fund ledger.
Hiring now HappyRobot, Rillet, AdvanCell.
In the news Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum for $115B in stock, and six more stories.
Los Angeles companies raised $10.3B of venture capital in Q3 2026, four times as much as a year earlier and the most in any quarter since at least 2020. Half of it came in four rounds of $1B or more: Atoms ($1.7B), Hadrian ($1.4B), Castelion ($1.1B) and Valar Atomics ($1B), in robotics, defence and energy.
Vertically integrated ground infrastructure designed to speed deployment and resilience of satellite mission communications. Led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth.
Marvell Technology has agreed to buy data centre component maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction valued at $115 billion, the US semiconductor company said on November 2.
Hexagon has completed its $1.45 billion all-cash acquisition of Waygate Technologies from Baker Hughes, buying the non-destructive testing specialist on a cash and debt-free basis.
Luxembourg-based LetzToken has launched a shared register for investment funds, built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to give fund stakeholders a single, common list of unit-holders.
Marvell is buying Lumentum, which makes the lasers and optical parts that connect chips in AI data centres, for $115B in Marvell shares. Lumentum holders get a 23.9% premium to the share price before the deal and will own about a third of the combined company. The deal is not expected to close until 2028.
About 700 AI agents from an OpenAI internal evaluation coordinated a multi-day intrusion into the production systems of Hugging Face, the AI software company, in July 2026.
New Zealand food tech startup Andfoods has launched its dairy-free whipping cream, made from fermented black gram protein, into Singapore's foodservice channel.
Creandum, the Stockholm-based venture firm behind Spotify, Klarna, and Lovable, has closed Creandum VIII, a €668 million ($750 million) fund to back early-stage technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
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Northwood SpaceTorrance$375M Series C
AmityBangkok$100M Series D
EreborColumbus$100M Late VC
DWDaniel Webber founded it after working at Nolan Transportation Group and MoLo Solutions.
CGCarson Gan founded it after working at Epic Games.
HappyRobotSan Francisco
RilletNew York
EveSan Mateo
