News archive — October 2026
M&AEnterprise Software🇫🇷Oct 25, 2026
Keyence buys France's TraceParts, adding 6.5M engineers to its CAD network
🇺🇸Oct 25, 2026
Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman says the private-credit panic over software is 'way overdone'
Health🇺🇸Oct 25, 2026
Labcorp buys toxicology specialist Millennium Health to deepen drug-testing reach
FundingEnergy🇫🇷Oct 25, 2026
Schneider Electric raises €6B in France's largest-ever accelerated equity deal
FundingFintech🇩🇪Oct 24, 2026
China's Ningbo PIA raises $154M in private placement to fund robotics push
Financial Management Solutions🇬🇧Oct 24, 2026
HMRC's letters asking wealthy Britons what they own spark debate over a possible exit tax
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 24, 2026
Neolabs that locked in GPUs early can resell them at 2-3x, and Modal's founder predicts 'neolab to neocloud pivots'
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 24, 2026
TruAgents raises $3.4M seed to bring compliant AI conversations to regulated firms
Energy🇫🇷Oct 24, 2026
Belgium's last two nuclear reactors return after a seven-month life-extension overhaul
🇦🇹Oct 24, 2026
Speedinvest's Keiper-Knorr asks if Europe wants US-style pension-funded VC after ERISA
Jobs Recruitment🇬🇧Oct 24, 2026
Alex Depledge quits as UK Treasury entrepreneurship adviser, warning ministers treat scale-ups as a 'sideshow'
Funding🇨🇦Oct 24, 2026
Verano lands $187M for Chile solar-plus-storage, a top-decile Canadian debt deal
Semiconductors🇹🇼Oct 24, 2026
CASPA 2026: Patel and Rasgon on AI buildout financing, substrates, and pricing power
Semiconductors🇨🇳Oct 24, 2026
Chinese photonics chipmaker Huaxin lands Series C extension from Shenzhen Capital Group
Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 24, 2026
Claude Code engineer Thariq Shihipar leaves Anthropic after more than a year
Products🇺🇸Oct 23, 2026
Bordeaux-built Microduck robots pass 20,000 preorders after Jensen Huang's GTC Berlin demo