CUBE3 AI raises $48.5M Series A to fight AI-powered crime

CUBE3 AI is raising $48.5 million in a Series A round, according to a securities filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company builds tools at the intersection of agentic AI, cybersecurity, and…

Cross River backs GoodLeap's HELOC card with $50M credit facility

Cross River Bank has provided US$32.4M revolving credit facility to GoodLeap and will issue the fintech's new GoodLeap Home Visa Signature Card. The facility, structured by Cross River's Principal Finance Group,…

Egypt's first fintech unicorn MNT-Halan to float 20% in $1.4B IPO

Egyptian fintech lending and payments company MNT-Halan plans to list 20% of its shares on the Egyptian stock exchange, in one of the country's largest initial public offerings in years. The offering covers 320 million…

PsiQuantum raises $450M to push toward a working quantum computer

Quantum computing startup PsiQuantum has raised $450 million in growth equity, co-led by Sequoia Capital and BlackRock. Several strategic partners in the technology and defense sectors also took part.

Metaview raises €53.1M Series C to scale agentic recruiting

London-based Metaview has raised €53.1 million ($60 million) in a Series C round led by Insight Partners. GV, Intrepid Growth Partners, Seedcamp, Vertex Ventures US, Plural, and Garuda Ventures also took part. The raise…

Varda raises $251M Series D to make drugs in space

Varda Space Industries has raised US$162.4M Series D, co-led by Lux Capital and Natural Capital, to scale its space-based pharmaceutical processing. The round brings the El Segundo, California company's total raised to…

Indonesia's Era Media to buy 29.88% of telecom firm INET for ~$112M

PT Era Media Sejahtera (DOOH), through its subsidiary PT Cakrawala Nexus Investama (CNI), will acquire a 29.88% stake in telecom infrastructure firm PT Sinergi Inti Andalan Prima (INET) for 2,005,500,000,000 rupiah…

Daiwa House growth fund backs Texas humanoid-robot maker Persona AI

The Daiwa House Group Growth Fund has invested in Persona AI, a Houston-based startup building industrial humanoid robots for shipyards, construction sites, and energy infrastructure. The round was announced in October…

Japan's DriveX raises $950K to bring AI to factory production planning

Tokyo-based DriveX has raised US$1.15M (roughly $950,000) in an early-stage round from business companies and individual investors, the startup announced in October. It will use the capital to accelerate development of…

Booster adds $4.14M to NZ university spin-out fund

Booster has committed a further US$4.79M to its Booster Innovation Fund, which backs early-stage New Zealand companies built on university research and technology. The allocation lifts total capital committed from…

Smart ring Vocci hits crowdfunding goal in 20 minutes, tops $33K

Focal Point, a Tokyo-based import trading company, launched a crowdfunding campaign for Vocci — a ring-shaped AI recording device — on GREEN FUNDING at 11:00 JST on September 30, 2026, and hit its funding target within…

SmartStop to spend $140M on storage, including $37M for two US sites

SmartStop Self Storage REIT plans to invest $140 million across Canada and the US by year-end. The push spans a Canadian joint venture, two US acquisitions, and six US development projects.

Indigo doubles malpractice premiums to $20M on automated underwriting

Indigo, an AI-driven medical professional liability insurance platform, has surpassed $20 million in premiums, doubling its premium volume since it announced US$32.4M Series B round in January. The company credited…

FeBI Technologies lands $1.52M grant for quantum iron blood test

FeBI Technologies has won a US$1.42M (roughly $1.52 million) grant from the Australian Government's Critical Technologies Challenge Program. The money backs its quantum-based blood test, designed to measure iron levels…

Raven's Indigenous outcomes arm rebrands to Otipêy, launches real estate finance fund

Raven Indigenous Outcomes Funds has rebranded to Otipêy and launched a Real Estate Finance Fund, the firm announced. The fund size was not disclosed.

BigLink raises $424,000 pre-seed to scale AI marketing data platform in Brazil

BigLink, a Brazilian marketing data analytics startup, has raised $424,000 (US$614K) in a pre-seed round led by Ambiance Private Equity, with strategic participation from entrepreneur João Brognoli. The company will…

FirstWave raises $734K to launch new products and convert pipeline

First Wave Technologies has raised approximately US$685.9K (≈$734,000) in a placement priced at US$0 per share, with no discount to its last close. The round drew backing from Partners for Growth and values the company…

Gwanak Research Institute raises $220K for financial decision AI

Gwanak Research Institute, a South Korean financial decision AI company, has raised US$251.5K from Seoul National University Technology Holdings, the sole investor. The startup, founded in 2023, builds AI tools that…

Cetus Maritime to buy Seacon ship-owning units in $134M deal

Intercontinental Shipping (02409) agreed to sell 100% of certain Seacon subsidiaries to Cetus Maritime Holdings Limited and enter long-term charter arrangements, for total consideration of $134 million. The subsidiaries…

August Energy lands $15M to expand clean energy projects across Asia

August Energy, a Singapore-headquartered energy infrastructure company, has raised $15 million in a late-stage round. Finnish impact investor Finnfund committed the funds through an Aravest -managed vehicle that holds…

US and Korea back $22.3B Texas energy and data center campus

The US Department of Commerce and the Republic of Korea are jointly funding Project Star, US$14.4B energy infrastructure campus in Encinal, Texas. Related Companies and NextEra Energy Resources, in partnership with…

Western Ridge grabs WA gold-antimony portfolio, raises US$847.6K to drill

Western Ridge Resources has signed a binding agreement to acquire a portfolio of gold and gold-antimony projects across four granted tenements in Western Australia's Murchison region from Odin Capital Group. It has also…

Amper nears €40M defence acquisition to hit inorganic growth target

Spanish technology group Amper has agreed to acquire an undisclosed Spanish company that specialises in protection systems for civil and military critical infrastructure. The deal carries a fixed price of €40 million,…

Fleury buys Brazilian lab Unilab for $10.5 million

Fleury, one of Brazil's largest diagnostics companies, has acquired clinical analysis lab Unilab for US$14.1M. The deal, announced October 1, 2026, was approved by Fleury's board the same day.

Luxshare buys 57% of KFM Kinde for $87.2M to expand manufacturing

Luxshare Precision Industry is acquiring a 57.0% controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed KFM Kinde for US$82.7M. The purchase, via Luxshare's wholly owned Hong Kong subsidiary, covers 342 million shares at US$0.24 each,…

Viome buys Solarea Bio to push into consumer synbiotics

Viome has acquired Solarea Bio, aiming to launch clinically validated consumer synbiotics and medical foods. Terms were undisclosed. The deal was announced in October 2026.

Grand Canyon Education lands $100M credit line to fund buybacks

Grand Canyon Education (Nasdaq: LOPE) has secured a five-year, $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility, the education services company disclosed in a Form 8-K filed October 1, 2026. Zions Bancorporation,…

SQC lands $2.5M government grant for quantum-enhanced energy forecasting

Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) has received a US$2.33M grant from the Australian Government's Critical Technologies Challenge Program. The funding advances SQC and partner Schneider Electric to Stage 2 of the program,…

Wandercraft acquires Ekso Bionics to build global exoskeleton leader

French robotics firm Wandercraft has acquired US-based Ekso Bionics from a subsidiary of ChronoScale Holdings Corporation, uniting two makers of medical exoskeletons. The deal, announced October 1, 2026, was…

Colombian fintech KOA raises $25.6M in debt via Bogotá stock exchange securitisation

Colombian fintech KOA has closed an US$24.4M (roughly $25.6 million) debt securitisation on the Colombian Stock Exchange. The company will use the proceeds to expand access to credit.

LandBridge unit raises $125M in upsized senior notes sale

DBR Land Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of LandBridge Company LLC, completed US$80.9M private placement of 6.250% senior notes due 2030 on October 1, 2026. The offering was upsized from an initial $100 million.

Agibank closes $402M FIDC backed by payroll loans

Agibank has closed its third receivables-backed fund, FIDC Agibank III, raising US$537.2M. The Brazilian hybrid bank, a subsidiary of NYSE-listed Agi Inc., issued Class A quotas in two series carrying a 132-month…

Inworld acquires voice agent platform Ultravox, upgrades customers to top-ranked TTS model

AI research lab Inworld has acquired Ultravox, a platform developers use to build real-time voice agents. The deal was announced on October 1, 2026; terms were not disclosed. Ultravox team members who have joined…

Jack Archer lands $5M debt facility to scale menswear line

Premium menswear brand Jack Archer has closed US$3.24M growth capital facility led by Eastward Capital Partners. The debt financing will fund the company's next phase of catalog expansion and go-to-market growth.

