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CrowdStrike to buy AI security startups Fiddler and Dreadnode for $495M
CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire two artificial-intelligence security startups, Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, for a combined $495 million. The company will pay roughly $400 million for Fiddler and about $95 million for…
Fal raises $1.3B at $16B valuation to expand AI inference capacity
Fal, an AI inference startup that hosts image, video, and audio models for creators and developers, has raised $1.3 billion in a late-stage round that doubles its valuation to $16 billion. Bessemer Venture Partners, an…
Analysis: Why VC more than tripled in Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai
VC raised from January to September 2026 against the same months of 2025, for the 20 metros that raised the most. Shenzhen leads at 4.3 times; Seoul and Tel Aviv are the only two that raised less. Three more charts show…
AI-visibility startup The Prompting Company lands $6.5M seed
The Prompting Company, a Y Combinator -backed startup that helps software brands get found and cited by AI assistants, has raised a $6.5 million seed round. Peak XV Partners led, with Y Combinator, Base10, Firedrop,…
AI is quietly keeping quantum computers usable, Firgun argues
A new essay from Firgun Ventures argues that AI and quantum computing are not in a race but in a feedback loop, each solving the other's hardest problems. Authored by Zeynep Koruturk, Donald Harmitt, and Dr. Kris…
Traversal raises $120M at $1B valuation to automate incident response
Traversal has raised $120 million in a Series B round at a $1 billion valuation, announced November 3, 2026. The New York startup builds an AI site reliability engineering platform that finds, diagnoses, and prevents…
I Squared raises $3B for second infrastructure credit fund, double its target
I Squared Capital has closed its ISQ Global Infrastructure Credit Fund II at more than $2.4 billion, with co-investment commitments lifting the total strategy to $3 billion. That is double the original $1.5 billion…
China's CQMTEK raises $75M Series B at $700M valuation for quantum sensing
CQMTEK, a Chinese quantum precision measurement company based in Huzhou, Zhejiang, has raised more than US$68.8M in a Series B round. The round was co-led by CICC Capital and Zhecai Innovation, with participation from…
Thryv raises $30M Series B to expand heart drug into heart failure
Thryv Therapeutics, a San Francisco clinical-stage biotech, has raised a $30 million Series B to launch ASPIRE-HF, a Phase 2a study of its lead drug THRV-1268 in heart-failure patients. InClin, a global contract…
CVR Energy to buy two Marathon refineries for $4.2B, nearly doubling capacity
CVR Energy has agreed to acquire two refineries and a marketing business from Marathon Petroleum for about $4.2 billion, plus net working capital. The deal covers the 105,000 barrel-per-day St. Paul Park refinery in…
Analysis: 490 companies building our Black Mirror future
Total funding raised by the 490 companies on the Black Mirror Tech market map, by the technology from each of 12 episodes, with the most funded companies in each. A second chart sets each company’s founding year against…
Analysis: October's AI sell-off
Share prices since 30 September 2026 for Intel (−45%), CoreWeave, Dell, Alphabet, AMD, Nvidia and SpaceX, why AI stocks fell, how many AI startup rounds each company joined in 2026, and the 37% of global VC that went to…
Brazil's Vereda raises $5.46M to cut out farm-input middlemen
Vereda, a Brazilian agtech that connects agricultural-input manufacturers directly to farmers, has raised US$7.67M in a seed round co-led by Canary and Valor Capital Group. Speedrun, Andreessen Horowitz 's early-stage…
Strong Life Care triples in size with 18-home care acquisition
UK operator Strong Life Care has acquired 18 purpose-built care homes from Maria Mallaband Care Homes, tripling its size and quadrupling its annual turnover. The deal value was undisclosed. It takes the Yorkshire-based,…
Ipsum buys B&S Group to add in-house manufacturing to power arm
Chorley-based utilities business Ipsum Group has acquired Chester's B&S Group for an undisclosed sum, announced in November 2026. The deal strengthens Ipsum's Power division, adding custom electrical engineering,…
Chile's Transelec raises $240M in bonds to fund grid expansion
Transelec, Chile's largest electricity transmission company, raised 6 million CLF (about $240 million) through a local bond placement announced in November 2026. The 25-year bullet notes will fund the company's…
Sygnity unit buys German software firm g.on for €7.2M
Sygnity 's wholly owned Dutch subsidiary, Tessara Blue, has acquired 100% of German software firm g.on experience for a preliminary €7.2 million. The seller is TSS Europe, Sygnity's majority shareholder, making the…
HID buys Dutch secure-print specialist inepro ID
HID, a provider of trusted identity solutions, has acquired inepro ID, a Dutch maker of contactless authentication technology for secure print release and identity management. Financial terms were not disclosed. inepro…
JLL buys data centre consultancy VIPA Digital to go end-to-end
JLL has acquired VIPA Digital, a London-based independent data centre consultancy, for an undisclosed sum. The deal lets the commercial property adviser offer services across the full data centre lifecycle.
Ad veteran Tony Davidson backs creative-tech startup Light & Fast, joins as partner
Tony Davidson, the former executive creative director of Wieden+Kennedy London, has made an angel investment in Light & Fast and joined the independent creative technology company as a partner. The amount was not…
Ravita Engineering closes $12.2M IPO on NSE Emerge
Ravita Engineering Services has raised US$15.8M through an initial public offering of fresh equity shares listed on India's NSE Emerge platform. Law firm Rajani Associates advised both Ravita and book-running lead…
Beauty brand Hyeglo raises $737K led by Sauce
Indian beauty and personal care brand Hyeglo Beauty has raised US$950.6K in a round led by Sauce. Giga Capital, Consumer Collective, Reckitt's Arjun Purkayastha, and The Patient Capital also participated.
Findel buys Preston gym supplier Gym Gear to widen sports range
Educational resources supplier Findel has acquired Preston-based fitness equipment provider Gym Gear for an undisclosed sum. Gym Gear designs, supplies and installs commercial gym equipment for the education, leisure,…
Solo Network buys 80% of Planeje in bet on Brazil's data center boom
Brazilian technology integrator Solo Network has acquired an 80% stake in Planeje, a company specialising in data center engineering, infrastructure, and construction. The deal, announced in November 2026, lets Solo…
Korea's teameasy raises seed round for used-car insurance platform, lands TIPS grant
teameasy, a South Korean fintech behind used-car warranty insurance platform FINCAT, has raised a seed round from the Korea Industrial Intelligence Association (KOIIA). The company also won a place in the government's…
Exascale files to resell 12.35M shares after $12M SPAC merger
Exascale Labs Holdings filed a Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2026, registering up to 12,350,000 Class A shares for resale by existing holders. The shares stem from the company's…
Dutch robot-mower maker Vector Machines draws fresh equity backing to scale solar-farm rollout
Vector Machines, a Heerenveen-based maker of electric, autonomous robotic mowers, has raised an early VC round from regional fund NOM and Eindhoven high-tech investor Lumaux. Both are taking equity stakes; the amount…
Quint Digital discloses 14.4% Lee Enterprises stake built for $16.8 million
Quint Digital, an Indian digital media and technology company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, disclosed a 14.4% stake in US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises in a Schedule 13D filing to the Securities and…
Gourmet pizza chain The Dough Therapy raises $554K seed to double outlets
Mumbai gourmet pizza chain The Dough Therapy has raised US$713K in a seed round led by Michigan Capital Advisors, formerly Melwani Finance, with participation from Equiglobe Investment. The round values the company at…
Meteor Education buys New England's AET Labs to grow CTE platform
Meteor Education has acquired AET Labs, a Massachusetts-based provider of technical training equipment and lab solutions serving schools across New England. The deal, announced November 3, 2026, strengthens Meteor's…
Mediterrania Capital backs AFG Assurances in push to double to 14 insurers
Private equity firm Mediterrania Capital Partners has invested in AFG Assurances, the insurance arm of Ivorian tycoon Koné Dossongui's Atlantic Group. Atlantic Group and MCP announced the growth-equity deal on November…
Clutch wins $4.76M ARENA grant to build solid-state battery line in Victoria
Melbourne-based Clutch Industries has secured a $4.76 million (US$4.38M) grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to build a pilot manufacturing line for PowerNet, its modular solid-state battery…
RelyEZ seeks up to $81.4M in Hong Kong energy-storage IPO
Chinese energy-storage firm RelyEZ Energy Storage Technology launched its Hong Kong global offering on October 30, aiming to raise up to US$77.2M (about $81.4 million at the top of its price range). The company plans to…
Valencia's Ploot raises €400K seed to challenge cold outbound sales
Valencia-based B2B sales-software startup Ploot has raised €400,000 in a seed round led by Angels Capital, the investment vehicle of Mercadona founder Juan Roig. The round was announced on October 29, 2026.
