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1. Universal Quantum raises $100m in largest UK quantum Series A

   Silicon Republic · 08 Oct 2026, 16:12 IST

   The funding will help the business further expand into Singapore, the US, Japan and Germany. Read more: Universal Quantum raises $100m in largest UK quantum Series A

2. NeoFleet Capital raises $4 million to finance taxi fleets across Africa and emerging markets

   TechCabal · 08 Oct 2026, 15:12 IST

   NeoFleet, a Cyprus-based mobility finance company that operates in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and Peru, has raised a $4 million pre-seed round. It said it will use the funding to scale its professional taxi fleet financing model and build...

3. University of Sussex spinout Universal Quantum raises “record” $100M Series A

   Tech.eu · 08 Oct 2026, 14:30 IST

   A UK university spinout building large scale quantum computing systems for real-world use has raised $100m in funding, which it says it the largest Series A raised by a UK-headquartered quantum firm. Founded in 2018 as a University of...

4. Verso raises $6M to bring consumer intelligence into business decision-making

   Tech.eu · 08 Oct 2026, 12:31 IST

   Verso , an AI-powered consumer intelligence platform, has raised $6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Angular Ventures , with participation from 100in, Kima Ventures, Olympe Capital, Sharpstone Capital and a group of...

5. Manus parent Butterfly Effect completes more than $500 million funding round

   TechNode · 08 Oct 2026, 11:51 IST

   Butterfly Effect, the parent company of Chinese AI agent Manus, recently completed a new funding round of more than $500 million, the company announced on October 8. Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the round. Existing investors...

6. DeepSeek reportedly nears $12 billion funding round backed by Tencent and CATL

   TechNode · 08 Oct 2026, 10:54 IST · Unconfirmed

   DeepSeek is close to securing at least RMB 80 billion ($12 billion) in a new funding round, with Tencent and battery maker CATL among the largest investors, Bloomberg reported on October 6, citing people familiar with the matter. The...

7. While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders ‘elsewhere’

   TechCrunch · 08 Oct 2026, 04:29 IST

   Endeavor Catalyst just raised $320 million to keep backing founders outside Silicon Valley. Half the profits go back to the nonprofit that finds them.

8. Mecka AI reveals $60-million USD Series B round backed by Sequoia, Nvidia

   BetaKit · 08 Oct 2026, 00:57 IST

   Toronto- and New York City-based Mecka AI has raised a $60-million USD ($86-million CAD) Series B round led by Silicon Valley’s Sequoia Capital. This financing was first reported by Bloomberg , which indicated that US chip giants...

9. PIDG’s InfraCo leads $26m Series B in Tanzania’s East Africa Foods

   Tech In Africa · 07 Oct 2026, 23:10 IST

   The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has led a $26 million Series B round in Tanzanian agritech company East Africa Foods (EAF), investing through InfraCo, its equity arm; the round sits inside a larger $40 million raise....

10. Kenyan neobank Cloud9 raises $500,000 from crypto accelerator Alliance

    Tech In Africa · 07 Oct 2026, 23:16 IST

    Nairobi fintech Cloud9 has raised $500,000 in equity from Alliance , a New York crypto accelerator and founder community; the cheque forms part of a pre-seed round that’s still open, and it takes Cloud9’s disclosed funding to $1...

11. Nous Research raises $90M to take its Hermes AI agent to businesses

    TNW · 07 Oct 2026, 20:48 IST

    Nous Research has raised $90M to build a business version of Hermes, its open-source AI agent. Nvidia, Microsoft’s M12, Samsung, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator and Menlo Ventures are among the investors, chief...

12. Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look

    TechCrunch · 07 Oct 2026, 20:37 IST

    The financing includes an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures.

13. Bloom raises $3.6M to become the Alibaba of American manufacturing

    TechCrunch · 07 Oct 2026, 20:30 IST

    The Detroit startup has widened its scope beyond mobility to help drone and robotics companies find U.S. based manufacturers, shippers, and more.

14. byteXL raises $9 m from Elevar Equity, Kalaari Capital

    Latest InfoTech News, IT, Information Technology News | The HinduBusinessLine · 07 Oct 2026, 14:54 IST

    The company will use the proceeds to expand to 120 colleges and 5 lakh students in two years

15. Rivercell raises $25M to build an AI model of how cells respond to drugs

    TNW · 07 Oct 2026, 19:07 IST

    Paris start-up Rivercell has raised a $25M seed round to build an AI model that predicts how human cells respond to drugs and genetic changes. HV led the round, with HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture taking part, the company...