Banner Capital rolls up three plastics makers into new medical device platform

Banner Capital has agreed to acquire the businesses of Seaway Plastics Engineering, MME Group, and Wright Engineered Plastics, combining them into a new platform called Seaway Group. The deal, announced October 1, 2026,…

CVC-backed Zenita buys IT Euromedia in first deal after rebrand

Zenita Group, an Italian digital engineering and technology infrastructure company owned by CVC Capital Partners and CDP Equity, has acquired 100% of IT Euromedia. The Cagliari-based target designs, implements, and…

Saubermacher buys 65% of Austrian pipe specialist Quabus

Austrian waste management company Saubermacher is acquiring a 65% stake in Quabus, an Upper Austrian specialist in trenchless pipeline rehabilitation. The purchase price was not disclosed. Founders Christoph Hofstadler…

South Africa launches Creative Biz Fund for creative entrepreneurs

South Africa's Department of Small Business Development has launched the Creative Biz Fund to support entrepreneurs across the country's creative industries. Minister Stella Tembisa Ndabeni officially unveiled it in…

Siltronic raises €170M in share sale after a 54% rally

Siltronic (XTRA:WAF) has completed a €169.95 million follow-on equity offering, selling 2,200,000 ordinary shares at €77.25 each. The German wafer maker priced the post-IPO raise through a subsequent direct listing.

Eleving Group raises €200M in 9% senior secured bond, 1.5x oversubscribed

Eleving Group has launched a €200 million senior secured bond carrying a fixed 9% annual interest rate. Issued at par, the bond was nearly 1.5 times oversubscribed.

American Bancorp sells New Republic Bank to Juno Bancorp

American Bancorp, Inc. has completed the sale of New Republic Bank to Juno Bancorp, Inc., the companies announced on October 1, 2026. The deal value was undisclosed. With the transaction done, American Bancorp will…

Sage buys Paperless to tighten its grip on construction finance

Sage has acquired Paperless Environments, a Louisiana-based maker of accounts payable automation, document workflow, and subcontractor compliance software for construction firms. Terms were not disclosed. The two…

Globeleq closes financing for 40MW Zambia solar project after eight years

Globeleq, a power producer active across southern Africa, has reached financial close on Kafue Solar, a 40MWac (56MW) project near Kafue, Zambia. FMO and British International Investment provided the financing, while…

FeralX buys Black Creek Labs' arms tooling, raises US$3.23M ahead of TSXV listing

Canada's FeralX Systems has closed its acquisition of production assets from Black Creek Labs, including machinery, equipment, tooling, and raw materials for its small-arms and drone programs. The deal value was…

Wellstar debuts on TSX-V after merger, backed by $162M raised

Wellstar Technologies began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on October 1, 2026, under the ticker WSTR. The listing follows the amalgamation of Wellstar and 1587818 B.C. Ltd., a merger of undisclosed value that took…

Opsin lands $2.35M NIH grant to replace pain implants with light

Opsin Biotherapeutics has won a two-year, $2.35 million Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance a non-viral optogenetic therapy for chronic pain. The grant, titled "Optogenetic…

Phoenix Systems raises $5.56M in IPO as demand runs 19x oversubscribed

Phoenix Systems, a Warsaw-based deeptech firm within the Atende group, has closed its initial public offering, raising US$5.38M. Demand ran 19 times higher than the shares on offer.

Colombia's Platam adds B Venture Capital to fund SME lending push

Colombian fintech Platam has added B Venture Capital (BVC) as a new investor. The startup builds embedded lending infrastructure that lets micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) access working capital…

Inseego closes Nokia fixed wireless deal set to double its revenue

Inseego has completed its acquisition of Nokia 's fixed wireless access business, a transaction management expects to roughly double the company's revenue. The deal shifts Inseego from a mostly North American…

Settle lands $240M credit facility to fund product businesses

Settle, a cash flow management platform for product businesses, has secured US$155.3M credit facility from an international financial institution and a New York asset manager. The debt expands the company's lending…

Poland's Urteste to raise fresh equity via investor share-sale reinvestment

Urteste, a Gdańsk-based company, signed an investment agreement on October 1, 2026, with the Kenja Family Foundation, a shareholder founded by Urteste management board member Tomasz Kostuch. The deal clears the way for…

SedMed raises $4M to scale non-electric toilet lift for mobility-limited users

SedMed raised $4 million in a round led by 108 BioCapital, the company announced on October 1, 2026. The Milford, Connecticut-based medtech makes a non-electric toilet lift that helps older adults and people with…

Redwood Logistics buys JBF Consulting to launch advisory arm

Redwood Logistics has acquired JBF Consulting to launch Redwood Advisory, a new consulting business. The deal value was undisclosed.

BioOra banks $30M in first close of series A, eyes $45M by year-end

Biotech company BioOra has raised $30 million in the first close of its series A round, the company said on October 2. It is targeting a total of $45 million by Christmas.

Magnetar takes Invesque private at 68% premium

Invesque, a Toronto-listed healthcare real estate company, has agreed to be taken private by a special purpose entity managed by Magnetar Financial, its controlling shareholder. Shareholders will receive US$0.101…

Hawaii Pacific Health buys All Access Ortho, state's top orthopedic urgent care group

Hawaii Pacific Health Partners has acquired All Access Ortho, the leading orthopedic urgent care clinic group in Hawaii. The deal was announced on October 1, 2026, with terms undisclosed. WaveEdge Capital served as…

Lydian lands $300M debt facility to build out its 6GW energy pipeline

Lydian Energy has closed US$194.1M holding company credit facility led by infrastructure asset manager Infranity. The capital will fund development, construction, acquisition, and operation of Lydian's utility-scale…

Canopy Brands buys century-old French lift maker Fixator

Canopy Brands has acquired Fixator, a France-based designer and manufacturer of material and personnel lifting solutions for working at height. The deal, announced October 1, 2026, was for an undisclosed sum. It adds…

Doc Society launches $2.7M fund backing documentaries, including a Zohran Mamdani film

Doc Society, the London-based non-profit that funds independent documentary filmmakers, has launched the Doc Society Love & Rockets Fund, an international fund for cinematic non-fiction features. It opens with US$1.75M…

Capital Trade Links takes majority stake in FMCG maker Rhythms for ~$104,000

Capital Trade Links has acquired a controlling 51.04% stake in Rhythms Industries Private Limited through a rights issue completed on October 1, 2026. It bought 665,001 equity shares at US$0.2 each for an aggregate…

Parkway Bank raises $350M from Patriot Financial and Stone Point to fund Midwest expansion

Parkway Bancorp, the holding company for Chicago-based Parkway Bank, completed a private placement of common stock generating nearly $350 million in gross proceeds. The round was co-led by investment funds managed by…

Mondevo Group buys Milan's Underscore District, powered by its own AI deal engine

Mondevo Group has acquired Underscore District, a Milan-based brand accelerator behind the Magliano, GR10K, and WOK Store labels. The acquisition closed in August; terms were not disclosed.