Dentressangle buys majority of France's Teklynx in barcode software push
Family-owned investment holding company Dentressangle has acquired a majority stake in Teklynx International, a French maker of barcode and RFID labelling software. The deal, announced in November 2026 with an…
Rodd & Gunn CEO Mike Beagley buys out investors to take full control
Mike Beagley, chief executive officer of menswear retailer Rodd & Gunn since 2001, has bought out the company's shareholders to take 100% ownership. The buyout, announced in November 2026, was funded by a…
Archiboost raises $6.2M to catch construction-document errors with AI
Archiboost AI, a San Francisco startup that helps architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) teams spot errors, omissions, and coordination issues in construction documents, has raised a combined $6.2 million…
Recare acquires discharge-management startup adexto in German healthtech deal
Recare solutions has acquired adexto, a German startup in the hospital discharge-management space, the companies announced in November. Terms were not disclosed.
Geospace swaps lender for new $25M credit line as cash burn mounts
Geospace Technologies has secured a three-year revolving credit facility of up to $25 million from Amerisource Funding, replacing its prior agreement with Woodforest National Bank. The deal, signed October 29, 2026,…
Sachin Tendulkar takes minority stake in Hitwicket maker Metasports
Sachin Tendulkar has acquired a significant minority stake in Metasports Interactive, the company behind mobile cricket game Hitwicket. The former India captain will also serve as brand ambassador and appear as a…
GreenSight lands $200K from Character Capital to price used electronics
GreenSight, an AI-powered pricing platform for the secondary electronics market, has raised $200,000 in a seed round led by Character Capital. The money came through acceptance into Character Labs G7, a five-week…
Meta borrows $15B as investors demand more to fund AI debt
Meta is selling at least $15 billion of US dollar bonds, its first debt sale in six months, part of a two-currency offering expected to raise at least $20 billion. The package includes the company's first…
Lincoln Ventures to acquire heart-device maker Aegis in reverse takeover
Lincoln Ventures has signed a binding agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Aegis Medical Innovations, a cardiovascular device developer, in exchange for Lincoln stock. The transaction is structured as a…
BPCE to buy Portuguese insurer GamaLife in bancassurance push
French banking group Groupe BPCE has signed a memorandum of understanding with Apax Funds to acquire 100% of Portuguese life insurer GamaLife through its BPCE Assurances arm. The price was undisclosed, though the press…
LeanTaaS buys LookDeep to bring vision AI to hospital rooms
LeanTaaS has acquired Lookdeep Health, an ambient computer vision company, to embed in-room monitoring into its iQueue hospital operations platform. The deal, announced November 3, 2026, has undisclosed terms. It…
Summer closes $1.6M of $3M equity round for student loan benefits
Summer, a New York workplace-benefits fintech, has raised $1.6 million in equity funding, according to an SEC filing. The close is part of a $3 million offering, with 16 investors participating and none named. Founded…
Allstate's Arity to acquire mobility data firm Replica
Arity, a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation, has agreed to acquire the remaining ownership interest in Replica, a data and technology company that models how people, infrastructure, and communities interact. Terms…
Honglin Microelectronics raises tens of millions of yuan in Series A
Honglin Microelectronics, a Chinese maker of antennas and radio-frequency (RF) components, has raised tens of millions of yuan in a Series A round. Investors include Oriza Seed and Haiyuan Capital.
Spark Capital raises $174M first close for second late-stage PE fund
Spark Capital Investment Management has closed the first tranche of its second late-stage private equity fund, Spark Midas Investment Fund — II, securing US$223.9M on November 2, 2026. Commitments came from…
Cinven buys women's health drugmaker Theramex in €2.6bn buyout
Private equity firm Cinven has agreed to acquire Theramex, a London-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on women's health, from Carlyle and PAI Partners, in a buyout worth about €2.6 billion — almost double…
Crediflow AI raises £1.5M to turn loan underwriting into minutes
Manchester-based fintech Crediflow AI has raised £1.5 million ($2 million) to automate the paperwork behind business lending. PXN Ventures led the round through the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, with Haatch…
Canada's Western raises $40M to back specialty-insurance push
The Western Investment Company of Canada has closed a brokered private placement of US$41M, issuing 55,865,500 common shares at US$0.73 each. Desjardins Capital Markets and TD Securities led the offering as joint lead…
e2e raises €7M to build open-source testing for the AI coding era
e2e, a startup based in San Francisco and Warsaw, has raised €7 million ($8 million) in seed funding to build an open-source framework for testing web and mobile applications. The round was led by Credo Ventures, KAYA,…
Portofino merges with Est, pushing assets past US$10.2B
Brazilian wealth-management boutiques Portofino and Est have agreed to merge, adding roughly US$1.28B in assets and taking Portofino past US$10.2B under management. Terms were not disclosed. Est's team will fold into…
Pakistan clears its first SPAC merger as solar firm Ningbo Green Light joins PSX
Ningbo Green Light Energy has joined the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Main Board after merging with LSE SPAC-I Limited, completing the country's first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) transaction. The company…
TextureJet lands £130,000 Innovate UK grant to develop ArcSlice
TextureJet, a Derbyshire-based surface-processing company, has secured a £130,000 (≈$174,000) grant from Innovate UK to advance ArcSlice, its surface-finishing technology for polymer and composite materials. The award,…
Optimus SBR buys UiPath award-winner Greenlight Consulting to scale AI
Optimus SBR, Canada's largest independent management consulting firm, has acquired Toronto-based agentic AI and intelligent automation firm Greenlight Consulting. The deal was announced on November 3, 2026; terms were…
Evestia Clinical buys Belgium's Emtex to deepen European reach
London-based Evestia Clinical, an independent global contract research organisation (CRO), has acquired Emtex Life Science, a Belgian specialist in regulatory medical writing. Terms were not disclosed. The deal,…
Bond buys JAM CRM, its second CRM deal in a year
Bond, the customer intelligence-driven engagement company, has acquired JAM CRM, one of North America's largest independent CRM agencies, for an undisclosed sum. The agency will operate as JAM CRM, a Bond Company, with…
Vencora acquires Charles Taylor's insurance tech unit CT InsureTech
Vencora, a global acquirer of banking, financial services, and insurance technology companies, has acquired CT InsureTech, formerly Charles Taylor InsureTech. The provider of insurance software and services for insurers…
Golf Genius buys Swish Sports to crack racquet sports software
Golf Genius, a golf technology company serving nearly 11,000 clubs, courses, and resorts across 63 countries, has acquired Swish Sports, a provider of league and tournament management software for tennis, pickleball,…
Adaviv takes strategic Verdex backing as Latin America work turns commercial
Adaviv, an MIT spinout building AI field intelligence for growers, has received a strategic early-stage investment from Calgary-based Verdex Capital. The backing supports the company's expansion into commercial…
Ibex Therapeutics lands $781K Innosuisse grant for cancer side-effect treatment
Ibex Therapeutics, a Valais-based biotech, has secured a US$586.7K (≈$781,000) grant from Innosuisse, the Swiss innovation promotion agency. The non-dilutive funding will advance preclinical and clinical validation of…
Warner Music buys back European distributor Zebralution Music
Warner Music Group (WMG) has acquired Zebralution Music, a distributor for independent record labels in Germany and across Europe. Terms were undisclosed. The seller is Frankfurt-based Bookwire, which is controlled by…
The O.H.I.O. Fund backs T45's $50M second medtech fund
T45 Labs has secured an investment in its T45 Fund-II from private funds advised by The O.H.I.O. Fund, the firms announced November 3, 2026. Terms were not disclosed. The capital supports T45's portfolio of minimally…
Fuse is training an energy foundation model to be a 'superhuman energy trader', and says it already cuts demand forecast error to 1%
UK energy company Fuse Energy has started pre-training its own energy foundation model on its in-house customer demand data, co-founder and CEO Alan Chang said on 3 November. Two weeks in, the transformer model's demand…
ECOPATH raises $237K seed to scale zero-cement concrete against US$5.43M order book
Bengaluru-based ECOPATH has raised US$305.6K in a seed round from Social Alpha and Gemcorp. The climate-tech startup makes zero-cement concrete for roads, precast products and infrastructure.
Ondine Capital hits first close on Fund III to back AI and chips
Ondine Capital has reached a first close on Fund III, its third US dollar-denominated venture fund, the Taipei-based firm said on November 3. The fund secured commitments from institutional and strategic limited…
Lancaster's JobFair wins Innovate UK grant to debias hiring
Lancaster-based Digital Heard Ltd has secured a grant from Innovate UK's TechLocal programme to expand JobFair, a platform that analyses job adverts for exclusionary and gendered language. The project, JobFair NW, runs…
Austria's Silverstar runs first licensed train, plans Vienna–Salzkammergut route in 2027
Vienna startup Silverstar Railways ran its first train under its own operating licence on October 23, 2026, and plans to launch a Vienna–Salzkammergut passenger service in 2027. Founded in 2024 by former ÖBB locomotive…
India's OBSESS raises $316K to unify a fragmented fitness market
Indian fitness platform OBSESS has raised about US$407.4K (roughly $316,000) in an angel round. The money came from Centricity co-founder Pushpendra Singh, Amit Goel, and Harshit Vij.
