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Tallinn startup Cachet, which sells insurance to ride-hailing, scooter, and gig-work apps, has closed a funding round led by Spintop Ventures. The deal raises its total capital to about €11 million.

FARGO, N.D., Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sharp Biomedical, a medical device company pioneering accessible, safe, and manual procedures for outpatient pain clinics, announced today the successful closing of its pre-seed funding round. The round was led by gener8tor 1889, a North Dakota venture capital fund, with participation from several physician angel investors.

Australian startups closed out 2025 with their strongest run of fundraising since the 2021 boom, and the numbers landed in a tight cluster rather than a single tidy figure. Depending on which tracker you read, local founders pulled in somewhere between $5.1 billion and $5.48 billion across 390 announced deals, a jump that several reports…

Ascensia also struck an exclusive sales agreement with Sava, which is making a wearable to continuously monitor glucose and other biomarkers.

Add preferred source Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has locked in at least RMB 80 billion (approximately $12.0 billion) in its latest funding round, with the final total potentially reaching RMB 100 billion (approximately $14.9 billion)—far exceeding the original RMB 50 billion target. Tencent Holdings and CATL are the lead investors, with the capital earmarked for…

Add preferred source Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is near to raising at least 80 billion yuan (approximately $11.9 billion) in a funding round led by Tencent Holdings and Contemporary Amperex Technology. The company had initially targeted 50 billion yuan, but stronger-than-expected investor demand could push the final amount to as much as 100 billion yuan.…

Industrial automation startup RobCo Inc. todayannouncedthat it has closed a $40 million funding round.

Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its value, according to people familiar with the company.

AI technology development continues to drive much of the venture capital flowing to IT startups. In September, companies raising investor funding included heavyweights Cyera and Island, as well as early-stage startups such as Flamingo, Gimlet Labs and RemoteThreat.

More than 100 academics linked to British institutions have unwittingly assisted China’s espionage operations against the UKrvices, MI5 has warned