Veylo raises undisclosed round, names Haresh Bhungalia executive chairman

Veylo, an AI platform that modernises mission-critical enterprise systems, has closed a funding round from a group of technology investors and operators. It also named Haresh Bhungalia, an investor in the round, as…

Service Ventures backs AI app marketplace Fias in early-stage deal

Service Ventures, the venture capital arm of Service Credit Union, has made an early-stage investment in Fias, an artificial intelligence platform company. Fias, now in closed beta, lets users build applications in…

Facktor launches first fund for US community health safety net

Facktor Ventures has launched Facktor Ventures Fund I LP, an early-stage venture capital fund backing companies that serve US community health centers and the broader healthcare safety net. The fund will invest mainly…

Brazil's Sharp raises $328,000 pre-seed to decode why some salespeople win

Sharp, a Brazilian AI startup for sales teams, has raised US$434.9K in a pre-seed round, with US$127.9K coming from accelerator Strive. Founded in late 2025 by João Ribeiro and Octavio Garbi, the company analyses sales…

Get Access raises $5M to open late-stage startup deals to tech insiders

Get Access has raised $5 million in an early-stage round at an $85 million post-money valuation, led by Sound Ventures. Box chief executive officer Aaron Levie, Lux Capital managing partner Josh Wolfe, and Eventbrite…

Barnes Aerospace buys Scotland's ATL Turbine Services for first European repair hub

Barnes Aerospace has acquired ATL Turbine Services, a Dundee, Scotland-based specialist in refurbishing and repairing hot-section gas turbine components. The deal, announced October 1, 2026, marks Barnes Aerospace's…

Swedish garden e-tailer by Benson raises $998,000, adds TV profile Lulu Carter as owner

Swedish garden and design e-tailer by Benson has raised US$1.21M (roughly $998,000) in an angel round, with interior designer and TV profile Lulu Carter joining as an investor and part-owner. Chair Pingis Hadenius said…

CATAGEN lands UKEF-backed finance to scale aviation fuel tech in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland cleantech company CATAGEN has secured government-backed commercial finance to launch a new division focused on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology. The debt financing is backed by a guarantee…

Boeser buys Vion's Crailsheim slaughterhouse, returns to slaughtering

German meat processor Boeser Frischfleisch has completed its acquisition of Vion 's slaughterhouse in Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg. The deal value was not disclosed. With the purchase, the Rhineland-based cutting…

InvestiFi lands $2.66M from VolCorp to embed investing in credit unions

Volunteer Corporate Credit Union (VolCorp) has invested $2.66 million in InvestiFi, a credit union service organisation that embeds digital investing tools inside banking apps. The late-stage round deepens a strategic…

Landsec raises £500M to buy Metrocentre and double down on retail

Land Securities, the UK real estate investment trust known as Landsec, has raised about £500 million through a non-pre-emptive equity placing, a UK retail offer, and director subscriptions. It issued 83,345,000 new…

Texas credit union giant RBFCU enters Oklahoma via True Sky merger

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union (RBFCU) has completed its merger with Oklahoma City-based True Sky Federal Credit Union, extending the Texas lender's footprint into Oklahoma. The deal value was undisclosed. As of…

China's Xiaocheng Group raises Series B extension for elderly care platform

Xiaocheng Group, a Chinese elderly care services provider, has raised a Series B extension round, the company announced in September 2026. Chuang Venture Capital (川创投) backed the deal.

Ista acquires Munich electrification startup Homenergy

European energy service provider ista SE has acquired Homenergy, a Munich-based provider of residential energy solutions, for an undisclosed sum. The deal was announced in October 2026, with Berlin advisory firm Apricum…

Clean Energy Connect secures $3.17M credit line, lifting total raised to US$623.8M

Clean Energy Connect, a Japanese supplier of green power and environmental value from Non-FIT solar, has signed a US$3.85M (roughly $3.17 million) commitment line agreement with Resona Bank. The deal brings the…

Bank of Chongqing raises $298M in three-year bond sale

Bank of Chongqing has raised US$275M (roughly $298 million) through a three-year bond issue, the lender said in September 2026.

Oman fund buys into Azerbaijan's state-owned Azər-Türk Bank

The Azerbaijan-Oman Direct Investment Fund is becoming a shareholder of state-owned Azər-Türk Bank through the acquisition of new shares. The investment will come via an additional share issue, raising the bank's…

TriGemX Bio raises $94M to push migraine drug through Phase 3

TriGemX Bio, the New York-based biotechnology company formerly known as Kallyope, has raised $94 million. The round was co-led by The Column Group, TCGX, and Viking Global Investors, with participation from additional…

Quanome CEO backs quantum pivot with $15M insider loan

Quanome Technologies (Nasdaq: QNME) has signed a revolving loan agreement with its CEO and chairman, Yang Li, for up to $15 million in non-dilutive growth capital. Approved advances carry 6.0% annual interest, and…

GS Entec draws $63M in orders for $44M bond, hits target

South Korea's GS Entec has raised US$50.3M (roughly $44 million) through a public bond sale after drawing orders that exceeded its target. The company priced the deal on September 29, with parent-affiliate GS Global…

Legal tech startup Arkivia raises $3.99 million, lands Bar Association deal

Swedish legal tech startup Arkivia has raised US$4.84M (around $3.99 million) and signed a framework agreement with the Swedish Bar Association. The round is backed by investors including Sven Hagströmer and the founder…

Usalco buys SENTRY to give its wastewater platform real-time biology data

Usalco, a provider of water treatment chemistries, has acquired SENTRY Water Monitoring for an undisclosed sum. The deal folds SENTRY's real-time bio-electrode monitoring technology, customers, and team into Usalco's…

Monarch hits $100M ARR, buys HMBradley team in first acquisition

Monarch, a personal finance platform, has acquired MBI — formerly known as HMBradley — in its first acquisition, the company announced October 1. Terms were not disclosed. The deal brings the HMBradley team on board to…

Surmodics buys Alta Biomed to boost blood-compatible coating technology

Surmodics, a US supplier of surface technologies and coatings for medical devices, has acquired Alta Biomed for an undisclosed sum. Alta Biomed, based in Carlsbad, California, provides coating and testing services for…

WSP buys Canadian energy consultancy GCM Corpo

WSP Global, the Montreal-based engineering and professional services firm, has agreed to acquire GCM Corpo, expanding its energy platform in Canada. The deal was announced in October 2026. Terms were not disclosed.

Elevate lands US$18.3M acquisition facility to fuel North American M&A

Elevate Service Group has secured a US$18.3M (roughly $17.6 million) acquisition facility from a Schedule I Canadian lender and raised its revolving operating line to US$5.5M from US$4.4M. The Toronto-based facilities…

Good Tape buys out newsroom parent, launches Explore memory tool

Good Tape, the Copenhagen-based AI transcription company, has made itself independent through a management buyout and raised fresh funding from Nordic Makers. Co-founder and chief executive officer Lasse Finderup took…

Bose buys FMOD maker Firelight to push into gaming audio

Bose has acquired Firelight Technologies, the Melbourne-based maker of interactive audio software FMOD, for undisclosed terms. The deal, announced October 1, 2026, brings FMOD's game-audio technology into Bose's Audio…

Taiwan approves $1.67B in science-park investments; Nanya Tech picks Pingtung

Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council approved 13 investment cases totalling US$1.48B on October 1, with memory maker Nanya Technology confirming it will build an advanced 3D wafer packaging and testing…

EcoSys ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 206.7 times on strong retail demand

EcoSys (Malaysia) Bhd's initial public offering has drawn strong retail demand, with the Malaysian public portion oversubscribed by 206.70 times ahead of its listing on Bursa Malaysia 's ACE Market on October 14. The…

Wushi Microelectronics raises $14.9M Series A for wafer bonding tools

Wushi Microelectronics, a Chinese semiconductor equipment maker, has raised US$13.8M (roughly $14.9 million) in a Series A round. The financing drew a group of investors led by Wuyuefeng Capital, GL Ventures, Shenzhen…

Shenzhen Jiyin Technology raises angel round for smart home nail printer

Shenzhen Jiyin Technology has raised an angel round from Shanxing Capital and Kangxu Investment. The company develops smart home nail-printing machines.

Evoke Motorcycles raises $2.98M Series A to push electric bikes abroad

Electric motorcycle maker Evoke Motorcycles has raised US$2.75M (roughly $2.98 million) in a Series A round, announced in September 2026. The funding came from a government strategic investor.

Australia's Firmus raises $4.94B in IPO, pricing shares at US$7.12

Australia's Firmus priced its initial public offering at US$7.12 per share to raise US$4.59B, according to a term sheet. The listing ranks among the largest Australian offerings in recent memory.