BrowsAble raises £300K to test AI web-accessibility tool
BrowsAble, an Altrincham, UK-based startup building an AI platform to make websites and apps accessible to people with visual impairments and neurodivergent conditions, has raised £300,000 in early-stage funding. The…
Precision-health startup Aden launches in the UAE on $2 million seed
Aden, a precision-health startup founded in 2025 by chief executive officer Sarah Cronin, has launched an annual membership in the United Arab Emirates backed by $2 million in seed funding. The service pairs at-home…
Falfurrias buys RED Group to build industrial automation platform
Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners has bought RED Group, a Metairie industrial automation and engineering company, in a buyout that closed October 19. Terms were undisclosed. Falfurrias is…
GC WellBeing secures $126M state loan to develop at-home plasma drug for US
South Korea's GC녹십자 (GC WellBeing) has secured a US$142.5M low-interest loan from the state-backed national growth fund to develop a subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG) product for the US market. The company said it was…
CVR Energy raises $500M in share sale to fund $4.2B refinery acquisition
CVR Energy launched an underwritten public offering of common stock, raising $500 million for itself as part of a larger $750 million deal. Icahn-controlled IEP Energy Holding, CVR's controlling stockholder, is selling…
Creator agency LV8 lands $80M as it merges with sister firm Mirage
Social-first creator agency LV8 is merging with its sister company Mirage Digital and raising $80 million in growth equity from private equity firm Velocity Capital Management. The combined business will operate under…
PropHub raises undisclosed early-stage round led by Merchant Seven
PropHub, a São Paulo-based technology provider to brokers, proprietary trading firms, and crypto platforms, has closed an early-stage venture round led by Merchant Seven (M7) and a group of private investors. The…
Style Capital buys Italian label N21, unseating distressed partner Gilmar
Style Capital has acquired N21, the Milan-based fashion brand founded by Alessandro Dell'Acqua in 2010. The investment firm announced the deal on November 2, 2026, without disclosing financial terms of what it called a…
Axiom raises $2B at $37.5B as it spins out of Flex with a debt clock ticking
Axiom, the Cloud and Power Infrastructure business set to spin off from contract manufacturer Flex in the first quarter of 2027, has lined up a $2 billion growth-equity investment led by General Catalyst and Koch Equity…
TDS Innovation raises $4.68M pre-Series A for 2D chip deposition
South Korea's tds innovation has raised US$5.28M in an early-stage round led by LB Investment. IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, IBK Venture Investment, and Daejeon Investment Finance joined as new investors, while existing…
KeyBanc buys Atlantic-Pacific Capital to expand private-capital advisory
KeyBanc Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking unit of KeyCorp, has agreed to acquire Atlantic-Pacific Capital, a New York-based private capital advisor for financial sponsors. The deal value was not…
Ziraat Bank Azerbaijan raises $8.8M in debut bond issue, oversubscribed fourfold
Ziraat Bank Azerbaijan has issued 15 million manat ($8.8 million) in bonds, its debut placement on the Baku Stock Exchange. The bank sold 150,000 bonds at a nominal value of 100 manat ($58.8) each via public offering,…
Croffle chain The Croffle Guys raises $1.48M to add 40 stores
The Croffle Guys, a Mumbai-based quick-service restaurant brand, has raised US$1.9M in an early-stage round led by V3 Ventures, with participation from N.A.N. Partners, the family office of Navin Agarwal. The round…
Solgram raises $1M to build cold-chain premium grocery in India
Solgram, a premium grocery platform founded by former Zepto Cafe executive Shashank Shekhar Sharma, has raised over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by DSG Consumer Partners and Saama Capital. Hospitality entrepreneur…
China's Crown New Materials opens at $3.7B market cap on Shenzhen debut
Crown New Materials, an adhesives maker from Zhongshan, Guangdong, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on November 3 at an offer price of US$2.33 per share. The stock opened at US$7.7, lifting its market…
China's Zhizi Guangyuan raises nine-figure yuan seed across 5 rounds in 6 months
Chinese photonic computing startup Zhizi Guangyuan has completed a seed round worth several hundred million yuan, led by a group that includes Yunqi Partners, Atom Ventures, Cathay Haitong, K2VC, Tongxin Capital, and…
Modaxo buys Brazil's Fiscaltech, adding 4,000 traffic lanes
Modaxo, a global transport-technology group, has acquired Fiscaltech, a Brazil-based provider of intelligent mobility systems. The deal, announced November 3, 2026, covers traffic control and monitoring, tolling, and…
Harpstone buys three Irish staffing firms, names ex-Cpl CFO
Harpstone Group, an Irish-owned human capital and consultancy services group, has acquired three staffing firms — Sonas Technical, Hamilton French, and Aphex — for undisclosed terms. Each company keeps its name and…
Ascend Wellness raises $11M in non-dilutive mortgage debt at 8.5%
Ascend Wellness Holdings (CSE: AAWH.U) has closed a series of mortgage loans with CF Bank for gross proceeds of $10,995,000. The debt is secured by company-owned real estate in Illinois, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
Safi lands $4.7M US military grant to push lab-grown blood toward 2027 trial
Safi Biotherapeutics has secured a $4.7 million non-dilutive grant extension from the US Department of War 's Defense Health Program, routed through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC). The Cambridge,…
Aliter Capital closes £50m fund to scale UK tech platforms TXP, Serbus
Aliter Capital, the Glasgow- and London-based private equity firm, has completed fundraising for a £50 million Annex Fund. The capital will back growth and add-on acquisitions at two of its technology platforms, TXP and…
AddLife buys Portuguese surgical distributor MoonSurge to deepen Iberian push
Sweden's AddLife has acquired MoonSurge, a Portuguese distributor of medical devices for advanced surgery, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which closed on November 2, 2026, folds MoonSurge in as an independent…
AAE acquires Malaysia's Setsu, builds 10,000m² plant to anchor Asia push
Dutch high-tech firm AAE is acquiring Setsu Precision Technology in Malaysia for an undisclosed sum, giving it an owned production base in Southeast Asia. Setsu, which specialises in precision machining of complex…
Corridian exits stealth with $38M to build crewless undersea cargo subs
Corridian, a New England startup building robotic submarines, emerged from stealth on November 3 with a $38 million seed round led by Point72 Ventures. Balerion Space Ventures, Harpoon Ventures, DCVC, and Marlinspike…
CoinDCX's Sumit Gupta backs heritage collectibles brand Viraasat
Viraasat, an Indian luxury artefacts and collectibles brand, has raised an undisclosed angel round from Sumit Gupta, co-founder and chief executive officer of crypto exchange CoinDCX. Founded by Paranjay Agarwal and…
Nairobi's financial centre plans $250M tech and AI fund for Africa
The Nairobi International Financial Centre (NIFCA) is working to establish a $250 million technology and AI fund to back startups in Kenya and across Africa, CEO Daniel Mainga told delegates at the Africa Blockchain…
Queensland backs $6.38M Lockheed Martin-led hypersonic launch project
The Queensland Government has awarded $6.38 million to a Lockheed Martin Australia-led consortium to build a mobile launch platform for high-speed and hypersonic flight testing. Partners include the University of…
Shanghai XNG offloads defunct Hong Kong restaurant arm for $120K
Shanghai XNG has sold its entire stake in Xiao Nan Guo (Hong Kong) Catering Group to a Thai investor for US$110K. The disposal completed unconditionally on October 30, severing all equity, board, and operational ties.
