News archive — October 2026
FundingEnergy🇦🇺Oct 28, 2026
Strategic Energy Resources lands $193K grant for Queensland copper drilling
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 28, 2026
QwikBuild raises $2.3M pre-seed to expand enterprise AI platform
Semiconductors🇰🇷Oct 28, 2026
Seoul National University holding fund backs AFM startup Multiscale Instruments
Big techFintech🇺🇸Oct 28, 2026
Stripe data: Europeans are less likely than Americans to pay for AI but spend more when they do, and Switzerland leads on both
FundingEnergy🇦🇺Oct 27, 2026
Janus Electric raises $1.41M from Electrovaya to fuel North American expansion
Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Anthropic hiring manager Felix Rieseberg drops the coding interview: 'it no longer provides signal'
FundingEnterprise SoftwareOct 27, 2026
CVAT lands $2M from OH.io to commercialise its open-source AI labeling tool
IPOsEnergy🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Hall Chadwick to merge with rare-earth recycler REEcycle in $400M SPAC deal
FundingFintech🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Slide Insurance lands $1.07B credit facility, doubling its borrowing capacity
M&A🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Anthropic buys Mithril Medicine, a one-person biotech that ran a muscular dystrophy drug programme with Claude
FundingSemiconductors🇷🇴Oct 27, 2026
Romania's FIORA5 lands €150K from Vest Ventures for RISC-V chip IP
Robotics🇮🇳Oct 27, 2026
Finvolve backs India's Tensrai in pre-seed round for machine-retrofitting robotics
FundingService Provider🇬🇧Oct 27, 2026
Aspen Bridging lands £250m as parent S&U completes £600m refinancing
FundingHealth🇩🇰Oct 27, 2026
Samplix raises €3M in new capital as WLan leads €25M balance-sheet restructuring
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Which VC raises next? Managers holding top AI names took 63% of Q3 venture fundraising
Transportation🇩🇪Oct 27, 2026
Maxburg backs drilling specialist Schmabo in buy-and-build energy infrastructure bet
FundingChemicals🇳🇱Oct 27, 2026
Avantium raises €55.5 million as it races to turn its first plant into sales
FundingRobotics🇫🇷Oct 27, 2026
Wormsensing raises €9.5M Series A to turn its ultrasensitive sensors into an industry standard