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M&AFintech🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 TexasBank, with $2.5B in assets, to acquire Haskell National Bank

M&AMedia🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Vobile buys AI video startup Anqing for US$9.07M in all-stock deal

Fintech🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Beacon Pointe adds $1.35B in assets, crosses $70B with three-deal run

Funding 🇭🇰Oct 30, 2026 Extrawell raises $3.85M to fund an unlikely pivot into electronics

Big techEnergy🇨🇳Oct 30, 2026 Xiaomi backs Sunwoda Power in $255M round for 5.3% stake

FundingMediaOct 30, 2026 FacesMarket raises $1.5M to verify likeness rights in AI content

FundingEnergy🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 IGS Solar raises $221M by securitizing rooftop-solar leases

M&A 🇩🇪Oct 30, 2026 L.I.T. to buy Duvenbeck, nearly doubling its workforce

IPOsFintech🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Anthropic's IPO windfall reaches US public pensions through Spark Capital, and LACERS already marks its 2021 Spark growth fund at 2.29x

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 OpenCode brings Claude subscriptions back, ten months after Anthropic shut third-party harnesses out

InvestorsFintech🇨🇦Oct 30, 2026 Algonquin launches its first mutual fund, targeting subordinated investment-grade debt

InvestorsFintech🇨🇦Oct 30, 2026 Next Edge fills over-allotment to close growth fund IPO at $35.8M

FundingFintech🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Settle lands up to $100M forward-flow deal with crypto lender 3Jane

Funding 🇸🇬Oct 30, 2026 Oxus Metals AI raises $36M to hunt critical minerals with AI in Central Asia

🇮🇳Oct 30, 2026 India finalises 15 funds under $1.05B Startup India fund-of-funds

FundingSemiconductorsOct 30, 2026 GlassCore raises $25.5M Series B for glass-substrate push

Semiconductors🇮🇳Oct 30, 2026 MosChip approves $28.1M Vayavya Labs deal as quarterly loss hits US$4.13M

M&ASports🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Providence buys France's Fitness Park in reported €600M European gym push

FundingEnergy🇬🇧Oct 30, 2026 GridAI raises $2.15M in warrant placement amid cash crunch

Funding 🇳🇿Oct 30, 2026 WasteCo raises $1.13M from Singapore's Navaa in path to majority control

FundingFintechOct 30, 2026 PredictPro lands $4M to build AI agents for prediction markets

Investors 🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 U.S. Bancorp opens Irish fund platform with offshore Treasury product

M&A 🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 FOXO Technologies strikes deal for voting control of mRNA diagnostics firm Ludwig

Transportation🇨🇳Oct 30, 2026 Battery maker Gotion buys into Geely's Farizon in an industry first

M&AFintech🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Numerica and SELCO to merge into $8B, 325,000-member credit union

Robotics🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 CHL Systems buys robotics integrator JAM Works to expand automation lineup

🇮🇳Oct 30, 2026 Arco Leasing moves to ratify $1.12M preferential share issue

Investors 🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 EJF Capital closes $273M securitization backed by community bank debt

FundingHome Living🇬🇧Oct 30, 2026 Whitby Distillery secures £500,000 to build clifftop site by famous abbey

FundingHealth🇨🇳Oct 30, 2026 Libo Bio raises $15M Series A for RNA-targeting small molecules

M&ATransportation🇷🇴Oct 30, 2026 Sameday to merge with Cargus, forming a $400M+ Romanian courier rival to FAN

M&A 🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Pelthos, Castle Creek merge to chase rare skin-disease therapy, with up to $300M in milestones

Fintech🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Strategy raises $58.7M in stock sales as MSCI index exit looms

M&A Cayman IslandsOct 30, 2026 OpenWorld closes all-stock Blocksight buy, hands sellers 4% stake

Fintech🇬🇧Oct 30, 2026 CIBC backs Thought Machine with £30M, goes live on Vault Core

FundingMedia🇹🇼Oct 30, 2026 Gorilla Technology lands $25M in convertible notes, up to $100M facility

Robotics🇨🇳Oct 30, 2026 Brain-inspired AI startup Zhiyue wins gold at Hong Kong contest after angel round

Real Estate🇫🇮Oct 30, 2026 CapMan locks in €30M loan to refinance 2027 bond early

🇬🇧Oct 30, 2026 UK space startup Eos opens Athens hub after pre-seed round

M&AReal Estate🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Acuity to buy data-centre monitor Perimeter for $675M

FundingEnergy🇳🇱Oct 30, 2026 PaperFoam lands €2 million loan to scale compostable packaging across three continents

InvestorsFintech🇮🇳Oct 30, 2026 Sammaan Capital raises $95.4M as IHC-backed Avenir lifts stake to 33%

M&AHealth🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Azenta buys SynPlexity, licenses Elegen in up to $71M DNA synthesis push

M&A 🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Apple acqui-hires Ascend.io to sharpen its internal data engineering

M&A 🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Simon strikes deal for Seattle's University Village open-air center

FundingSecurity🇸🇬Oct 30, 2026 DOCONCHAIN closes $1M seed round, now hunts Pre-Series A

Energy🇺🇦Oct 30, 2026 Ukrnafta to get $20.6M from Finnish fund for 60 MW of gas power

FundingReal Estate🇲🇾Oct 30, 2026 Kimlun raises $7.81M in Islamic debt to fund working capital and refinancing

IPOsTransportation🇬🇧Oct 30, 2026 Arrival scraps $524M SPAC merger as EV maker fights to survive

FundingEnergy🇺🇸Oct 30, 2026 Mammoth Energy lands $58M aviation loan facility from Bank7