Denmark's Yggdrasil's revenue climbs to $123M as profit gets reinvested into growth
Yggdrasil Commodities, an Aalborg-based energy trader, grew revenue 20% to US$120.4M — about $123 million — in its 2025/26 financial year, up from US$100.2M, even as pre-tax profit eased to US$71.7M from a record…
Gallium Defense exits stealth with €7.1M to build cheaper drone-detection radar
Paris-based Gallium Defense has emerged from stealth with a €7.1 million seed round led by Keen Venture Partners and 360 Capital, with Omnes Capital and Polytechnique Ventures participating. The startup is building the…
NBX draws another $732K from LDA Capital as crypto raises mount
Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) has raised US$822K (around $732,000) in a post-IPO equity drawdown from Los Angeles-based LDA Capital, closed on November 3, 2026. The Oslo-listed crypto exchange has now pulled at least…
Brazil's Omni raises fresh round to double medication-benefit coverage
Omni, a Brazilian employer-benefits startup that administers medication coverage, has closed a new funding round led by ACNext, with existing investors GreenRock and Enseada participating. The company has now raised…
TLG Capital backs Nigeria's Koolboks, lifting Nigeria commitments to $65M
TLG Capital has closed a credit facility for Koolboks, the solar-powered freezer maker serving traders, small businesses, and corporate customers in Nigeria and beyond. The deal combines TLG's private credit with a…
FTQ takes equity stake in Quebec armoured-vehicle maker Cambli
Fonds de solidarité FTQ has become a shareholder in Cambli Group, a Quebec-based manufacturer of armoured vehicles, to support its growth in the security and defence sectors. The investment was announced in late October…
Rockwell Medical to buy Vantive's hemodialysis business for $125M
Rockwell Medical has agreed to acquire Vantive 's hemodialysis concentrates, machines, water-treatment systems, and related consumables and services for $125 million. The deal, announced November 3, 2026, includes a…
Swiss hydrogen startup Brightank lands $48,900 grant from Venture Kick
Brightank, an EPFL spin-off, has received a US$36.7K (roughly $48,900) grant from Venture Kick to advance its catalyst technology for on-demand hydrogen production. The company develops catalysts that crack ammonia into…
Vitroscope raises $5M seed to turn living human tissue into drug discovery data
Norwegian biotech Vitroscope has raised a $5 million seed round, part of $7 million in total new funding, to scale perfusion platforms that keep living human tissue viable for days. Cerberus Ventures and YZR Capital…
BBVA launches two-tranche Swiss franc green bond, its ninth debt deal of 2026
BBVA has launched a senior preferred green bond in Swiss francs, split into two tranches. The post-IPO debt issuance is part of the group's 2026 funding plan and aims to strengthen its buffer of eligible liabilities…
AB Restaurants lands $8.18M EBRD-backed loan to expand in Kazakhstan
AB Restaurants (ABR), one of Kazakhstan's largest restaurant operators, has secured a KZT 3.7 billion (about $8.18 million) loan arranged by Bank CenterCredit. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will…
Apolarion lands $183K grant for plasma-based seed treatment
Swiss cleantech startup Apolarion, an EPFL spin-off, has won a US$137.5K (roughly $183,000) grant from Venture Kick to advance its chemical-free seed treatment technology. Founded by Jesus Poley and Luke Simons, the…
Goldman restricts Claude Code, GitHub for traders and bankers
Goldman Sachs has barred most traders and bankers from using advanced AI coding tools, including Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub, according to Bloomberg. Internal guidance updated in October limits the…
Haier buys full control of Ferroli's Southeast Asia arm in Vietnam push
Haier has acquired 100% of Ferroli ASEAN, the Southeast Asian unit of Italian heating and climate brand Ferroli, the companies said. The deal closed on October 23 and was announced in early November; terms were not…
Colombian fintech Fronte raises pre-seed to build credit for cross-border families
Bogotá-based fintech Fronte has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round co-led by Rally Cap VC and Bankless Ventures, with the Base Ecosystem Fund and angel investors participating. The money will fund its platform and…
Luna Glass raises undisclosed round led by Oost NL to shrink its night-vision glasses
Arnhem-based Luna Glass has raised new funding to further develop its night-vision glasses, with regional development investor Oost NL investing through ION+3 alongside private backers. The amount was not disclosed.
Spain's Alpha Unmanned raises €4M in bank debt to scale drone-helicopter production
Alpha Unmanned Systems, a Spanish maker of tactical unmanned helicopters and dual-use subsystems, has secured €4 million in financing to accelerate its international expansion. The debt facility is backed by…
CrowdStrike to acquire AI security tester Dreadnode as agent risks mount
CrowdStrike has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dreadnode, a startup focused on automated AI security testing. The deal, announced November 3 at Fal.Con Europe in Barcelona, will be paid predominantly in cash,…
Digital Realty lifts Teraco stake to 77% in $688M deal
Digital Realty has acquired a further 16% stake in Teraco, the African carrier- and cloud-neutral data center provider, for approximately $688 million. The US-based real estate investment trust bought the shares from…
Apple's first robot could slip to 2028 as software lags behind the hardware
Apple 's first robot — a tabletop device codenamed J595 and expected to be called the HomeView Ultra — could be delayed until 2028 as the company struggles to get its software ready, according to a report from The…
Enterprises push back on bigger AI lab contracts at renewal time
Enterprise customers are resisting bigger spending commitments when their contracts with frontier AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI come up for renewal, according to reporting from The Information. The shift marks a move…
Smugglers exploit $4,000 HBM loophole to feed Huawei's next AI chip
Traders are moving South Korean high-bandwidth memory (HBM) from Samsung Electronics and SK hynix into China by packaging the chips with low-end server processors, exploiting a gap in US export controls, The Information…
AllianzGI closes €1.5B infrastructure credit fund, well past its €1B target
Allianz Global Investors has held the final close of Allianz Infrastructure Credit Opportunities Fund II (AICOF II), raising €1.5 billion from investors across Europe and Asia. The figure comfortably beats the fund's…
Baku's HOGGA wins Startup School 4 with AI that builds custom business software
HOGGA, an early-stage startup from Baku Engineering University (BEU), won first place in the global innovation programme "Startup School 4: Five Continents - 500 Startups." A jury named it the winner at the final stage,…
Georgia debuts first national startup pavilion at Singapore's SWITCH 2026
Georgia presented its first country pavilion, called StartUP in Georgia, at Singapore Innovation and Technology Week, SWITCH 2026. The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development reported the debut on October 29,…
Visa, Halyk open She's Next 2026 in Kazakhstan with ₸30M prize fund
Visa and Halyk have opened applications for the fifth round of She's Next, Empowered by Visa, a grant and training program for women who run or plan to start a business in Kazakhstan. The total prize fund is ₸30…
Uzbek studio Grimoire signs Indie Go deal to publish pirate game globally
Uzbek studio Grimoire Entertainment has signed a publishing agreement with Indie Go for its cooperative pirate game Ship Happens: Pirates Wanted, according to IT Park Uzbekistan. The Tashkent-based studio signed the…
Finland launches three growth projects to boost space, chips and factory AI
Business Finland, the government's technology funding agency, launched three growth projects in early November 2026 targeting space, semiconductors and photonics, and artificial intelligence in manufacturing. Each…
Uzbekistan launches $5M contest to lure foreign startups
Uzbekistan's Cabinet of Ministers adopted resolution No. 593 on October 28, 2026, creating an annual international startup competition called Land of Startups, with a total prize fund of $5 million. The contest starts…
Mews staff unionise after 15% cut tied to "AI-native" shift
Czech-based employees of hotel-software unicorn Mews have formed a workplace union under the national ICT Union, following the company's July decision to cut 15% of its roughly 1,350-person workforce — about 200 roles.…
TEDAI Vienna ends after three editions; team launches 'Unsolved' format for 2027
TEDAI Vienna, which drew about 1,300 AI professionals from more than 50 countries to Vienna's Hofburg this week, will not return in 2027. Curator Alina Nikolaou said the Vienna team and TED's leadership in the US…
FINN taps e-commerce veteran Schmidt as CEO after €300M unicorn run
FINN, Germany's leading car subscription provider, has appointed Patrick Oliver Schmidt as its new chief executive officer. He takes the role on November 1, 2026, from co-founder Maximilian Wühr, who led the Munich…
Anthropic opens IPO to European retail investors via Revolut, Trade Republic and eToro
Anthropic plans to open its initial public offering to retail investors across Europe, naming Revolut, Trade Republic, eToro, and a slate of other intermediaries as authorised brokers. The AI company intends to list its…
Austria names first Circular Innovation Award winners, led by $115M-revenue refurbed
Austria handed out its first Circular Innovation Award Austria last week at the Haus der Industrie in Vienna, recognising companies that make money from the circular economy. An international jury picked five category…
Revolut moves 2,000 engineers onto self-hosted AI, cutting coding costs 90%