16. Hadrian Raises $40 Million to Expand Autonomous Offensive Security Platform

    SecurityWeek · 07 Oct 2026, 18:36 IST

    Hadrian offers an agentic offensive security platform that allows defenders to operate at the same speed as attackers. The post Hadrian Raises $40 Million to Expand Autonomous Offensive Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek .

17. UK stablecoin infrastructure startup Noah closes $38M seed round

    Tech.eu · 07 Oct 2026, 18:30 IST

    UK stablecoin infrastructure startup Noah has closed a $38m seed funding round, it said today, after bagging another $16m to the round. Noah, founded in 2020, said last year it had raised $22m in seed funding with funding raised from...

18. Bridge Neurotech raises $13.5M to read brains with ultrasound, no implant

    TNW · 07 Oct 2026, 17:59 IST

    Bridge Neurotech came out of stealth on Tuesday with $13.5M in funding. It plans a brain-computer interface that needs no surgery and no implant. The startup wants to use ultrasound to read brain activity through the skull.

19. Lumio Raises $12 Mn To Scale Consumer Electronics Portfolio

    Inc42 Media · 07 Oct 2026, 17:49 IST

    Consumer electronics manufacturer Lumio raised $12 Mn (around ₹102.5 Cr) in a Series A funding round led by Blume Ventures, with participation from existing backers Stellaris Venture Partners and 3one4 Capital. “This funding gives us...

20. Stuut raises $52.5M Series B to run order-to-cash with AI

    TNW · 07 Oct 2026, 17:30 IST

    Businesses worldwide have $16 trillion locked up in unpaid receivables. Stuut, the AI platform that runs order-to-cash for the world’s enterprises, is going after it. In a world where all finance software looks and behaves the same,...

21. MintNeuro raises $5M to scale chips purpose-built for neural devices

    Tech.eu · 07 Oct 2026, 16:50 IST

    MintNeuro , an Imperial College London spinout developing specialised chips for neural devices from implants to wearables, has raised $5 million to drive its commercial scale-up. The company is developing a semiconductor platform for...

22. Consumer tech brand Lumio raises $12M led by Blume Ventures

    YourStory RSS Feed · 07 Oct 2026, 16:19 IST

    Lumio, the consumer tech brand from Circuit House Technologies, has raised $12 million in a Series A round of funding led by Blume Ventures, with participation from existing investors Stellaris Venture Partners and 3one4 Capital....

23. Siena raises $17M Series A to build AI agents for consumer brands

    TNW · 07 Oct 2026, 14:50 IST

    Siena, a New York-based startup that develops AI agents for consumer brands, has raised $17 million in its Series A round, with York IE as the lead investor. The new capital raised brings the company’s total funding to $29.7 million....

24. Deeptech startup Quanfluence raises $10M led by Chiratae Ventures

    YourStory RSS Feed · 07 Oct 2026, 12:08 IST

    Deeptech company Quanfluence has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Chiratae Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups. Pi Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on deep tech and...

25. Cloud9 raises $1M pre-seed to scale stablecoin-powered cross-border payments

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business · 07 Oct 2026, 11:56 IST

    Cloud9 , a Kenyan fintech startup bridging digital banking with B2B cross-border payment infrastructure, has secured a $500,000 equity investment from New York-based crypto accelerator Alliance. The capital injection is part of Cloud9’s...

26. Medtech company Sunfox Technologies raises $7M to scale cardiac diagnostics platform

    YourStory · 07 Oct 2026, 11:52 IST

    Dehradun-based medtech company Sunfox Technologies has raised $7 million (approx INR 67 crores) in a Series A funding round led by ace investor Ashish Kacholia, Lashit Sanghvi, Alchemy Capital and 3one4 Capital. The fresh capital will...

27. byteXL Raises $9 Mn To Take Tech, AI Skilling To More Engineering Colleges

    Inc42 Media · 07 Oct 2026, 11:08 IST

    Hyderabad-based B2B edtech startup byteXL has raised $9 Mn (about ₹86.7 Cr) in a funding round led by Elevar Equity, with participation from existing investors Kalaari Capital and The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. The startup will...