RM Equity Partners splits from Russmedia, now runs €500M in assets

RM Equity Partners (RMEP), the digital investment arm of Austrian newspaper publisher Russmedia, has been fully bought out by its three partners — Eugen B. Russ, Chris Wittlinger, and Nicola Szekely — along with the…

Investcorp closes $1.22B second North American PE fund, beating target

Investcorp has held the final close of its North American Private Equity (NAPE) Fund II L.P. at $1.22 billion, exceeding its $1.1 billion target. The fund backs growing middle-market companies in the business and…

Stealth's dead? Starlink and Starshield could turn the sky into one giant radar

A thread on X on 30 September 2026 argued that SpaceX 's satellite constellations are becoming a sensing system as much as a communications network. Defence commentator @J1MMYJAMJAM described Starlink as "a giant,…

Redevco opens second European retail parks fund, building on €500M predecessor

Redevco has launched and held a first close of the Redevco European Retail Parks Evergreen fund, an open-ended vehicle targeting convenience-focused retail parks and essential-commerce assets across Europe. The fund…

Commerce Bank buys boutique advisory Nolan & Associates for middle-market push

Commerce Bank has completed its acquisition of Nolan & Associates, a St. Louis-based boutique investment banking firm serving middle-market clients nationwide. The transaction was executed through the purchase of Middle…

Sharon AI secures $356M GPU-backed debt facility led by Goldman Sachs

Sharon AI (NASDAQ: SHAZ), an Australian cloud provider building AI infrastructure, has secured a US$356 million senior secured debt facility backed by its GPUs. The facility is priced at a fixed 9.95%, excluding fees,…

US Big Tech out-meets European industrials in Brussels — Google tops the digital omnibus

enso raises $15M Series A for AI 'growth hacking' agents

Israeli startup enso has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by MoreTech Ventures, with participation from existing investor NFX, Phenomen VC, and Gil Hirsch. The round brings total funding to $23 million.

Germany's AMERIA raises €10M more, hitting €60M via angel network

Heidelberg-based deep tech company AMERIA has raised more than €10 million through the business angel network Companisto, which led the round. The financing closed on September 18, 2026, and brings AMERIA's total…

CertifID buys Closinglock in second deal in four months

CertifID, a real estate fraud prevention platform, has acquired Closinglock, an escrow management platform for secure money movement in real estate. Terms were not disclosed. The deal combines identity verification,…

Factory and Cognition clash publicly over adviser Chris Degnan's move to Cognition

What happened? On 30 September 2026, Factory co-founder and CEO Matan Grinberg posted on X that Factory had terminated Chris Degnan 's roles as board observer and adviser "for unethical conduct involving Cognition".…

Indra buys Catalan radar startup Dares to arm its Tarsis military drones

Spanish defence group Indra has acquired 100% of Dares Technology, a Catalan deep tech firm specialising in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and advanced image processing. The deal value was not disclosed.

Wellhub adds $19.3M to credit fund for Brazilian gyms and studios

Wellhub, the corporate wellness platform, is adding US$25.6M (≈$19.3 million) to a credit fund for partner gyms and studios in Brazil, announced October 1. It extends the Financial Solutions strategy the company…

Voltaback raises €2.8M to scale EV fleet management software

French startup Voltaback has raised €2.8 million in an early-stage round led by European fund Serena, with backing from business angels Aurélien de Meaux, co-founder of Electra, and Maxime Brousse, a Sequoia Scout.

3DC selected for Korea's TIPS program for 3D-printed catalyst technology

South Korean startup 3DC has been selected for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' TIPS program, a private investment-led technology startup support scheme. The company develops catalyst carriers and exhaust gas…

Oaktree closes debut asset-backed finance fund at $2B

Brookfield has announced the final close of Oaktree 's Asset-Backed Finance Fund (ABF I) at $2 billion, hitting its target. The commitments span the fund and related vehicles, drawn from a globally diversified base of…

U Gro Capital raises $14.3M in debt via NCDs

U Gro Capital has raised US$18.6M through a private placement of non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The company allotted 137,000 senior, secured, rated, redeemable debentures with a face value of US$135.8 each.

Broadcom to lend Anthropic up to $42B in convertible deal, filing shows

Broadcom has agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion to finance infrastructure spending, according to the AI lab's IPO prospectus. The financing takes the form of a convertible note that could later be converted into…

Japan's REALE closes debut property fund at 316% subscription, drawing $2.92M

A D Works Group Co 's subsidiary, A D Works (ADW), has closed subscriptions for its first real estate crowdfunding fund, REALE No.1 Ebisu One-Building Residence. The US$3.55M (≈$2.92 million) fund drew US$11.2M in…

KawiSafi backs Orb Energy with $2M for East Africa solar push

KawiSafi Ventures has invested $2 million in Bengaluru-based solar company Orb Energy in an early-stage round, with the funding ring-fenced for its Africa business.

YRGLM completes merger with inhouse marketing specialist ATARA to push AI push

Japanese marketing technology company YRGLM has completed its absorption-type merger of wholly owned subsidiary ATARA, effective October 1, 2026. Takashi Ishinaga, ATARA's former representative director, becomes a YRGLM…

SWEN closes first Article 9 Europa fund at €236M, 80% committed

SWEN Capital Partners has closed its first Article 9 fund in its long-running Europa private equity programme at €236 million. The firm said 80% of the capital is already committed.

TPG closes $10B second climate fund despite US political headwinds

TPG has raised $10 billion for TPG Rise Climate II, its second climate-focused private equity fund, according to Bloomberg. The fund closed to new subscriptions at the end of September and ranks among the largest…

Ambienta acquires four aquaculture tech firms to build Nordic sustainability platform

European sustainability investor Ambienta has acquired Bio Marine, Flatsetsund Engineering (FLS), Smir, and P/F GroAqua Group, four aquaculture technology companies, to form a single industrial platform. The deal was…

Daejeon launches $39.9M fund of funds to back local startups

Daejeon has launched the Daejeon D-Growth Fund, a US$45.5M fund of funds, to back early-stage startups and strategic industries across the South Korean city. It held a launch ceremony on October 1 at Daejeon Startup…

Lazard launches quant-driven European equity fund

Lazard Asset Management has launched the Lazard European Equity Advantage Fund, a UCITS vehicle focused on quantitative management of European equities. The firm announced the launch in a statement.

Saudi cabler MESC renews $40M credit line with Al Rajhi Bank

Middle East Specialized Cables (MESC) has renewed US$25.9M credit facility with Al Rajhi Bank, the Saudi cable maker announced in October 2026. The debt will fund daily working capital and the issuance of bank…

Attijariwafa Bank buys into Ghana as Societe Generale exits

Societe Generale Group has agreed to sell its subsidiary, Societe Generale Ghana, to Morocco's Attijariwafa Bank and Ghana's Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The move sees Societe Generale divest…

Headline closes $400M fund for European seed and Series A startups

Global venture firm Headline has closed Headline EU VIII, US$258.8M fund backing seed and Series A startups across Europe. It is the firm's eighth early-stage fund dedicated to European founders, with a focus on AI.

Sprint Bioscience lands $93,800 Vinnova grant for drug discovery research

Sprint Bioscience, a Stockholm-based oncology drug developer, has been awarded roughly US$113.6K from Swedish innovation agency Vinnova. The grant backs a joint research initiative with MAX IV, a national research…

Osaka Regional Revitalization Fund backs drone-show startup White Crow

The Osaka Regional Revitalization Fund, managed by Osaka Shinkin Bank, has made its third investment, backing White Crow, a drone-show startup led by chief executive officer Aya Horiuchi. The investment closed on…

OfficeRnD founder's new sports startup 1club raises €2.2M seed

1club, an AI-native software platform for sports and fitness businesses, has raised €2.2 million in a seed round led by LaunchHub Ventures and BrightCap Ventures. The Bulgaria-based startup was founded roughly a year…

REA India lifts Aurum PropTech stake to 24.49% via share swap

REA India acquired an additional 18.94% stake in Aurum PropTech through a share swap completed on September 29, 2026. The move lifted REA's total holding from 5.55% to 24.49%, making it a significant minority…

Guotai Junan I secures $166 million revolving loan facilities

Guotai Junan I (01788) said it signed committed loan agreements with certain banks on September 30, 2026, securing committed revolving loan facilities with an aggregate maximum amount of US$157.1M. The final repayment…

Hayfin opens Seoul office after Samsung Life stake, managing $1.1B for Korean clients

Hayfin Capital Management opened a Seoul office on Thursday, expanding its Asia-Pacific footprint after Samsung Life took a strategic minority stake in the firm. Located at Three IFC in Yeouido, Seoul's financial…

M-Based raises $700K seed round for mushroom-based materials

Ankara-based biotech startup M-Based has raised roughly $700,000 in a seed round led by the ODTÜ 70th Year Venture Capital Investment Fund, managed by Maxis Girişim Sermayesi Portföy Yönetimi. Elemental Ventures and…

BTG Pactual lands €100M debt facility for Brazil climate finance push

BTG Pactual, Latin America's largest investment bank, has secured a €100 million debt financing facility to expand its sustainable and impact-oriented lending in Brazil. The facility comes from COFIDES, Spain's…