Revolut has shifted roughly 2,000 engineers off Anthropic 's Claude Code and OpenAI 's Codex onto self-hosted GLM models, cutting its AI coding costs by about 90%. Ops and infrastructure leader David Abitbol detailed…
Altman ties $10M Navier-Stokes proof to OpenAI's next GPT
OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman said the internal model that produced the company's claimed Navier–Stokes proof is the basis for its next GPT, which he signalled could release soon. He made the comments at the…
Nvidia tells cloud partners to cap China business below half
Nvidia has told cloud and data center customers worldwide to keep Chinese companies to no more than 49% of their customer base, according to the Financial Times, cited by Bloomberg on November 3. That effectively…
Digicust taps ex-PwC Austria marketer to lead global partner push
Austrian AI startup Digicust has hired Alexander Miklautz as Head of Global Partnerships & Events, effective November 1, 2026. Previously Head of Marketing at PwC Austria, he will build the company's partner network and…
Seibersdorf opens €17M radiopharmaceuticals lab, one of Europe's largest
Seibersdorf Laboratories, a wholly owned subsidiary of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, opened a new €17 million lab and production building for radiopharmaceuticals on November 2, 2026, at the Tech Campus…
GlobalWafers taps Micron for $500M convertible bond as nine-month EPS nears full-year 2025
Taiwan's GlobalWafers has secured approval to issue up to $500 million in private convertible bonds, with Micron Technology as the sole subscriber. The 10-year notes carry a 0.5% coupon and deepen a partnership the two…
Greece's PPC buys Romanian electronics retailer Flanco for €35M
Greek energy group PPC has signed an agreement to buy Romanian electronics and IT retailer Flanco in a deal valuing the company at €35 million. PPC is buying from entrepreneur Iulian Stanciu, who holds 98%, and Dragoș…
Zafrens adds $6M to Series A as Trill Impact makes first TechBio bet
Zafrens, a San Diego-based drug discovery company, has raised a $6 million Series A extension led by Trill Impact Ventures, with existing investor imec.xpand participating. The round funds advancement of the company's…
Revive and FitOn merge to link fitness apps with clinical care
Revive Health is merging with FitOn Health to create an AI-powered healthcare engagement platform, the companies announced in November 2026. The combined entity will serve more than 25 million members across 4,000…
Rise of Fearless raises $1M from Epic Edges Capital to scale African gaming
Rise of Fearless, an African-owned mobile battle royale inspired by Ethiopia's 1896 Battle of Adwa, has raised $1 million from advisory firm Epic Edges Capital. The investment, structured as a Simple Agreement for…
Clarion closes €552M European sale-leaseback fund
Clarion Partners has held a final close at €552 million for Clarion Europe Sale-Leaseback Fund III, a private equity vehicle. Including debt, the fund now has roughly €1.1 billion of firepower and is targeting about…
Yvonne Bajela closes oversubscribed $17M debut fund for European startups
Yvonne Bajela has closed Evertrue Capital's $17 million Fund I, an oversubscribed debut venture fund that will back early-stage startups across the UK and Europe. The firm has already backed seven companies and plans to…
MTN Rwanda launches Miss Baza, a voice-first AI anyone can call
MTN Rwanda and Viamo have launched Miss Baza, a voice-first AI assistant that customers reach by dialling 845 from any MTN phone. Callers ask open-ended questions in Kinyarwanda or English and hear spoken answers — no…
NCBA's LOOP launches all-in-one merchant platform for Kenyan SMEs
LOOP DFS, NCBA Group's digital financial services arm, launched LOOP BIZ+ in Nairobi on October 29, 2026. The platform combines payment acceptance, a product marketplace, AI-powered inventory tools, and credit for small…
UK backs £18M chip-design academy at University of Edinburgh
The UK government will fund an £18m UK Advanced Chip Design Academy led by the University of Edinburgh, announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey as part of the Autumn Budget. The programme aims to boost…
Kutxabank's Talde targets €100M deeptech fund tied to Tecnalia spin-offs
Talde, the venture capital arm of Spanish bank Kutxabank, has launched Gálate Deeptech I, a fund targeting €100 million to invest in robotics, semiconductors, and aerospace. The fund is expandable to €125 million, with…
Spain's Ingecid lands €1.27M grant for dual-use drone project
Cantabrian engineering firm Ingecid has won €1.27 million (roughly $1.42 million) from Spain's public agency Red.es to develop FROG-S, a project building small, rapidly deployable AI drones for emergency response and…
Keboda guarantees $56M loan for subsidiary carrying 99.8% debt ratio
Keboda is providing a joint-and-several liability guarantee for a US$55M credit facility that its 80%-owned subsidiary, Shanghai Keboda Intelligent Technology, obtained from China Merchants Bank's Shanghai branch. The…
Bahrain's sovereign fund backs private markets startup Tanami
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the Kingdom of Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund, has made a strategic early-stage investment in Tanami, a digital private markets investment platform. The deal was announced in Manama…
Fastned closes 2026 bond run at record €92M with final €27M issue
Fastned has raised €27 million in its third and final retail bond issue of 2026, drawing investment from thousands of individual retail investors in the Netherlands and Belgium. The issue opened on September 22 and…
First Bio raises $7.46M as SK Biopharmaceuticals joins as strategic investor
First Bio (퍼스트바이오테라퓨틱스) raised an additional US$8.38M (roughly $7.46 million) in a late-stage venture round, pushing its total funding to US$98.5M. SK Biopharmaceuticals joined as a strategic investor alongside Murex…
Turkey's For Physician raises $267K to blend clinical AI with physician review
For Physician, a Turkish platform that pairs AI tools with expert physician input for verified doctors, has raised $267,200 through a convertible note at a $4 million valuation. ÜNLÜ & Co, Dr. Orhan Mutlu Topal, and…
China chip-tool makers NAURA, AMEC back Beijing Xinsong in strategic round
Beijing Xinsong Semi-Conductor Co., Ltd. has raised funding from a group of new investors, including equipment makers NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd. and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China, alongside…
MIT: GPT-6 edited a rival AI's weights by hand, lifting its math score to 48%
MIT CSAIL researchers report that OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra directly edited the weights of Alibaba's small Qwen3.5-0.8B model — no retraining required — and raised its MATH-500 score from 7.9% to 48.1%. Astra changed just…
Windward buys Azimut.ai to add camera-based eyes to its maritime AI platform
Windward, a maritime AI company, has acquired Azimut.ai, a maritime visual intelligence firm, for undisclosed terms. The deal adds an optical sensing layer to Windward's multi-source platform and marks its first move…
Hainan Mining to buy fluorite firm Fengrui in ~$201M deal at 176% premium
Hainan Mining will acquire a 69.9% stake in Luoyang FengRui Fluorine for US$184.3M, using a mix of new shares and cash. The deal values the fluorite miner's full equity at US$287.4M — a 175.81% premium over its book net…
RENK buys century-old UK gearmaker David Brown Defence, names it submarine hub
Germany's RENK Group has completed its acquisition of David Brown Defence (DBD), a Huddersfield-based maker of high-precision gearboxes for naval and land systems, from Stellex Capital Management. Terms were not…
Apollo's Sangita Reddy backs O-Health's edge AI for doctors
Bengaluru-based clinical AI startup I/O Health, which operates as O-Health, has raised fresh funding to accelerate its edge-enabled AI models and clinical hardware. Apollo Hospitals Joint Managing Director Sangita Reddy…
Providus Bank's $55.8M placement under scrutiny as subscribers stay hidden
A report by TrackNews has raised governance and disclosure questions over Providus Bank 's ₦75 billion (about $55.8 million) private placement completed in March 2026, ahead of its merger with Unity Bank. The outlet…
Belgium's NON.energy raises €11M to rent out heat pumps by subscription
Belgian energy scaleup NON.energy has raised €11 million to expand its subscription model for heat pumps. Instead of buying a pump outright, customers pay a recurring fee — and the company is now targeting existing…
VICIO lands €25M syndicated loan led by Santander to fund expansion
Spanish burger chain VICIO has secured a €25 million syndicated loan led by Santander to finance its restaurant rollout. The debt facility was announced in November 2026.
DeepSeek adds Creator Mode, lets users build agent plugins by chat
DeepSeek has added a Creator Mode to its open-source Harness agent app, letting users build working plugins from plain-language requests. The Hangzhou-based company announced the feature on November 2, demonstrating…
Macquarie opens late-stage venture to Australian wealth clients
Macquarie Asset Management has launched the Macquarie Wellington Venture Growth Fund, an evergreen vehicle giving Australian wholesale investors access to late-stage growth and pre-IPO companies. The fund, built in…
WebBeds buys Romania's Tale Travel to lock in Eastern Europe
WebBeds, a global accommodation marketplace, has signed an agreement to acquire Tale Travel SRL, a Romanian business-to-business travel wholesaler based in Constanța. Terms were not disclosed, and completion is expected…
Vynn Capital leads Econili round, lifting Malaysian recycler's total to $2M
Malaysian lithium-ion battery recycler EcoNiLi Battery has raised an extension round led by Vynn Capital, bringing its total funding to US$1.91M. The size of the latest cheque was not disclosed.
