Page 2 of 39. Curated founder updates, each a verified fact plus a clear angle.
On September 15, 2026 Profound announced a $180M Series D at a $1.8B valuation, co-led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins, nearly double its February valuation. The platform tracks and…
A circular from the General Office of the State Council (reported Sept 15, 2026) sets 10 measures to end delayed payments to SMEs: industry leaders are urged to pay suppliers in ca…
On September 15, 2026 Perplexity launched a local AI agent in its Windows app for Nvidia GeForce RTX and RTX PRO GPUs with at least 24GB of VRAM. The model, agent harness, orchestr…
On September 15, 2026, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) announced it will deploy $1 billion under its $6-billion Defence Platform: $500 million into venture, growth-eq…
Treasury's CDFI Fund published its Notice of Allocation Availability on Sept 15, 2026, making $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit authority available for the CY2026 round, authori…
Dreamforce 2026, Salesforce's flagship conference, runs September 15 to 17, 2026 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, drawing an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 in-person attendees. This…
Stirling-based iGii announced £22.7M in total funding around September 15, 2026, split between £11.7M equity and £11M public support, from the Scottish National Investment Bank, Ar…
Tandem Health raised EUR 86.49 million (about $100 million) in a Series B led by the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund, announced September 14, 2026. The startup is expanding from AI…
On Sept 14, 2026, BNDES and Finep selected Monashees to manage a new venture fund (FIP) for AI-intensive startups that can mobilize up to R$500 million. BNDESPAR will commit up to…
Toronto- and London-based Intrepid Growth Partners announced the final close of its inaugural fund at US$525 million (about C$730 million), US$25 million above target, on 14 Septem…
Chift raised a EUR 10.5 million Series A led by BlackFin Capital Partners, announced September 14, 2026. Its unified API connects business software to more than 120 financial syste…
On September 14, 2026, durable-execution platform Temporal announced a $550M Series E at a $12.55B valuation, co-led by Lightspeed with Wellington, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, and…
Cornelis Networks raised $205 million led by IAG Capital Partners, announced Sept 14, 2026, alongside its new Active Compute Fabric and a collaboration with Qualcomm. The Intel Omn…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place October 13 to 15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, drawing about 10,000 founders, investors and operators across 200-plus sessions and the Start…
Web Summit 2026 runs November 9 to 12 at the MEO Arena and FIL in Lisbon, Portugal. Organizers expect more than 70,000 attendees from over 160 countries, 900-plus speakers and 2,00…
Qupital announced roughly $300 million in combined equity and asset-backed financing on September 13, 2026, with M Capital leading and MUFG and Quester Capital participating. It pr…
The core data-access and data-sharing obligations of the EU Data Act became applicable on September 12, 2026. The rules give users of connected products and related services the ri…
On September 11, 2026 Salesforce launched seven named Agentforce agents (Casey, Paige, Carter, Hunter, Marshall, Piper and Fin) preconfigured for jobs across service, sales, commer…
First Table, the discount off-peak restaurant booking platform now live in 22 Australian cities, raised A$10 million on 11 September 2026. Backers included existing investors Alter…
On 11 September 2026 Innovate UK opened Round 3 of the Battery Innovation Programme, offering a share of up to GBP 25 million across its Concept Development and Feasibility Studies…