Analysys Mason buys Swedish AI consultancy Modulai to add technical muscle

Analysys Mason has acquired Modulai, a Sweden-based AI and machine learning (ML) consultancy, for an undisclosed sum. The deal adds specialist technical AI, ML, and agentic solutions capabilities to Analysys Mason's…

Molan Steel lands $1.22M interest-free loan from top shareholder

Molan Steel signed an agreement to borrow SAR 4.6 million (roughly $1.22 million) from its major shareholder, Dar Al-Takamul Holding Group. The loan carries no interest, investment returns, administrative fees, or other…

Malaysia's DNB lands $1.27B Islamic financing for 5G push

Digital Nasional (DNB) has completed a US$1.24B (≈$1.27 billion) syndicated Islamic term financing to fund the next phase of Malaysia's dual 5G network framework. The company is the entity behind the country's 5G…

Hypersonix lands $46M to build hydrogen-powered hypersonic aircraft

Brisbane-based Hypersonix Launch Systems has raised $46 million in a Series A round led by UK firm High Tor Capital. Saab, RKKVC, the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, and Queensland Investment Corporation also…

LCC Projects raises $44.5M in oversubscribed Indian IPO

LCC Projects, a Gujarat-based engineering, procurement, and construction company, listed on the Indian stock exchanges after raising US$58M (roughly $44.5 million) through its initial public offering. The offering…

Komugi raises $2.28M to fund restaurant rollups and IPO push

Tokyo-based food producer Komugi has raised US$2.77M in an early-stage round via a third-party allotment of shares. Seibu Shinkin Capital and Hibishin Capital led a group of 13 backers, which also included Solid…

Meili Technology's ACPS deal lifts overseas revenue 748% as integration test begins

Zhejiang Meili Technology has acquired German auto-parts maker ACPS, folding it into its accounts from March 31, 2026. The deal value was not disclosed. ACPS makes vehicle towing and protection systems, with plants in…

Openstone, Fundcraft open evergreen fund for global infrastructure

Openstone, a private assets specialist, and Fundcraft France, a portfolio management company, have launched Openstone Infraworld, an evergreen, open-ended fund dedicated to global private infrastructure. Structured as a…

People's Leasing raises $30.2M in oversubscribed debenture issue

People's Leasing & Finance PLC has raised Rs. 10 billion (about $30.2 million) through its 2026 debenture issue, after demand exceeded the maximum 100 million debentures on offer. The debentures were allotted on…

CGBio raises CG MedTech stake to 42% in $1.8M share purchase

CGBio has bought an additional 2.07 million common shares of CG MedTech for about US$2.05M (roughly $1.8 million), lifting its stake from 40.41% to 42.41%. The regenerative medicine firm purchased the shares on the open…

Cardiovascular AI startup Corologic lands South Korea's TIPS grant, begins clinical trials

Corologic, a cardiovascular imaging AI startup, has been selected for TIPS, South Korea's government technology startup support programme run by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The selection, recommended by seed…

Chinese rocket startup Z-Trak raises fresh funds, eyes 2027 debut

Chinese launch startup Z-Trak Space has secured a new funding round to build a small reusable rocket. It is targeting late 2027 for a first flight of its Fission-A vehicle.

Stegra names Saab veteran Micael Johansson as CEO amid green steel cash crunch

Swedish green steel startup Stegra has appointed Micael Johansson as its new chief executive officer, as the company says it needs additional capital to complete construction of its giant green steel plant. Johansson, a…

Lawmakers urge FERC to block AES power company sale

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing federal regulators to reject the multi-billion-dollar sale of power company The AES Corporation. In a September 28 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),…

Fassi Gru raises €450M in debut bond to refinance and fund buyouts

Fassi Gru, the Italy-based loader-crane manufacturer owned by Investindustrial, has completed its debut issuance of €450 million in senior secured floating rate notes due 2033. Its holding company, Lifting Control…

OpenAI seeks $30B at $1.4T valuation as IPO waits

OpenAI is reportedly seeking at least $30 billion in new funding at a roughly $1.4 trillion pre-money valuation, according to Bloomberg. Talks are early, terms could change, and demand for the round is led by investors,…

Poland's Gekko Photonics wins $1M Luminate NY prize, will set up shop in Rochester

Gekko Photonics won US$647.1K grant as "Company of the Year" in Round Nine of the Luminate NY accelerator competition, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced. The Wroclaw, Poland-based startup took the top prize at…

Chile's Alteria lands angel funding at $3M valuation to bring AI to store floors

Alteria, a Chilean retail technology startup, has raised an undisclosed angel round at US$1.94M valuation. Its backers include Juan Pablo Cuevas of Cornershop, Sebastián Ferrer of Rindegastos, Enrique Gundermann…

Qatar's Aligator raises $1.2M seed to put AI agents to work in PR

Doha-based startup Aligator has raised $1.2 million (4.3 million QAR) in a seed round led by Qatar Development Bank and Next Ventures, a fund by Media City Qatar, with participation from private investors. The company…

Bupa's Care Plus buys into Brazil's Beep Saúde, taking part of DNA Capital's stake

Care Plus, owned by British group Bupa, has agreed to buy part of DNA Capital 's stake in Beep Saúde, a Brazilian home-health company that provides vaccinations, laboratory tests, and infusions at patients' homes. The…

Jordanian Venture Fund tops target, raising $110M for 180 startups

The Jordanian Venture Fund has mobilised roughly $109 million in private capital, well past its initial $71.5 million target. The fund has backed 180 startups directly and indirectly, a milestone for Jordan's startup…

Moldova launches €1M EU-backed fund to seed its startups

Moldova has launched the Moldova Innovation Fund, a fund of more than €1 million for technology startups, opening the first of four funding rounds at Moldova Business Week in Chisinau on September 30. The EU-backed…

Bridgewater warns AI may hit 18% of US jobs — while running US$1.29B AI fund

Bridgewater Associates chief executive officer Nir Bar Dea has warned that AI could dislocate roughly 18% of American labor if governments and society fail to prepare. The warning comes from a firm that runs the…

RM Capital, NSP Capital back Miami banking-tech advisor Samaha

RM Capital Partners has partnered with NSP Capital on a growth equity investment in Samaha & Associates, a Miami-based technology and strategic advisory firm serving credit unions and banks. RM Capital led the platform…

Argentina's Derenta raises $6.1M to triple its Uber rental fleet

Derenta, the Argentine company that rents cars to Uber drivers, placed US$3.95M bond issue in the capital markets, its Serie II notes. The 24-month debt is denominated in pesos, pays a TAMAR Privada + 0% rate, and is…

India bucks global VC boom as funding falls 2% while world surges 161%

India's venture capital market lost ground in January–August 2026, with deal activity down 12% and funding value down 2% year-on-year, according to GlobalData. The contraction made India an outlier as global venture…

Blackstone-backed ASK to buy SageOne in ~$200M asset-management deal

Blackstone -backed ASK Investment Managers will acquire SageOne Investment Managers, an Indian asset manager operating across portfolio management services (PMS) and alternative investment funds (AIF), the companies…

Alceon takes majority stake in Engage Squared in $25M deal

Australian investment firm Alceon has acquired a majority stake in Melbourne-based Microsoft specialist Engage Squared for US$23.3M (roughly $25 million), the two companies said. The consultancy will use the capital to…

Charter Space raises $5M seed to insure the space economy

Charter Space, an El Segundo, California-based startup, has raised US$3.24M seed round to grow its space insurance business. Crystal Venture Partners led the round, with participation from QED, Blank Ventures, Hustle…

SeaAhead closes debut fund to back ocean-tech startups

SeaAhead, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based bluetech venture builder, has closed its first venture fund and plans to invest in up to seven bluetech startups over the next year. The SeaAhead Ventures Launch Fund will…

Ray Therapeutics wins $8M state grant for vision-restoring gene therapy

Ray Therapeutics has been awarded an $8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to advance RTx-021, its gene therapy for Stargardt disease. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical…

Texas Stock Exchange raises $160M to challenge NYSE and Nasdaq

TXSE Group Inc., the parent of the Texas Stock Exchange, has raised $155 million in a third funding round as it competes with the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq for equities listings. Existing shareholders…

Vecgen lands NIH Fast-Track grant worth up to $2.5M for gene therapy safety test

Vecgen, working with nonprofit foundation Solve GNE, has won a National Institutes of Health Fast-Track Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant worth up to $2.5 million to validate a diagnostic that predicts how…

Rezolv lands €560M green loan for EU's largest solar park

Renewable energy developer Rezolv Energy has secured a €561 million ($637 million) green loan from a 14-lender consortium to build the EU's largest onshore solar park in Romania. The European Investment Bank anchored…

Argentina's Otamerica raises $80M in dollar notes for oil-services buildout

Otamerica, an Argentine hydrocarbon-services company, has raised $80 million through an issuance of Series VII Notes under its Global Notes Program. The notes carry a 6.25% rate, are denominated and payable in US…

Xá de Cana lands $190K from Carol Paiffer on Shark Tank Brasil

Xá de Cana, a Brazilian ready-to-drink startup, raised US$255.8K from investor Carol Paiffer on Shark Tank Brasil in exchange for a 50% stake. The company sells a canned caipirinha made with just three ingredients:…

Rapid Bio raises $7.2M to expand diagnostics portfolio

Russian diagnostics developer Rapid Bio has raised US$9.02M in a growth equity round led by venture firm Kama Flow. The size of the stake taken by the investor was not disclosed.