Hanger buys Bionic Power, turning its first venture bet into ownership
Hanger has acquired Bionic Power, a Canadian maker of smart orthotic technology, for an undisclosed sum. Bionic builds the Agilik, a microprocessor-controlled knee-ankle-foot orthosis that treats gait impairments caused…
Tsinghua-educated Fu Zhi, born 2000, raises $45.1M for compute startup Gongji, backed by CATL
Gongji Technology, a Chinese distributed-compute startup founded by Tsinghua University doctoral student Fu Zhi, has raised US$41.3M (≈$45.1 million) in an early VC round. Investors include the China Internet Investment…
NiSource prices $600M of notes to fuel $40B investment plan
NiSource has priced $600 million of 5.400% senior unsecured notes due 2032, the US utility said in a November 2, 2026, filing. The notes sold at 99.752% of principal, yielding 5.447%, with net proceeds of about $594.9…
NeoSci raises $54.7M first close for its debut biotech venture fund
NeoSci Ventures (NSV) has raised US$51.3M (around $54.7 million) in the first close of its inaugural institutional venture fund, the Singapore-, Taiwan- and US-based firm said on November 3. It plans to back up to 12…
Agility Robotics clears SPAC vote, expects $465M and Nasdaq debut November 5
Agility Robotics will go public via a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI after shareholders approved the deal on November 2, 2026, with more than 84% of votes cast in favour. The combination values the humanoid robot…
Simble Solutions raises $700K to extend nanosensor runway
Simble Solutions (ASX: SIS) has secured binding commitments to raise US$647.1K in a post-IPO equity placement to sophisticated and professional investors. The money provides runway for its nanosensor evaluation program…
Tutor Intelligence raises $75M Series B from a16z for robot workforce
Tutor Intelligence, a Watertown, Massachusetts robotics company, has raised a $75 million Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz. Union Square Ventures, which led its Series A, and Neo, which led its seed round, also…
Mountain Association launches Grow EKY fund for Eastern Kentucky's essential businesses
The Mountain Association has launched the Grow EKY Loan Fund, a financing initiative for businesses and nonprofits that provide essential services across Eastern Kentucky. The fund pairs flexible, reduced-fee loans with…
Power Minerals lands $5M from Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals for Brazil rare earths
Power Minerals (ASX:PNN) has raised $5 million in a private placement from Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals Corp, which takes roughly 8% of the explorer. The ASX-listed company is developing the Morro do Ferro rare-earths…
Ambuja Neotia bets $284M on West Bengal hotels with IHCL
Real estate group Ambuja Neotia has committed US$366.7M to West Bengal's hospitality sector, deepening its partnership with Indian Hotels Company (IHCL). The investment spans IHCL brands across Kolkata, Raichak, Digha,…
Uruguay's Paigo lands $5M debt facility from IDB Lab to widen MSME credit
Paigo, a Uruguayan fintech, has secured a loan of up to $5 million from IDB Lab, the innovation and venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group. The debt facility funds the expansion of productive credit…
Frewer Engineering founder hands majority stake to managing director in planned succession
Frewer Engineering, a UK design and analysis consultancy serving the aerospace, marine, defence, and energy sectors, said managing director Dr Richard Lock has acquired a majority stake from founder Peter Frewer. The…
Enza Capital launches dedicated Africa AI fund, builds on $58M portfolio
Enza Capital has launched a dedicated fund to back artificial intelligence startups and AI-enabled companies in Africa. The Nairobi-based firm, which has raised $58 million across its first two funds, has not disclosed…
YingDe Gases changes hands in $3.63M buyout, offer priced 86.79% below last close
Zeng Kai has bought a 75% controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed YingDe Gases (08535.HK) for US$3.45M, triggering a mandatory offer for the rest of the shares. The acquirer paid US$0 per share, buying 900 million shares…
AI-video startup Hashi enters Chile after $4M raise
Argentine AI startup Hashi has launched operations in Chile after raising $4 million, backed by First One Capital, Brasil Venture Capital, Utec Ventures, and Chilean businessman Salvador Said. Founded in 2023 by Gonzalo…
Protective buys Obsidian, adding a fifth business line in specialty insurance
Birmingham-based insurer Protective has completed its acquisition of Obsidian, establishing a specialty property-and-casualty business line. The terms were undisclosed. The deal closed in late October and was announced…
National Manufacturing Group buys A-1 Fiberglass in third deal in a year
National Manufacturing Group has acquired A-1 Fiberglass, a Nebraska-based maker of fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) products. The Troy, Michigan company announced the deal on November 2, 2026; terms were not…
Natura joins Texas A&M team on $1M slice of ARPA-E nuclear fuel grant
Natura Resources has joined a Texas A&M-led team awarded $5.38 million by the US Department of Energy to study whether materials in spent nuclear fuel can be recycled into fuel for molten salt reactors. Natura's share…
1248 Holdings buys out Generate Capital's stake in fiber operator Ubiquity
1248 Holdings, a family-owned private investment company, has acquired Generate Capital 's ownership stake in Ubiquity, a fiber network operator in Texas and Nebraska. Terms were not disclosed. 1248, a founding investor…
Rectitude bets on equity, not cash, in $800K Mr. Butler takeover
Singapore-based Rectitude Holdings (Nasdaq: RECT) has agreed to acquire 100% of Mr. Butler Pte. Ltd., a local provider of personal services and household goods repair, for $800,000. The deal, signed October 12, 2026,…
Tokenization veteran tZERO to go public at $350M via SPAC merger
Tokenization infrastructure firm tZERO will go public through a merger with FG Imperii Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: FGII), a special purpose acquisition company. The deal, announced November 2, values tZERO at a pre-money…
SpaceX eyes Boost Mobile to crack a $235B wireless market
SpaceX is in talks to buy Boost Mobile or lease its cellular network, part of Elon Musk's plan to build a fourth national wireless carrier in the US. The company has held talks in recent months with Boost's parent,…
Apollo launches €10B European credit platform
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. The company is backed by…
Nuclea Energy to go public via SPAC merger at $350M value
Advanced nuclear developer Nuclea Energy has agreed to merge with blank-check firm NorthStrive Acquisition Corp I, a deal that values Nuclea at an enterprise value of $350 million. On closing, the combined company would…
India's AI Champdany faces $1.34M open offer as promoter group tightens grip
Gunny Dealers and G Jerambhai Exports have launched a mandatory open offer for 13.98% of AI Champdany Industries, a Kolkata-based jute maker, at US$0.4 per share — up to US$1.72M if fully accepted.
Ex-Swift CIO's Logos raises seed round from VanEck, ParaFi for tokenized-asset plumbing
Logos, a US startup building an "evidence layer" for digital assets, has raised a seed round from ParaFi, VanEck, Securitize, and other strategic investors. Co-founded by former Swift chief innovation officer Tom…
SaxaVord seals £60m deal to finish UK's only licensed spaceport
SaxaVord Spaceport has finalised a £60 million public-private funding package to complete infrastructure at its Lamba Ness site on Unst, Shetland. The deal combines £30 million from the UK Government with a matching £30…
Rembrand merges with Whisper World to form AI ad-placement group eyeing IPO
AI ad-placement companies Rembrand and Whisper World are merging in a largely stock-based deal expected to close in January, forming a new parent company called WRLabs. Both place brands into video after it has been…
Creandum closes $750M fund, its largest, to back early-stage startups
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. It is the…
Revi raises $1.5M to push retail AI agents into physical stores
Brazilian startup Revi has raised US$2.12M in a round led by ABSeed, a local SaaS-focused investor. GR8 Ventures joined, along with four existing backers — Veredas Partners, Stamina VC, Verve Capital, and Crivo — which…
Pronto founder's Provision Labs buys Basilisk to add touch data to its robot-training bet
Provision, the physical AI venture founded by Pronto's Anjali Sardana, has acquired Mumbai-based hardware startup Basilisk Industries for an undisclosed price. Sardana announced the deal in a LinkedIn post, adding…
Hamburg's Altona district launches a startup award — but the prize isn't cash
Hamburg's Altona district is launching its first Altona Startup Award, recognising local founders. Applications are open until November 8, with the winner named at Altona Business Day on November 25.
