News archive — October 2026
Media🇰🇷Oct 27, 2026
Korean AI mapping startup neer raises seed round to turn creator picks into store sales
InvestorsFintech🇿🇦Oct 27, 2026
Circle Ventures backs South Africa's CrissCross in stablecoin payments push
Real Estate🇬🇧Oct 27, 2026
Progress Housing takes over specialist provider Empower in supported-living push
FundingFintech🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Wisable raises $5M seed from D. E. Shaw for small-business M&A advisory
InvestorsMarketing🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Virent Capital backs enrollment marketer Kanahoma to build a student-recruitment platform
Enterprise Software🇸🇪Oct 27, 2026
Proport doubles down on AI with Growth Marketing buy, funded by $1.6M rights issue
FundingSemiconductors🇨🇳Oct 27, 2026
OLED supplier LTOM raises $78.7M convertible to chase AI-chip materials
PeopleFintech🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Opto Investments hires BlackRock, Carta veterans to build out private-markets platform
Health🇪🇸Oct 27, 2026
EIB backs Impress with €40M venture debt loan to scale AI orthodontics across Europe
FundingSemiconductors🇨🇦Oct 27, 2026
Nord Quantique lands $10M DARPA extension to stay in quantum race
Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Ben Horowitz: Databricks now gets more queries from AI agents than from people
M&A🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Evolve Media buys CafeMom, LittleThings and MamásLatinas to build out family media
Cayman IslandsOct 27, 2026
Vietnam Opportunity Fund capitulates on $62B Vingroup after 350% surge, halts private equity
FundingHealth🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Vera Health raises $28.5M Series A as clinical AI tool hits 800,000 users
M&ASemiconductors🇺🇸Oct 27, 2026
Leonard Green buys Radon Medical after revenue tripled under 5th Century
FundingEnergy🇨🇦Oct 27, 2026
Green Canada Uranium raises US$366.7K in quick re-raise for Athabasca drilling