28. Edtech firm ByteXL raises $9 million in funding round led by Elevar Equity

    Tech-Economic Times · 07 Oct 2026, 11:31 IST

    Existing investors Kalaari Capital and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation also participated in the round

29. Edtech firm byteXL raises $9M as investors back college-linked AI skilling model

    YourStory RSS Feed · 07 Oct 2026, 10:53 IST

    Edtech company byteXL has raised $9 million in its latest funding round, led by Elevar Equity, an impact investor, with participation from existing investors Kalaari Capital, an early-stage VC, and The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, a...

30. Quanfluence Raises $10 Mn To Build Full-Stack Photonic Quantum Computer

    Inc42 Media · 07 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST

    Bengaluru-based quantum compute startup Quanfluence has raised $10 Mn (around ₹92 Cr) in a funding round led by Chiratae Ventures, with participation Rainmatter by Zerodha and existing backer Pi Ventures. Quanfluence plans to deploy the...

31. Multiply Labs raises $75M to optimize pharmaceutical manufacturing with robots

    SiliconANGLE · 07 Oct 2026, 05:42 IST

    Multiply Labs Inc., a startup that develops automation equipment for drugmakers, has raised $75 million in funding. Prominent medical researcher Patrick Soon-Shiong led the deal. Multiply Labs stated in today’s funding announcement that...

32. Santé raises $15 million to bring AI to the neighborhood liquor store

    TNW · 06 Oct 2026, 22:30 IST

    Every bottle sitting unsold on a liquor store shelf ties up cash. Deciding when to discount it, which customers might buy it and whether to order another case requires information and time. An independent retailer may struggle to pull...

33. Spiko raises a $90M Series B led by NEA for its tokenised cash funds

    TNW · 06 Oct 2026, 20:43 IST

    Spiko, a Paris and London company that issues tokenised cash funds, has taken its total funding to $120 million, it said in a statement on Tuesday. New Enterprise Associates (NEA) led the $90 million Series B. Index Ventures, Bpifrance,...

34. Buy this 24GB Nvidia RTX 5080-class GPU and get a ‘free’ AI PC: Generous 19-year old US startup CEO ‘happy to pass on our savings to the customer’ as he raises $11M from Andreessen Horowitz and others

    TechRadar · 06 Oct 2026, 20:35 IST

    Désiré has been musing and writing about technology during a career spanning four decades. He dabbled in website builders and web hosting when DHTML and frames were in vogue and started narrating about the impact of technology on...

35. Minerva Humanoids raises $10M for robots that do bomb disposal and rig work

    TNW · 06 Oct 2026, 19:35 IST

    Minerva Humanoids has raised about $10M in pre-seed funding to build humanoid robots for dangerous jobs. The San Francisco startup works on oil and gas and public safety. General Catalyst led the round, with Long Journey Ventures and...

36. Software startup Vinci raises $250 million at a $1.5 billion valuation

    Tech-Economic Times · 06 Oct 2026, 17:25 IST

    The Palo Alto, California-based company is entering a market that includes similar AI-based simulation products from established chip design software firms such as Cadence and Synopsys.

37. Type One Energy raises $200 million to develop world’s first commercial fusion reactor

    Tech-Economic Times · 06 Oct 2026, 17:13 IST

    The Series-B round, which takes total funding to-date to more than $400 million, is the third-biggest sector Series B raise over the last five years, data from industry tracker PitchBook showed. The company did not disclose its valuation.

38. Hadrian raises $40M for AI agents that find the weaknesses attackers can exploit

    SiliconANGLE · 06 Oct 2026, 15:30 IST

    Dutch offensive security startup Hadrian Security B.V. today announced that it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand its business internationally. Hadrian’s software points artificial intelligence agents at a company’s...

39. Chip simulation startup Vinci raises $250m at a $1.5bn valuation

    TNW · 06 Oct 2026, 15:02 IST

    Vinci, the AI software company based in Palo Alto that simulates physics for use in chip and hardware design, has raised $250M at a $1.5bn valuation, the company announced on Tuesday. Advent, Temasek and Xora Innovation led the round,...

40. DeepSeek reportedly nears $12bn funding round backed by Tencent and CATL

    TNW · 06 Oct 2026, 13:59 IST · Unconfirmed

    DeepSeek is close to raising at least 80 billion yuan, or about $12bn, in a new funding round, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Tencent and the battery maker CATL have committed some of the largest sums, according to people familiar...