Abu Dhabi wants to be the world's first AI-native government, and OpenAI is writing the rulebook
Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman on 2 November 2026 and witnessed the signing of four agreements between Abu Dhabi-based entities and OpenAI,…
Coopbank, Kifiya launch Sharia-compliant lending that has already moved ETB 200M
Cooperative Bank of Oromia and Kifiya Financial Technologies have launched Michu Mizan, a Sharia-compliant digital financing product for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.…
Brazil's Krilltech wins $4.14M Finep grant to build nanopesticide pilot plant
Brazilian agtech Krilltech has secured a US$5.76M (≈$4.14 million) economic subsidy from Finep, the government's Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos, to develop a new generation of nanotechnology-based pesticides. The…
Korea's Dongwon Parts opens $40.3M IPO as chip-part demand climbs
Dongwon Parts, a South Korean maker of precision components for semiconductor equipment, opened its retail share subscription today, targeting a KOSDAQ listing on November 10. The offering raised US$45.1M at US$22.2 per…
Russia's Logika Moloka buys Velle to build out plant-based range
Logika Moloka, a major Russian producer of dairy, ice cream and baby food, has acquired Velle Holding, owner of the Velle plant-based brand. Terms were not disclosed. Velle makes more than 30 products, including…
Two Point O Capital raises $10M to widen clean energy financing
Two Point O Capital, a Bengaluru startup that finances and installs clean energy and water treatment systems for businesses, has raised $10 million in an early-stage round led by Transition Venture Capital. Existing…
Affle to buy ad-tech firm Perion in $420M all-cash deal
India's Affle has agreed to acquire Israeli advertising technology company Perion in an all-cash merger valued at about $420 million. Perion shareholders will receive $11.70 per share, a 34.5% premium to the stock's…
Aramco takes 49% of HUMAIN with about $2.6B in cash plus AI assets; PIF keeps 51%
PIF and Aramco announced on 1 November 2026 the closing of a transaction in which Aramco, through a wholly owned subsidiary, acquires a 49% stake in Saudi AI company HUMAIN. The Public Investment Fund retains 51%.…
Proparco backs Sterling Bank with $30M to fund Nigerian solar and farms
Proparco, the private-sector arm of France's AFD Group, has signed a $30 million senior credit facility with Nigeria's Sterling Bank. The debt will flow through the local lender to borrowers, with 80% earmarked for…
WHOOP buys Train Fitness to put rep-counting in a $10.1B platform
WHOOP has acquired Train Fitness, the Toronto maker of an Apple Watch app that counts gym reps from wrist motion alone. Terms were not disclosed. Neither company has formally announced the deal, which surfaced on the…
Meta went to Shanghai for its humanoid: prototype 'Max' built with China's Fourier in three months
What happened? Meta has built a prototype humanoid robot with Shanghai-based Fourier and is already working on a second version, The Information reported on 31 October 2026, citing people familiar with the project. The…
Fidelis Finance returns with $25.6M bond issue for SME lending across WAEMU
Fidelis Finance has opened its fourth bond issue on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) regional market, seeking to raise US$25.2M. SGI Togo is arranger and lead manager, with subscriptions open from…
PingAn Digital pitches $6.4M trade finance line to Hong Kong SMEs
PingAn Digital Bank has launched trade finance loans for Hong Kong SMEs, offering revolving credit of up to US$6.04M. The products — receivables financing and invoice financing — use alternative data to assess credit…
HBR seals $49M all-share buyout of Helbor, delists it from B3
HBR Realty has completed a public tender offer to take over Brazilian homebuilder Helbor Empreendimentos and delist it from stock exchange B3. More than two-thirds of Helbor's free float accepted the all-share swap of…
Gain Plus raises $3.85M to push beyond pharma into electronic modules
Gain Plus Holdings (00858) said on October 30, 2026, that it will raise about US$3.65M (roughly $3.85 million) through a placement of new shares under a general mandate. It is issuing 580,000,000 shares at US$0.01 each,…
Canada Infrastructure Bank lends $21.5M to Enoch Cree Nation for housing infrastructure
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has closed a US$22M (roughly $21.5 million) loan to Enoch Cree Nation to build infrastructure for a housing development on reserve lands near Edmonton. The money will fund roads,…
Tsifra Broker raises $35M in dollar bond sale to refinance maturing debt
Russian investment firm Tsifra Broker has placed a $35 million bond issue, series P02-01, with a 3.5-year term. The deal more than doubled its initial target of at least $15 million, with order collection completed on…
Abu Dhabi's SDF takes majority stake in UAE drone-ship maker MARIX
The Strategic Development Fund (SDF), an investment arm wholly owned by Abu Dhabi defence group EDGE, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UAE maritime technology firm MARIX. The seller, Sovereign Global Solutions…
Xiaomi backs Sunwoda Power in $255M round for 5.3% stake
Sunwoda Power Technology has raised US$233.8M in a Series C extension from Xiaomi group. The deal gives Xiaomi a 5.34% stake, making it the battery maker's third-largest shareholder.
Anthropic's IPO windfall reaches US public pensions through Spark Capital, and LACERS already marks its 2021 Spark growth fund at 2.29x
What's the story? Public employee pension plans in Los Angeles, Orange County, Massachusetts and South Carolina stand to share in Anthropic's expected November IPO as limited partners in Spark Capital funds, according…
OpenWorld closes all-stock Blocksight buy, hands sellers 4% stake
OpenWorld has completed its acquisition of Blocksight Holdings Co., issuing 641,924 common shares to the sellers. That stock equals about 4% of OpenWorld's fully diluted capitalisation following its prior reverse merger…
Arrival scraps $524M SPAC merger as EV maker fights to survive
In July 2023, troubled commercial EV maker Arrival ended its agreement to merge with blank-check company Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. — the second time in less than three years it had tried to go public through…
Japan Post Insurance anchors Star Asia's $190M Tokyo housing fund
Star Asia Group has launched Star Asia Japan Property Fund No 1, a $190 million (US$230.8M) private equity vehicle holding 17 recently built residential properties centred on Tokyo's 23 wards. Japan Post Insurance, one…
Zimplats CEO Mhembere retires after 19 years, hands US$1.8bn platform to Segula
Alexander Mhembere is retiring as chief executive officer of Zimplats, Zimbabwe's largest platinum producer, effective November 1, 2026. His successor, Stanley Segula, a longtime operations chief with more than 18 years…
Nigerian solar startup Acecore wins $10K at Moonshot 2026 Battlefield
Nigerian climate-tech startup Acecore has won the $10,000 grand prize at Moonshot 2026's TC Battlefield competition, beating nine other finalists. The contest, held at Lagos's National Theatre on October 28 and 29 and…
Korean drone maker Freeinu lands $14M Series D, eyes 2027 IPO
Freeinu, a South Korean drone design and manufacturing company, has raised a US$13.9M Series D round. IBK Industrial Bank of Korea led, joined by Korea Investment & Securities, Newmain Capital, MVG Investment, IBK…
Aspen Neuroscience raises $141M in Nasdaq IPO for Parkinson's cell therapy
Aspen Neuroscience, a San Diego clinical-stage biotech developing autologous cell therapies for Parkinson's disease, priced its initial public offering at $15 per share, raising roughly $140.6 million before expenses.…
Bambusa raises $169M in Nasdaq debut, riding biotech IPO rebound
Bambusa Therapeutics, a Boston-based clinical-stage biotech focused on dermatology and autoimmune diseases, raised $168.9 million in an upsized US initial public offering. It sold 10.556 million shares at $16 each — the…
North Korea blamed for Binance's ~$6.3B hack, the largest crypto theft on record
What happened? On 29 October 2026, Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, suffered a security incident with an estimated total impact of about $6.3 billion. That makes it the largest crypto theft on record, far…
Ex-DOJ antitrust chiefs raise $6.4M seed for litigation startup FluxCap
Two former US Justice Department antitrust leaders, Jonathan Kanter and Doha Mekki, launched FluxCap on October 28 with $6.4 million in seed funding. The platform uses artificial intelligence to help lawyers handle…
Longevity startup Vesalius goes public via reverse takeover in Vancouver
Vesalius Longevity Labs has completed its reverse takeover of Sweet Earth Holdings Corporation, creating a single public company that will trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker "VLAB". The…
India's NSE lists in $2.37B IPO, the country's second-largest ever
The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) completed its initial public offering, raising US$3.06B (roughly $2.37 billion), making it the country's second-largest IPO on record. Law firm Khaitan & Co advised the…
NYSE owner ICE takes stake in Trade.xyz to bring Hyperliquid perps to US
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange, is taking a minority stake in Trade.xyz and plans to launch a US-regulated venue for perpetual futures on crypto and stocks. The platform would run…
IDB Invest leads $100M loan to expand AES Argentina wind complex
IDB Invest has arranged a US$100 million A/B loan for Vientos Bonaerenses S.A., an AES Argentina company, to fund the expansion of its wind farm in Buenos Aires Province. The financing splits into a US$20 million…
Strategic Value Partners backs NewEdge Power, launches 1.2 GW battery storage venture
NewEdge Power, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based utility-scale and distributed power developer, has raised an undisclosed round led by Strategic Value Partners (SVP). SJF Ventures, Segue Sustainable Infrastructure, and…
Verisma secures Golub Capital debt to fund M&A and tech push
Verisma, a health information lifecycle management (HILM) company, has closed new senior-secured financing from Golub Capital. The debt package includes a delayed-draw term loan facility and will fund technology…
Jalisco launches Circuito 14 to build Mexico's semiconductor supplier base
