News archive — September 2026
FundingFashion🇺🇸Sep 11, 2026
Rent the Runway lines up $15M raise with investors backstopping full amount
FundingSemiconductors🇸🇬Sep 11, 2026
MetaOptics raises $870,000 to automate metalens cameras, launch MetaPhone
FundingFood🇮🇳Sep 11, 2026
Athena Protein raises pre-seed round from Campus Fund for INR 75 protein yogurt
M&ASecurity🇹🇼Sep 11, 2026
March Networks and VIVOTEK debut combined portfolio five months after merger
FundingHealth🇨🇳Sep 11, 2026
Dental materials maker Yurucheng lands tens of millions of yuan in Series B
FundingEnergyAngolaSep 11, 2026
Lobito railway draws $300M debt drawdown as US backs Africa mineral route
FundingSemiconductors🇨🇳Sep 11, 2026
Antelope Enterprise prices $6M convertible note with Stratosphere Capital
FundingSemiconductors🇨🇳Sep 11, 2026
Qianming Semiconductor raises ~$15M Series B for chip-testing gear
Enterprise Software🇨🇳Sep 11, 2026
Z.AI launches $5B Hong Kong raise, among China's biggest AI post-IPO deals
FundingSemiconductors🇨🇳Sep 11, 2026
China's VMP raises $46M to take its metal 3D-printing powders global
M&AFintechAzerbaijanSep 11, 2026
Azerbaijan's Bank Respublika to acquire AccessBank, creating AZN 4.5B lender
FundingHome Living🇹🇷Sep 11, 2026
Altınkıılç raises TL 170M (~$3.5M) in debt sale to qualified investors
Funding🇨🇦Sep 11, 2026
Aquitaine raises $33M to accelerate gold and critical metals drilling in France
Food🇺🇸Sep 11, 2026
Greenfield Robotics opens public offering with 82 robots and $1M in fleet deliveries
FundingMedia🇩🇪Sep 11, 2026
Stuttgart's Flip raised $85M, grew sales 28% to €8.1M — and still runs deep losses
FundingFintech🇰🇪Sep 11, 2026
Kenya's Watu raises $7M in debt to grow motorcycle and smartphone financing
M&AJobs Recruitment🇯🇵Sep 11, 2026
City Creation Holdings buys Agent Success in ninth deal, eyes $8M ARR in HR push
FundingSpace🇨🇳Sep 11, 2026
China's Star Test Future raises hundreds of millions of yuan for space computing constellation
FundingHealth🇸🇪Sep 11, 2026
Cubase Bio, HeartBeat.bio win €1M Eurostars grant for 3D heart-disease mapping
FundingReal Estate🇩🇪Sep 11, 2026
Crescent backs Infravadis with senior secured debt to fund Oakley's buy-and-build