Valora launches $77M receivables fund in Brazil, advised by Madrona

Valora Renda Fixa Estruturados has launched a receivables investment fund (FIDC) worth US$102.3M (roughly $77 million), with Madrona Advogados serving as deal counsel. The transaction, announced on September 28, 2026,…

Selbetti buys health AI platform Botdesigner in push toward US$255.8M revenue

Selbetti Tecnologia has acquired Botdesigner, a Florianópolis-based platform that automates the patient journey, for an undisclosed sum. The deal deepens the company's expansion into artificial intelligence and…

Hatteras opens $100M second Opportunity Fund, adds ex-GSK chief Witty as chairman

Hatteras Venture Partners has held the first closing of Hatteras Opportunity Fund II, a venture fund targeting $100 million. The Durham, North Carolina firm, which focuses on healthcare innovation, will use the fund for…

Astranis lands $470 million loan to scale US satellite production

Astranis has secured US$302.8M loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) to expand domestic production of its satellites. The San Francisco-based company builds small geostationary satellites that…

Yojee raises $7.3M after launching MOSAIC, posts $8.2M FY26 loss

Australian logistics software firm Yojee raised approximately US$6.76M before costs through an oversubscribed placement and Share Purchase Plan. The company also reported a statutory net loss of US$5.31M for fiscal 2026…

Franklin Templeton opens a global equity fund to European investors

Franklin Templeton has launched the FTGF Putnam Global Research Fund, a global equities vehicle that widens European investors' access to Putnam Investments ' strategies. It sits as a subfund of the Ireland-domiciled…

Germany's Stark unveils crewless boat built to run for weeks at sea

German company Stark has built an autonomous boat that can operate at sea for weeks without a crew. The vessel is designed to run unmanned, adding to a growing class of uncrewed maritime systems.

JCB posts £5.7B in sales, opens $1B Texas plant amid leadership change

JCB reported 2025 sales turnover of £5.7 billion, profit before tax of £642 million and machine sales of 113,498 units, as the family-owned construction equipment maker set out plans for new production capacity,…

Spotixx, Roseman Labs win Eurostars grant for cross-bank fraud platform

German fintech spotixx and Dutch cryptography firm Roseman Labs have secured a grant from the EU's Eurostars program to scale a cross-bank fraud prevention platform. The two-year project begins October 1, 2026, backed…

Indra buys 30% of cybersecurity firm TRC, with a path to full control

Indra Group has agreed to acquire a 30% stake in Madrid-based cybersecurity company TRC through its technology subsidiary IndraMind. The deal value was not disclosed, and it includes an option for Indra to raise its…

Proparco backs Kenya's Farm to Feed with €150,000 to cut food loss

Proparco has invested €150,000 in Farm to Feed, a Kenyan agritech company that fights food loss while raising incomes for smallholder farmers. The early-stage round backs a technology platform that matches fragmented…

Turkey's Tarfin Flex acquires BNPL pioneer HASO

Tarfin Flex has acquired HASO, one of Turkey's first buy now, pay later (BNPL) platforms, in a deal announced in September 2026. Terms were not disclosed. The move is meant to widen Tarfin Flex's reach in digital…

Steamhouse India lists at 17% premium in $43M IPO

Steamhouse India has raised US$56.2M in its initial public offering, debuting on the stock exchanges at a premium of roughly 17% over the offer price. The offering combined a fresh issue of US$47.9M with an offer for…

Apollo completes NSG Group buyout, installs new leadership

Apollo Global Management has completed its acquisition of Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG Group), the Japanese maker of architectural, automotive, and solar glass, and launched a new management structure. The deal value was not…

Defence tech firm DS Navcours jumps 75% in $32M KOSDAQ debut

DS Navcours, a South Korean maker of navigation and anti-jamming equipment, surged more than 75% above its offering price on its KOSDAQ trading debut on September 30. The company raised US$36.7M by offering 3 million…

Accelevation prices $180M IPO on Nasdaq at $18 a share

Ohio-based Accelevation Holdings Corp. has priced its initial public offering of 30 million Class A shares at $18.00 each, raising roughly $180 million. The stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select…

Salesforce buys Sweden-founded Listen Labs in $2B AI deal

Salesforce is acquiring Listen Labs, an AI startup that runs and analyses consumer interviews at scale, for around $2 billion. The parties disclosed no financial terms, but Business Insider reported the roughly $2…

ArkeaBio raises $15M for cow-burp vaccine, cuts a third of staff

ArkeaBio, a Boston-based startup developing a vaccine to cut methane emissions from livestock, has raised US$9.71M Series A2 round. AgriZeroNZ led the round, with support from Breakthrough Energy.

Arizona Lithium lands $4.4M state loan to build out Saskatchewan project

Arizona Lithium has secured US$4.62M (≈$4.4 million) in interest-free financing from Canadian federal agency PrairiesCan to fund the next stage of construction at its Prairie Lithium project in Saskatchewan. The…

Tesla lines up $30B in new credit, one of the largest energy debt deals ever

Tesla entered into three senior unsecured credit agreements on September 29, 2026, totaling $30 billion in available financing, according to a company statement. Citibank and Wells Fargo are the lead agents across the…

Materials maker Hongfucheng lists on Shenzhen exchange at US$10.6 per share

Shenzhen Hongfucheng New Material listed today on the ChiNext board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the ticker 301716. The company priced its offering at US$10.6 per share, at a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.8.

Cuprina closes IPO over-allotment, adding 648,373 shares on Nasdaq

Singapore-based biomedical company Cuprina Holdings (Cayman) Limited (Nasdaq: CUPR) said it closed the sale of an additional 648,373 Class A ordinary shares. The shares were sold under the full exercise of its…

Silexion cuts warrant price to raise $840K in cash infusion

Silexion Therapeutics has agreed to raise roughly $840,000 by inducing holders of its series E warrants to exercise them early at a discounted price. The company disclosed the inducement offer letter, dated September…

Goldman Sachs opens $100B Treasury fund to crypto firms via Avalanche network Lynq

Goldman Sachs is making its roughly $100 billion Financial Square Treasury Instruments Fund (FTIXX) available to eligible institutional digital-asset firms through Lynq, a private, permissioned Avalanche Layer 1…

WDP raises €400M ahead of Argan merger

Belgian logistics real estate group Warehouses De Pauw (WDP) has raised roughly €400 million through a capital increase, tapping large investors in a post-IPO equity round announced in September 2026.

Sparta raises $71M for listed infrastructure fund PREE11

Brazilian asset manager Sparta has raised US$94.7M in the second share offering for PREE11, its listed infrastructure fund. The raise lifts the fund's total assets to roughly US$102.3M.

Oura postpones $2.2B Nasdaq IPO, citing market uncertainty

Oura, the maker of a smart ring that tracks health and sleep, has postponed its planned Nasdaq listing, citing uncertainty in the IPO market. The company had launched its IPO plans on September 21, aiming to raise up to…

Those Vegan Cowboys wins €1.3M grant for cow-free sports nutrition

Those Vegan Cowboys has secured €1.3 million in public funding to develop protein-rich sports nutrition products based on precision fermentation casein. The grant, worth €1,290,186, anchors a €2.58 million consortium…

Zambia's Quotify wins $10K grant to fix construction pricing gap

Zambian startup Quotify Services Limited has won $10,000 in equity-free grant funding as one of five winners of the sixth Women in Tech Zambia programme. The award was announced at the programme's Demo Day on September…

Ex-Genentech AI team debuts Ortet with $500M

Ortet, a health startup founded by three former AI scientists and engineers from Roche 's Genentech, launched in September 2026 with $500 million. The company aims to change the healthcare system using AI.

