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Armadin has raised $255.5 million in a Series B round, valuing the AI cybersecurity company at over $2.5 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel.
Reporting: msn.com, siliconangle.com
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Universal Quantum, a UK-based quantum computing startup spun out of the University of Sussex.
Reporting: finance.yahoo.com
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TrueLayer, a UK-based open banking payments startup, has secured a $27 million investment round led by an Italian state-backed investor.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Raven has raised funding at a $90 million pre-money valuation from CMCC Global and Coinbase Ventures.
Reporting: reuters.com
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Sources cited by BetaKit suggest Canada’s real-time payments system might begin operations without the country’s largest banks.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Ireland’s tech sector raised €630 million in the first half of 2026, placing the country among Europe’s top 10 by total venture funding, according to tech.eu.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Ericsson has announced the winners of its 2026 Innovation Challenge, unveiled at the India Mobile Congress this week.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Vietnam’s fintech regulatory sandbox no longer requires startup founders to hold both a technology background and banking management experience.
Reporting: msn.com
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Shares of Pine Labs, Paytm and MobiKwik fell sharply today after Inc42 reported that the planned reintroduction of merchant discount rates (MDR) on UPI transactions above ₹2,000 has been pushed from October 15 to January 2027.
Reporting: inc42.com
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The partnership was announced alongside the launch of the National DeepTech Founder Intelligence Initiative.
Reporting: newspatrolling.com
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A University of Sussex spinout has raised $100 million in a Series A round, which it claims is the largest ever for a UK-headquartered quantum startup.
Reporting: tech.eu
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The UK and Germany have launched an industrial tech corridor aimed at accelerating collaboration in AI and deeptech across sectors like manufacturing, aerospace, and infrastructure.
Reporting: tech.eu
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AI startup Manus has raised more than $500 million in its first funding round since Chinese regulators blocked Meta’s planned $2 billion acquisition.
Reporting: barrons.com, msn.com, ijr.com
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The announcement directly addresses concerns that had surfaced after the central bank rolled out updates to its remittance guidelines last month.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Groww accounted for more than 60% of India’s net new active broking clients in September, extending its lead in the country’s retail investment market.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Berlin-based AI startup TODAY has secured €2.8 million in seed funding to expand its platform for financial and insurance advisors.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Dutch marketing startup Innercrowd has raised €750,000 to expand its platform that turns festival attendees into ticket promoters.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Dehradun-based medtech startup Sunfox Technologies has raised $7 million (₹67 crore) in a Series A round led by an unnamed investor to scale its portable cardiac diagnostics platform, Spandan.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Monid has raised $7.7 million in seed funding to build a platform where AI agents can dynamically identify, evaluate, and pay for third-party APIs on a per-call basis.
Reporting: finance.yahoo.com
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UpSmith has secured $10 million in Series A funding to expand its AI platform for home services contractors, including trades like electrical work and plumbing.
Reporting: pulse2.com
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