Jalisco's Secretariat of Economic Development (Sedeco) has launched Circuito 14, a program to develop local suppliers for the semiconductor industry. It selected 17 projects to receive training, business support, and…
Core AI raises $800K in one of Uzbekistan's larger startup rounds
Core AI, an Uzbek startup, has raised $800,000 from Yoshlar Ventures, Aloqa Ventures, SQB Ventures, and angel investors. The round was announced in October 2026, following the startup's participation in the second…
EIB and Dashen Bank to unlock $22M each for Ethiopian agribusiness
EIB Global will lend €20 million to Ethiopia's Dashen Bank, which will match the sum to make €40 million available to small and medium-sized enterprises. At least 70% of the money targets agriculture — coffee, pulses,…
Axiology taps VIALET to put tokenised money funds behind €6B in payments
Lithuanian capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has partnered with Vilnius-based electronic money institution VIALET to let it use tokenised money market funds (MMFs) for client fund safeguarding and…
Merz brings German fusion and drone firms to Tokyo in deep-tech push
German deep-tech firms Proxima Fusion and Quantum Systems signed partnerships in Japan during Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit on October 28. Proxima, a fusion startup, agreed memoranda of understanding with Fujikura…
Invion posts 79% disease control in skin cancer trial, adds director
Invion has appointed Paul Field as independent non-executive director, succeeding Alistair Bennallack, as the ASX-listed biotech advances its light-activated cancer therapy. The move came alongside preliminary Phase I…
Shimano buys full control of lure maker Jackall after 16-year partnership
Shimano has acquired all shares in Japanese lure maker Jackall, the company announced on its Japanese website in October. The price was undisclosed. Jackall, founded in 1999 by lure designer Seji Kato, is known for…
Closed Loop Partners lends to Renegade Plastics to scale recyclable PP fabric
Closed Loop Partners has provided a loan to Renegade Plastics, a Denver startup commercializing a recyclable, mono-material polypropylene (PP)-coated textile. The financing, issued through the firm's Catalytic Capital &…
Amalgamated Brands' $20M IPO is Zimbabwe's first in nearly two decades
Consumer-goods maker Amalgamated Brands has launched a $20 million initial public offering on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), priced at $0.35 per share. The offer is split between $5 million of new shares for…
Chapter buys Hively to build out its retirement platform
Medicare navigation startup Chapter has acquired Hively, a personalised retirement navigation and membership platform for older adults. The deal value was undisclosed. Hively co-founders Angela Gu and Jenn Kim join…
Stark's founders on building a European defence 'neo-prime': billions in contracts in 18 months and 'production is deterrence'
What's the story? On Sequoia Capital's Training Data podcast, partners Pat Grady and Luciana Lixandru interview Stark CEO Uwe Horstmann and CTO Johannes Schaback. The Berlin-based company, about two years old, calls…
UPM to spin off plywood arm WISA, listing on Nasdaq Helsinki on November 2
UPM -Kymmene's board has decided to complete the partial demerger of its plywood business into a new company, WISA Group Plc, with completion set to register in the Finnish Trade Register on October 31, 2026. UPM…
Geekco hands new director Lepage 800,000 shares and options
Geekco Technologies (TSXV: GKO) has granted an aggregate of 650,000 stock options and 500,000 restricted share units to a director and a consulting firm. New director Marie Ginette Lepage receives 400,000 options and…
Bumble goes private in $1.3B Ithaca deal as founder exits CEO role
Investment firm Ithaca Holdings is taking dating-app maker Bumble private in a $1.3 billion deal, at $6.05 a share. Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as chief executive officer, handing the company to Ithaca…
Credo Bank raises $10M in Georgia's first AT1 bank bond placement
Credo Bank, Georgia's fifth-largest commercial bank, has placed $10 million in perpetual, subordinated Additional Tier 1 (AT1) private bonds. TBC Capital acted as exclusive partner on the transaction, announced in…
Azerbaijan approves 20-year tax breaks for tech firms, startup investors and digital nomads
Azerbaijan's president signed decrees on October 22, 2026 approving sweeping tax incentives for technology park residents, startup investors, and digital nomads. The package extends tax breaks on eligible tech income,…
Yandex Armenia picks 10 teams from 140 bids for first startup accelerator
Yandex Armenia launched its first international startup accelerator, selecting 10 teams from 140 qualified applications for a three-month program. The initiative, launched in September 2026, pairs early-stage founders…
Eleveight AI plans $2B to eightfold its Armenia AI factory to 40 MW
Eleveight AI will invest $2 billion in a second phase of its Gagarin AI Factory in Armenia, adding 35 MW to reach 40 MW total. Construction has begun, with completion expected by mid-2027.
Monil hires reMarkable's CMO to build a global grazing-tech brand
Norwegian agritech startup Monil has hired Magnus Heimsjø as chief marketing officer, tasking him with building its brand internationally and expanding the marketing team. Heimsjø joins from reMarkable, where he was the…
ResoTher Pharma takes public listing via reverse merger with Hunter Capital shell
Swedish-listed shell company Hunter Capital RTO 1 has signed a transaction agreement to reverse-acquire Danish biotech ResoTher Pharma, making it the operating business of the listed entity. ResoTher shareholders are…
Samsung C&T commits $687M to Samsung Biologics' $2B rights offering
Samsung C&T will invest US$770.5M (≈$687 million) in a rights offering by affiliate Samsung Biologics, acquiring 782,818 common shares. The commitment, resolved by its board on October 28, lifts Samsung C&T's total…
Anthropic buys Mithril Medicine, a one-person biotech that ran a muscular dystrophy drug programme with Claude
Anthropic has acquired Mithril Medicine, a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech whose founder Cody Tranbarger was its only full-time employee. Anthropic disclosed the deal on 27 October in a post on its drug-development…
Phaze Ventures launches two funds targeting $75M for AI and deeptech
Oman-based Phaze Ventures has launched two new venture funds targeting more than $75 million combined, anchored by local institutional backers. Phaze Ventures Fund II, anchored by ITHCA Group and Oman LNG Development…
Uzbek AI design startup MimoramAI raises $40K from Yoshlar Ventures
MimoramAI, an Uzbek AI tool for interior design, has raised $40,000 from Yoshlar Ventures. Accelerator UzCombinator announced the pre-seed investment on October 24, 2026.
Dubai's DIP Holding books $543M IPO within minutes despite Iran war slowdown
DIP Holding, owner of Dubai Investments Park, drew enough demand to cover its up to $543 million initial public offering within minutes of opening its order books on the Dubai Financial Market. Parent Dubai Investments…
QSTP taps Microsoft to give Qatar startups up to $9.4M in cloud credits
Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), a member of Qatar Foundation, has launched a collaboration with Microsoft to bring the Microsoft for Startups program to its startup community. Eligible founders gain access to…
Egypt's Raya Holding launches venture arm, backs UK AI startup Pidima
Raya Holding for Financial Investments has launched Raya Ventures, a wholly owned corporate venture arm targeting early-stage AI and fintech startups. The Cairo-based conglomerate disclosed the move alongside the fund's…
Brazil's $22.5M Northeast seed fund makes first bets on two B2B startups
The FIP Nordeste Capital Semente fund has made its first two investments, putting US$255.8K each into Recife-based RSCRM and Entrega+, based in the textile hub of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe. Both serve business customers…
BAC Credomatic prices $500M bond, its first cross-border deal since 2023
Banco de América Central (BAC Credomatic) priced $500 million in five-year bonds, its first cross-border deal in over three years. Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Santander acted as bookrunners.
Anthropic’s IPO windfall: the early VC and angel winners lighting up at $965B
What's the story? Anthropic's S-1 and IPO run-up have lit up paper values for the lab's earliest venture and angel backers. At the last private mark of about $965 billion (Bloomberg / TechCrunch), several early stakes…
Türk Telekom lands $1B club loan to fund 5G and fiber push
Türk Telekom has secured a $1 billion long-term club loan from 14 international banks to finance its 5G and fiber network investments and general corporate needs. Bank of America and ING led the facility, which matures…
Kazakhstan's $2B sovereign AI hub moves ahead as Freedom Holding plans a public GPU cloud for 2027
Kazakhstan's $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub is moving ahead. In an update on 26 October 2026, Almaty-based Freedom Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FRHC), the hub's principal financing and operating partner, said its first GPU…
Pegasus founder Shalev Hulio urges governments to trust him with sovereign AI, ditch US providers
Dream, the sovereign-AI and national cyber-defence company founded by former NSO Group chief executive Shalev Hulio, is making the case that governments should ditch US AI providers and run their own models. In an…
Andorra bets on sport-tech crossover to diversify its economy
Andorra held its first Cluster Day on Tuesday, October 20, bringing together institutional representatives, companies, and professionals from the sports and technology sectors at the Hotel Comtes d'Urgell in…
AfDB backs $1.84M push to make Ethiopian SMEs investment-ready
Ignite Capital is advancing a $1.84 million programme to prepare Ethiopian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for equity investment, backed by a $999,250 grant administered by the African Development Bank. Known…
Tether leads seed round for Bolivian fintech Peso to push USDT into daily payments
Tether has led a seed round in Peso, a Bolivian fintech company building USDT-based consumer payments across Latin America. The round was announced in October 2026; the amount and valuation were not disclosed.
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