Page 4 of 39. Curated founder updates, each a verified fact plus a clear angle.
On September 10, 2026 Bending Spoons entered a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of Miro at an enterprise value of $1.355 billion (about EUR 1.7 billion), an all-cash dea…
The European Commission published its Public Procurement Act on September 9, 2026, replacing the three 2014 procurement directives with one directly applicable Regulation for publi…
On September 9, 2026, Royal Bank of Canada unveiled a new $1-billion USD (about $1.4-billion CAD) RBCx growth fund to make direct equity investments in growth-stage Canadian tech c…
FINEP's Programa Mais Inovacao Rodada 2 Semicondutores offers R$100 million in non-reimbursable economic subsidy (subvencao economica) to companies of all sizes, with proposals ope…
Clay announced a $115M Series D on September 9, 2026, led by Wellington with Sequoia and a16z, doubling its valuation to $7.1B from August 2025. It now serves 17,000+ customers, in…
Singapore's whole-of-government BizSG portal, unveiled by Senior Minister of State Low Yen Ling at the SME Centre Conference on 9 Sep 2026, launches on 30 Sep 2026 as a single entr…
Stanford-founded Buildcheck raised a $12 million Series A led by Telescope Partners, with DPR Construction's venture arm WND Ventures joining, bringing total funding to $18 million…
On September 9, 2026 Harvey raised $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, led by Diffusion and Lightspeed with Sequoia, a16z, Kleiner Perkins and others. Harvey says 80% of Am…
On September 9, 2026 the European Commission proposed a new European Innovation Act to help startups and scaleups finance and grow in the EU. It would create a common EU IP-valuati…
On September 9, 2026 Bengaluru-based QNu Labs raised a Rs 200 crore (about $24M) Series A1 plus a Rs 150 crore convertible facility. The company builds quantum-safe cybersecurity a…
On September 9, 2026 Tokyo-based Algomatic Dynamics announced a 5 billion yen (about $34M) first financing to build robotics and physical AI, including motion-data collection and d…
Cylake disclosed a $245 million convertible-note raise on September 9, 2026, led by Lightspeed with Picture Capital and Redpoint. The company builds a cybersecurity platform focuse…
Perry Weather closed a $110 million Series C on September 9, 2026, led by Silversmith Capital and Arthur Ventures. The company sells weather monitoring and safety-operations softwa…
UK-based CloudNC raised $20 million on September 9, 2026, from Nimble Ventures, Calculus VC and LM Ventures. Its software uses AI to automate programming for CNC precision-machinin…
Lightfield closed a $47M Series A led by a16z on September 9, 2026, with Greylock, Lightspeed and Coatue joining. The AI native CRM, a pivot from presentation startup Tome, reports…
France's Mistral AI closed a 3 billion euro (about $3.5B) Series D led by Samsung Electronics on September 8, 2026, with co-leads EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund and PSG Equity, lifting…
The open-source autonomous coding agent OpenHands reached its 1.0 release on September 8, 2026, adding Docker sandboxing, built-in security policies, resource limits and a plugin s…
On September 8, 2026 San Francisco-based Cognition AI closed a $2 billion Series E at a $48 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Founders Fund, General Catalyst an…
Reported September 8, 2026, US data-center land deals rose 79% in the first half of 2026, with investors spending nearly $6 billion on future data-center sites. Premium powered lan…
Meta debuted Muse on September 8, 2026, a personal AI agent for users 18+ that opens a browser, fills forms and executes multi step tasks like booking travel or drafting a business…