Optikos buys Omega Optical to unify optics workflow under one roof

Optikos has acquired Omega Optical, a precision optical coatings and component manufacturer, in an undisclosed deal announced September 29, 2026. Both are Artemis portfolio companies, and the merger folds design,…

Coinbase, CMCC back crypto trading firm Raven at $90M valuation

Coinbase Ventures and CMCC Global have closed a strategic early-stage funding round in Raven, a trading firm, at US$58.2M pre-money valuation. Raven declined to disclose how much each investor contributed.

Hertha Metals lands $133.65M Series A, with the US government taking a stake

Hertha Metals, a US steel startup, has raised US$86.5M Series A. The round includes US$42.1M equity investment from the US government.

Accel and Google back Dodge AI with $2.7M to automate enterprise software upkeep

Dodge AI has raised $2.65 million in a seed round co-led by Accel and the Google AI Futures Fund. Schema Ventures, New Build Ventures, Antler, and angel investors from SAP 's ecosystem also participated.

Peak XV lifts Surge seed cap to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort

Peak XV on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 unveiled Surge 12, a cohort of 18 startups, investing more than $50 million across the group. The companies have raised over $90 million in seed funding.

Amazon takes $50M strategic stake in Taiwan PCB maker Gold Circuit

Amazon has invested about US$46M (roughly $50 million) in Gold Circuit Electronics, subscribing to 1,856,308 shares at US$24.8 apiece in the Taiwanese printed circuit board maker's first private placement of 2026. The…

Protego Ventures closes debut $125M fund for Israeli defense tech

Protego Ventures has completed the final close of its debut fund with $125 million in commitments, targeting Israeli defense tech. The two-year-old firm, led by Lital Leshem and Lee Moser, calls itself the first and…

Almaty airport lands $670M syndicated loan for expansion

Almaty International Airport has secured US$433.5M syndicated loan to fund the next phase of its expansion, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said. Bank of America arranged the deal, with the EDB acting as anchor…

Silentbox turns acoustic booths into pay-per-use spaces

Silentbox, a European manufacturer of acoustic booths, is moving into Space-as-a-Service (SPaaS), turning its booths into bookable, pay-per-use spaces for calls, meetings, and focused work in shared and public…

Chippacking raises ~$16M in private placement after CSRC sign-off

China Chippacking Technology has raised US$15.1M through a private placement of A-shares to specific investors. The company issued 2,910,800 shares at US$5.2 each, with eight investors participating.

Black Opal raises $1.6M anchor round ahead of BSE SME listing

Black Opal Consultants, a Delhi-NCR real estate platform, raised US$2.13M from seven anchor investors ahead of its IPO, which opened on September 29, 2026. It allotted 796,200 shares at US$2.68 apiece — the upper end of…

Reverion lands €150M to build a fuel cell megafactory for the AI power crunch

German energy startup Reverion has raised €150 million ($175 million) in a Series B led by deeptech and climate fund Kembara. The round — the company's largest to date — will fund a megafactory in Germany to scale…

Essar to build $18B steel plant in Iowa, largest in US history

India's Essar Group will invest $18 billion to build what US President Donald Trump called the largest steel plant in American history. The project runs through Essar's US subsidiary, Mesabi Metallics, and will be…

Bravura lands $70M HSBC facility, names new APAC leaders

ASX-listed Bravura Solutions has secured a US$64.7M senior secured facility from HSBC to fund its global expansion. Alongside the debt, the technology provider named two new Asia Pacific (APAC) directors.

Immortal Dragons backs Renewal Bio's donor-free cell platform

Immortal Dragons, US$25.9M longevity fund based in Singapore, has led an early-stage investment in Renewal Bio, an Israeli regenerative medicine company developing patient-matched human cells for transplantation. The…

Colombia's EPM lands $350 million AFD loan with a rate tied to sustainability

Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) signed US$225.6M loan with the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, or AFD) on September 11, 2026. The debt runs 15 years with a three-year grace period and…

AstraZeneca invests $2B in Summit to pair cancer ADCs with bispecific antibody

AstraZeneca has agreed to invest $2 billion in newly issued equity in Summit Therapeutics to speed development of ivonescimab, a first-in-class bispecific antibody targeting PD-1 and VEGF, in combination with antibody…

NorthStar to go public via Viking SPAC merger, debuts on NYSE American

Viking Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company, will complete its merger with NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. on September 30, 2026. The combined business will operate as NorthStar Earth & Space…

Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform to rein in rogue AI agents

On 28 September 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced the Open Agent Safety Platform, pairing its existing OpenShell software — which limits what an AI agent can access — with Sentry, a new independent monitoring…

AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B

AMD has agreed to acquire World Labs, the AI startup founded by Fei-Fei Li, for $8.2 billion in an all-stock deal. Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting directly to CEO Lisa Su. The…

Uzbekistan's ORA raises $200K seed for AI creator platform

ORA, an Uzbek AI platform for brand-creator marketing, has raised $200,000 in seed funding. IT Park Ventures put in $150,000, and a local private venture fund added another $50,000 with the fund's help. Both amounts are…

Inter-2: Copenhagen's Interhuman AI teaches machines to read body language

Copenhagen-based Interhuman AI has released Inter-2, a model that analyses social signals across text, audio, and video in real time. It reads facial expressions, tone of voice, body language, and cues such as shifts in…

Silah Gulf completes acquisition of BBK's Invita in GCC outsourcing push

Bahrain-listed Silah Gulf has completed the full acquisition of Invita Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK), according to a filing on the Bahrain Bourse. Financial terms were not…

Leaked Gemini 4 Pro benchmarks top GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5

A model listed as gemini-3.8-flash surfaced on LMArena in mid-September ‌2026, but community testers believe it is actually Gemini 4 Pro running under the internal codename Argon, an unannounced flagship. A leaked…

French bank opens natural capital arm, launches forest restoration fund

A French international banking group on Monday launched a natural capital division and a fund aimed at mobilising finance for forest restoration. The fund's size was not disclosed.

Vimy Pharmaceuticals raises $8.5M ahead of TSXV listing via reverse takeover

Vimy Pharmaceuticals has closed a brokered private placement of US$8.84M (roughly $8.5 million) and signed a definitive reverse-takeover agreement with Harmony Acquisitions Corp. (TSXV: MONY.P). The company issued…

Italy's Zucchetti bets on Brazil with 10 acquisitions, 1,000 staff

Italian technology group Zucchetti has built its Brazilian operation through 10 acquisitions, including HR software firm Elofy. The company now employs around 1,000 people in Brazil across sectors ranging from…

Bestinver targets €30M for second private equity fund of funds with BlackRock

Bestinver, the asset manager of Spain's Acciona group, has launched Bestinver Private Equity Selection FCR, its second private equity fund of funds. The vehicle targets €30 million and will channel capital into a…

Stark Power lands $85M credit facility to buy US power plants

Stark Power (TASE: STRK), an Israeli developer and acquirer of utility-scale power plants in the US, has signed an $85 million financing agreement with Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel's largest banks. The debt facility,…

EIF launches €360M fund of funds to unlock €2B for Central Europe infrastructure

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has launched the Three Seas Initiative Infrastructure Fund of Funds, channelling €360 million into a series of infrastructure funds across Central and Eastern Europe. The vehicle aims…

Avesi Partners backs spinal-surgery MedTech hub New Age Medical

Avesi Partners has made a late-stage investment in New Age Medical, a St. Louis-based hub serving the spinal surgery market. The firm is backing founder and chief executive officer Kevin Bly alongside the existing…

Riot clears $200M Coinbase loan early as it pivots to AI

Riot Platforms has fully repaid and closed its $200 million secured lending agreement with Coinbase Credit, the Bitcoin miner disclosed in filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The final payment, covering…

What is Jev? TypeSafe AI's decision model for software

TypeSafe AI is a San Francisco-based AI lab founded by Diogo Almeida, a former OpenAI researcher who helped develop RLHF, the technique behind ChatGPT. In September 2026 the lab released Jev, its first System One model,…

Sofinnova closes oversubscribed €82M medtech venture-building fund

Sofinnova Partners has closed its Sofinnova MD Start IV fund at €82 million, the Paris-based life sciences firm announced. The fund was oversubscribed and will back new medtech companies across Europe and the US.

