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- Nick Clegg on Europe, AI and big techSifted · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
- Nvidia is investing heavily into Europe – why now?EU-Startups · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
NVIDIA has had a busy week on this side of the pond. From announcing new investments in British and French startups to launching collaborations in Sweden, supporting AI research and bringing developers together in Barcel
- African startups raise $2.49B in 9 months as Q3 reboundsTechCabal · 2026-10-15 raise funding
African startups raised $2.49B across 315 deals in the first 9 months of 2026. Discover Q3 funding trends, top markets, and major fund closes.
- 10 European startups fighting the next generation of AI cyber threatsEU-Startups · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
As artificial intelligence reshapes how companies build, test and operate software, it is also transforming the cybersecurity landscape. AI-powered phishing, automated attacks and increasingly sophisticated impersonation
- Fairfax Proposes To Transfer Go Digit Stake To IDBI BankInc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
Canadian investor Fairfax Financial Holdings has proposed transferring all its interests in insurtech company Go Digit General Insurance and its
- The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Cornel Amariei, CEO and founder of .lumenEU-Startups · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Key points: How the .lumen glasses actually work: 3D environment perception, human-centred path planning, and in-house mapping and semantic surface understanding. The guide dog comparison where the glasses match its bene
- Centre Directs Telcos To Display Caller Names From November 1Inc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
The Ministry Of Communications Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecom operators to roll out calling name presentations (CNAP) across
- AI Startups To Watch: 5 Startups That Caught Our Eye In OctoberInc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
India’s AI story is moving beyond the model. Until last year, the big question in Indian boardrooms was which large
- Vilnius-based Holo raises €5 million to put marketing on autopilot for small businessesEU-Startups · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Holo, a Vilnius-based AI platform that plans and runs marketing for small businesses, has raised €5 million in a Seed round to develop its marketing autopilot, reach more small businesses, and expand its Vilnius team. Th
- How Ubiqedge Is Giving Old Industrial Machines An AIoT UpgradeInc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
Nobody on a factory floor wakes up wanting AI, Internet of Things (IoT) systems or a smarter dashboard. Their job
- Zetwerk IPO Subscribed 8% On Day 1 So FarInc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
B2B manufacturing company Zetwerk’s ₹5,012.3 Cr IPO got off to a rather slow start today, receiving a mere 8% subscription
- Sea and Google open chapter two of their AI pact before chapter one shipse27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Google has been busy making friends in Singapore. On 7 October, its AI Futures Fund teamed up with Granite Asia to write cheques of up to US$2 million into Asian AI startups. Eight days later, the same fund has walked in
- Character.ai was worth US$2.7B to Google. Disney just offered US$20Me27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
In August 2024, Google wrote Character.ai a cheque for roughly US$2.7 billion. On Monday, Disney offered US$20 million. Both were for a licence to the same companys technology. Allowing for the fine print, that is a fall
- Tonbo Imaging IPO Subscribed 1.47X On Day 1 So Far, NIIs Lead DemandInc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
Defence tech startup Tonbo Imaging’s IPO was fully subscribed within hours of opening for bidding, with demand led by non-institutional
- Confido Health Raises $12.5 Mn To Automate Healthcare Administration With AIInc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
US-based AI healthtech startup Confido Health has raised $12.5 Mn (about ₹119 Cr) in a Series A extension led by
- 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Dangote IPO heads southTechCabal · 2026-10-15 raise funding
In today's edition: Dangote IPO gets SADC vote Quickmart IPO to cost owners $4.5m Kenya nears FATF greylist exit Tanzania wants to prevent telecom damages
- Oslo-based AI-native engineering firm Solvera raises €5.62 million pre-Seed after July 2026 launchEU-Startups · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Solvera, an Oslo-based company building an AI-native engineering firm for the construction industry, today announced a €5.62 million ($6.3 million) pre-Seed round. The round was led by Seedcamp, with participation from C
- Shamrock AI Bags $5 Mn To Help Enterprises Deploy AI Agents ReliablyInc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
Enterprise AI startup Shamrock AI has raised $5 Mn (about ₹47.4 Cr) in a seed funding round led by Endiya
- Profitable French accounting company Dougs raises €50 million to accelerate AI automationEU-Startups · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Dougs, a Lyon-based technology company delivering regulated accounting and financial management services to small businesses, has raised €50 million in funding. The funding came from Expedition Growth Capital, a growth e
