The Daily Deal
Sunday 11 October 2026
SoftBank seeks $100B from Gulf investors for AI fund
- Chart of the day 2026 has already beaten 2025 for $100M+ VC rounds.
- Just raised Kunyou Optoelectronics $138M, Incyclix Bio $52M, Miko $30.9M.
- Just founded Anyflo, Munimen.
- In the news SoftBank seeks up to $100B from Gulf investors for new AI fund, and two more stories.
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$100M+ venture rounds worldwide since 2010, with 2026 counted so far already above all of 2025. Four views: the yearly count with $1B+ rounds stacked on top, the mix by stage, the split by where companies are headquartered, and the nine largest rounds of 2026.
Just raised
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Kunyou OptoelectronicsHuangpu$138M Series CWafer-level optics for AR, 3D imaging, LiDAR.
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Incyclix BioDurham$52M Late VCAdvancing precision treatments that target the aberrant proliferation driving many cancers. Backed by Cape Fear BioCapital and Eshelman Ventures.
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MikoMumbai$30.9M Late VCA child-safe personal robot that engages, educates, and entertains kids. Backed by Keshav Murugesh and YourNest Angel Fund.
By country
- US$56B
- South Korea$2.6B
- UK$355M
- France$335M
- India$311M
- China$267M
By sector
- Enterprise software$50B
- Health$4.5B
- Hosting$4B
- Food$2.7B
- Fintech$2.4B
- Energy$1.2B
$61B across 398 rounds in October so far, by headquarters and by sector.
Just founded
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AnyfloUS
Orchestration layer for cross-chain stablecoin payments.
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LORobert Zaremba & Lola Oyelayo-Pearson founded it. Zaremba previously founded Native (Bitcosm) and Cerealia. Oyelayo-Pearson worked at Mysten Labs and Shopify. -
European knowledge layer for teams and AI agents: captures company knowledge, keeps it current, serves it via app, MCP and API.
KBKilian Bodet--Canac
In the news
View all news stories- SoftBank seeks up to $100B from Gulf investors for new AI fund
SoftBank Group is seeking up to $100 billion from Gulf investors to fund a new wave of AI investments, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
- Mistral raises €3B as Europe's AI champion courts China, Microsoft and Samsung
Mistral AI, the French startup billed as Europe's AI champion, raised €3 billion in September — mostly from Samsung — and now counts major American and Asian investors on its cap table.
- Nvidia-backed Firmus shelves IPO as AI valuation fears mount
Firmus, an Nvidia-backed data centre company, has scrapped its planned initial public offering.
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