COFINA lands $17M debt line from West African Development Bank to fund SMEs

Groupe COFINA has secured a refinancing line of US$16.8M from the Banque Ouest-Africaine de Développement (BOAD). The debt facility will expand the Ivorian institution's lending to small and medium-sized enterprises.

ESWIN launches US$302.2M Hong Kong IPO with $320M target

Beijing ESWIN Computing Technology has launched a Hong Kong IPO, aiming to raise up to US$302.2M. The Chinese chipmaker is selling 1.57 billion H-shares priced as high as US$0.19 each.

Toyota buys one-third of Cellcentric to push hydrogen trucks across Europe

Toyota Motor Corporation has signed a binding agreement to become an equal one-third shareholder in Cellcentric, the hydrogen fuel-cell joint venture founded by Daimler Truck and Volvo Group. The deal value was not…

Bamboo Insurance raises $670 million in IPO debut

Bamboo Insurance Services went public on September 23, 2026, raising about $665 million. The Midvale, Utah company sold 35 million shares priced between $18.00 and $20.00 each.

CDIA has deployed most of its $130M IPO haul, with the rest due by 2027

PT Chandra Daya Investasi (CDIA) has spent US$121.2M of its US$154.4M (roughly $130 million) IPO proceeds as of June 2026, or 78.45% of the total. The Indonesian infrastructure firm expects to deploy the remaining…

Sunwest Bank absorbs failed Nano Banc, assuming $605M in deposits

Sunwest Bank has acquired Nano Banc of Irvine, California, in an FDIC-assisted acquisition after regulators closed the failed lender on September 25, 2026. Sunwest assumed roughly $605 million in deposits and $227…

Coca-Cola'US$4.11B BodyArmor deal turned Kobe Bryant'US$4.4M bet into $400M

The Coca-Cola Company acquired sports-drink maker BodyArmor in 2021 for $5.6 billion, buying full control after years of rapid growth. The purchase turned late NBA star Kobe Bryant's early stake in the company into an…

Petrobras collects €388.2M diesel subsidy as first-half profit jumps 55%

Petrobras has received 2.3 billion reais (€388.2 million) from Brazil's federal government for its role in the country's public diesel subsidy program. The state oil company said the amount was settled in a single…

Red Avenue New Materials prices Hong Kong IPO at US$5.32 per share, lists September 29

Red Avenue New Materials Group Co., Ltd. has set the offer price for its Hong Kong initial public offering at US$5.32 per H share, with trading due to begin on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on…

South Africa launches $61M fund to finance black-owned businesses

South Africa's National Empowerment Fund (NEF) and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) have launched a R1 billion (≈$61 million) vehicle to provide seed capital for black-owned and black-managed businesses. The…

Genel Energy taps bond market for another $65M

Genel Energy has raised an additional $65 million through a bond tap issue, placing the notes under its existing senior unsecured bond framework. Pareto Securities managed the transaction as bookrunner, with The…

NI Capital launches $100M Memphis Fund to open Egypt's Eurobonds to expats

NI Capital, an Egyptian financial services and investment management company, has launched Memphis Fund, a Luxembourg-domiciled vehicle giving Egyptians abroad access to Egyptian sovereign Eurobonds. The fund targets a…

Brazil's Stay raises $5.8M Series A to expand corporate pensions

Stay, a Brazilian fintech offering corporate private pension plans, has raised US$7.67M in a Series A round. Citrino, an asset manager and multi-family office tied to some of Brazil's largest business families, led the…

Christian Aid launches £20M fund for climate resilience in emerging markets

Christian Aid has launched an investment vehicle aiming to build £20 million in assets by 2030 to finance locally owned businesses helping communities adapt to climate change. The Christian Aid Resilient Futures Fund…

HT Micron lands $16M from Brazil's development bank for memory chips

HT Micron Semicondutores, a semiconductor company in São Leopoldo near Porto Alegre, has raised US$21.7M (roughly $16 million) in debt financing from BNDES, Brazil's development bank. The money comes through the BNDES…

EIB lends VaxThera €35M to expand Colombian vaccine production

The European Investment Bank (EIB), working with the European Commission, has approved a €35 million venture loan for VaxThera, a Colombian biotech that develops and manufactures vaccines and biopharma products. A first…

ILift buys control of Skyline Cranes in ~$84M construction-lift deal

ILift, an Israeli provider of hoists for building sites, has bought a 75% controlling stake in tower crane company Skyline Cranes and Technologies for US$65.2M (roughly $84 million). The purchase, from founder and…

ERCO lands $33M to scale solar in hydro-dependent Colombia

Finnfund and Proparco have committed $33 million to ERCO, a Colombian integrated solar energy platform. The investment sits within a larger growth equity round led by Augment Infrastructure Managers, backed by a…

EU clears Kesko's €1.2B Brødrene Dahl deal, closing expected by year-end

The European Commission has cleared Finnish retail group Kesko 's acquisition of Brødrene Dahl AS, the largest deal in the company's history. Kesko is buying the Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish technical trade businesses…

Wheels India launches $26M QIP to trim debt

India's Wheels India has launched a US$34M qualified institutional placement (QIP) at an indicative price of US$28.4 per share. The company, which makes wheels for trucks, agricultural tractors, and passenger vehicles,…

Brazil's dr.consulta raises $30M from IFC to widen healthcare access

São Paulo-based dr.consulta has raised $30 million (US$39.7M) in a late-stage round led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group 's investment arm. The deal buys a minority stake in the…

Mauritius' Oficea raises $71M green bond for office expansion

Oficea, the office property arm of Mauritius-based ENL Group, has raised MUR3.4 billion ($71 million) through a sustainability-linked bond. The issuance drew banks, insurance companies, and pension funds, and was 1.5…

Turkey's Circle Games raises $25M Series A led by Tencent

Istanbul-based mobile game studio Circle Games has raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Tencent. Existing backers e2vc, BITKRAFT, APY Ventures, and a16z Speedrun also joined, lifting the studio's total funding…

WOI India buys SwiftSeed Ventures, names founder Amar Dixit as CEO

WOI India has acquired SwiftSeed Ventures, an early-stage investment and startup platform, and appointed its founder Amar Dixit as chief executive officer. The deal value was not disclosed. SwiftSeed will continue to…

British Business Bank commits £140M to Advent Life Sciences funds

The British Business Bank has agreed to back two Advent Life Sciences funds with up to £135 million, part of an ongoing push into the sector. The commitment lifts the state-owned bank's total life sciences backing to…

Agrobank launches $6.1M corporate venture fund for Uzbek startups

Agrobank has launched AgroVentures, US$3.95M corporate venture fund established within the bank under a presidential decree dated March 13, 2026. It unveiled the fund at ICT Week Uzbekistan 2026, held September 22–25 in…

BSTDB backs Moldova's Microinvest with €15M for small business, green loans

The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) has signed a €15 million credit line with Microinvest, a non-bank lender in Moldova. The facility will expand financing for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises…

Arkade names first EIR as members raise $28.8M in year one

Arkade, a Bentonville-based retail technology and supply chain greenhouse, has named serial entrepreneur John Collins as its first entrepreneur-in-residence. The move coincides with the venture's first anniversary on…

Afya and Yduqs merge to form US$2.3B Brazilian education giant

Brazilian medical-education group Afya has signed an agreement to merge with rival Yduqs, creating a company with revenue of about US$2.3B, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal was announced in late…

Qualcomm's new chips run 30B AI models on your phone

Qualcomm has launched two flagship smartphone processors — the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 — with a focus on running AI features directly on devices. The company unveiled the chips…

Eight Sleep's Pod 6 launches at $1,999 with half-size hub, 9x more sensors

Eight Sleep has launched Pod 6, the sixth generation of its smart sleep system, starting at $1,999 — the most accessible price in the company's history. The system pairs a redesigned central Hub small enough to fit…

PyratzLabs goes public via reverse takeover of Reboost Blockchain Corp.

PyratzLabs, a Paris- and Barcelona-based venture builder focused on frontier technology, has gone public through a reverse takeover of Reboost Blockchain Corp., a company listed on Euronext Access. Reboost acquired all…