- Nauta secures €60 million first close for sixth fund to back European software and DeepTech startupsEU-Startups · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Nauta, a London-based pan-European VC investing in B2B software and DeepTech startups from pre-Seed to Series A, today announced the first close of its sixth fund at €60 million. The British Business Bank, the UK’s econo
- AI can increase productivity. It can’t increase human capacitye27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
We may be using AI to save hours of work, only to fill those hours with more work. This is something I have been thinking about as organisations accelerate their investment in AI. The productivity opportunity is undeniab
- AI and inflation are driving Singapore’s workplace anxiety. Employers are spending on the wrong fixe27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Most Singapore office workers know the ritual. A message lands at 10.47pm. It is not urgent. You answer it within 90 seconds anyway, not because the work demands it, but because you want someone to notice that you answer
- Human rights: Lost in the “S” of ESG?e27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Human rights are getting diluted or ignored in the oft-neglected “S” (social) of ESG, even though the rules for protecting them have been clear for a decade and a half. The 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Huma
- Institutional buyers face a massive test at the US$81,000 Bitcoin support levele27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
The cryptocurrency sector experienced a severe and sudden decline over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin fell 2.28 per cent to US$81,370.58. The broader digital asset ecosystem mirrored this downward trajectory, dropping 2.22 p
- Every dashboard is green. So why can’t anyone say what worked?e27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Here is an uncomfortable finding for anyone building a 2027 marketing plan this month: audiences are warming to advertising, and marketers are growing less sure that theirs works. That tension sits at the centre of Kanta
- India’s Biggest IPO, Groww’s Q2 Profit Run & MoreInc42 · 2026-10-15 raise funding
Jio All Set For Its Mega IPO Reliance’s digital crown is heading down the Dalal Street. In what could be
- Southeast Asia’s funding winter is real. Its building winter isn’te27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Every few weeks, another report tells the same story about Southeast Asian tech: capital has fled, deals have dried up, and the region’s startup engine has stalled. The most recent numbers make the case forcefully. Zero
- TalentHero, DeeMoney form Thai JV to connect hiring, payroll and paymentse27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
For many companies expanding into Southeast Asia, hiring is no longer the hardest part. The bigger challenge is often what comes after: setting up a local entity, complying with employment regulations, running payroll an
- Cash-on-delivery is dying in Southeast Asia. Six different wallets are taking its placee27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Southeast Asias online shoppers spent the better part of a decade being nudged to stop handing cash to the courier. They are finally listening, though not in any single, tidy way. Cash-on-delivery (COD), long the default
- Tokens are the wrong yardstick for AI agents, says JFrog’s Sunny Raoe27 · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
Anyone who has spent 10 minutes pressing 0 to escape a voice bot knows how the last automation wave ended. Call centres were promised dramatic savings from IVRs and chatbots. Customers got phone trees that went in circle
- Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026TechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-15 raise funding join an accelerator
It’s time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup Battlefield finals.
- Intero Biosystems wants drugmakers to test on mini human intestines, not animalsTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Intero Biosystems is selling lab-grown human intestines to drugmakers as regulators push for alternatives to animal testing, while the startup looks to scale production and expand its organoid technology.
- CedarDB wants one database to handle both transactions and analytics, as AI agents raise the stakesTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Databases have traditionally been designed either for analytical data or for operational data. But database engine CedarDB supports both, and its approach has gained relevance with the rise of agentic AI.
- Colossal Biosciences announces new AI platform to help accelerate de-extinction effortsTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Colossal announced a new AI platform to help accelerate its de-extinction efforts and Peter Diamandis has launched a new fund to back startups who use it.
- TimeTeller puts our internal clocks at the center of personalized medicineTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
German startup TimeTeller has developed a saliva test kit to help anyone understand their circadian rhythm; it aims to reduce side effects from cancer treatments.
- Hiyd is a health tracker that attaches to the watch you already wearTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Former Apple engineers figured out how to get a biometric sensor to attach to your watch without any magnets or adhesives.
- IPO-Bound Tonbo Imaging Nets ₹255 Cr From Anchor InvestorsInc42 · 2026-10-14 raise funding
Ahead of the commencement of the bidding for its public issue on October 15, defence tech startup Tonbo Imaging has
- Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligenceTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
- Scimplify Bags $25 Mn To Scale Its Semiconductor Chemicals BusinessInc42 · 2026-10-14 raise funding
Speciality chemical manufacturing startup Scimplify has raised $25 Mn (around ₹238 Cr) in a fresh funding round led by Hitachi
- Mosqitter is turning its mosquito traps into an AI-powered surveillance networkTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Mosqitter is turning its mosquito-trapping hardware into an AI-powered surveillance network designed to identify species, monitor populations, and provide earlier warnings of mosquito-borne disease risks.
- Nigeria’s identity agency says its database is locally hosted and managed by staffTechCabal · 2026-10-14 raise funding
NIMC says Nigeria’s national identity database is hosted locally and managed by its employees. But as more agencies connect to the system, protecting Nigerians’ personal information depends on access controls and account
- Zetwerk Raises ₹2,251 Cr From Anchor Investors Ahead Of IPOInc42 · 2026-10-14 raise funding
Manufacturing company Zetwerk has raised ₹2,251.2 Cr from anchor investors ahead of the opening of its initial public offering (IPO)
- Jio Platforms Sets Stage For India’s Largest IPO At ₹10.3 Lakh Cr ValuationInc42 · 2026-10-14 raise funding
Telecom giant Jio Platforms has set a price band of ₹1,065-₹1,119 per share for its IPO, which is set to
- Prismm helps banks keep inherited money in-houseTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
With Prismm, account holders can give designated family members access to their accounts and documents ahead of time.
- Why Emmanuel Obiechina ditched dedicated apps to build a bank inside your DMsTechCabal · 2026-10-14 raise funding
Building Y-Queue took Emmanuel Obiechina and his co-founders just three weeks. Convincing people to use it proved to be an entirely different education. Long before he conceived Kira AI—his WhatsApp-based banking and pay
- OPay’s $1.28 lending problem in NigeriaTechCabal · 2026-10-14 raise funding
Every $10 (₦13,329.7) borrowed from OPay generated $2.55 (₦3,399.07) in loan-financing revenue in H1 2026. The figure includes late-payment penalties, not just interest, and offers a glimpse into the revenue lenders need
- Save 50% on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket and join the last 2 days in San Francisco’s Moscone WestTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Get a 50% discount on the last two days of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, October 14-15, in San Francisco. Register now and join the rest of the startup ecosystem. Today, it's all about physical and software AI.
- Floqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have toTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
The problem Floqer is trying to solve is familiar to anyone who has worked in sales or revenue operations.
- Infotech Acquires Lightspeed-Backed SaaS Startup ZluriInc42 · 2026-10-14 raise funding
IT advisory firm Infotech has acquired Bengaluru-based SaaS startup Zluri to add the latter’s application discovery, identity governance and administration
- TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Day 2TechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Day 2 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, full of all themes across AI, investor-only session, more roundtables, and more. Register to save 50% on your pass.
- Want to Steal a Customer From a Competitor? Ask Them What It Would Really TakeSaaStr · 2026-10-14 price your product get your first 100 customers
Want to steal a customer from your competitor? 99% of sales reps, 95% of CROs, and 99% of CEOs never ask the one question that would get it done. And its so, so simple: What would it take for you to move over to us? What
- New unicorn alert! Skeleton Technologies lands multi-million funding to expand AI infrastructure in the USEU-Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
Tallinn-based Skeleton Technologies, a developer high-power systems for AI infrastructure, today announced a 9-digit investment from Siemens, bringing Skeleton’s valuation to more than €899 million ($1 billion). The inve
- The fierce fintech race for financial loyalty in South Africa goes beyond paymentsTechCabal · 2026-10-14 raise funding
South Africa’s fintechs are moving beyond customer acquisition to capture everyday spending, build lasting financial relationships and turn digital payments into sustainable revenue.
- NTangible bets it can predict how athletes will perform under pressureTechCrunch Startups · 2026-10-14 raise funding join an accelerator
NTangible is building an analytics platform for collegiate sports organizations and other clubs to measure an athlete's "clutch" factor.
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