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CScale’s $145M Bet: Nvidia & Intel Back Optical AI Interconnects
CScale has raised $145 million in a Series C round led by Nvidia and Intel Capital.
Reporting: ventureburn.com
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NYC, India startup funding rounds trickle into October 2026
The first two days of October 2026 brought funding announcements from New York City and India, but the rounds are small and the pace is sluggish.
Reporting: alleywatch.com, yourstory.com
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Bengaluru drives India’s $2.9B Q3 startup funding surge
Indian startups raised $2.9 billion in the third quarter of 2026, a figure that keeps Bengaluru’s outsized influence intact despite a broader slowdown in deal volume.
Reporting: newsbytesapp.com
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Harry Stebbings: regret, rebrand, and the venture media playbook
This week, in an interview with Sifted, he called that era’s relentless work ethic a mistake.
Reporting: sifted.eu
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Apple Pay launches in India with Axis Bank, PayU, Razorpay partnerships
Apple Pay has launched in India, enabling iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch users to make contactless payments at participating merchants.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Jio-Allianz JV infuses ₹640 Cr amid insurance sector shifts
Jio Financial Services and Allianz have injected ₹640.1 Cr ($66.5 Mn) into their general insurance joint venture.
Reporting: inc42.com
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SBI MF bets big on Swiggy with ₹300 Cr open-market stake
SBI Mutual Fund has quietly acquired an additional 1.18 crore equity shares in Swiggy, worth roughly ₹300 crore, through open-market transactions.
Reporting: inc42.com
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IRDAI’s commission cap rattles insurtech, traditional players alike
India’s insurance regulator has proposed capping agent commissions, sending shares of insurtech platforms and traditional insurers into a tailspin.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Belgium’s H1 2026 funding lopsided as one startup takes lion’s share
Belgium’s tech sector raised €1.09 billion in the first half of 2026, and the vast majority of it went to a single company.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Nuclear startup funding hits $6B in 2026 as public markets cool
Investors have poured over $6 billion into nuclear energy startups in 2026, smashing previous records and outpacing last year’s total, according to Crunchbase data.
Reporting: news.crunchbase.com
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D-Wave launches gate-model quantum simulator beta
D-Wave Quantum has opened its gate-model quantum computing simulator to beta testers.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Selective IPO window favors companies with governance edge
The IPO window is reopening, but only for companies that spent the last two years tightening their books, governance, and operations.
Reporting: news.crunchbase.com
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E2W rebound masks competitive shifts for Ola, Ather
Electric two-wheeler registrations in India rose 12% month-on-month in September, reversing two straight declines, Inc42 reported.
Reporting: inc42.com
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India’s TDB halts R&D funding amid proposal surge
The board, which has reviewed 51 of 124 submissions since the scheme’s launch, has 73 proposals still under evaluation as of April 2026.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Legal AI startup Chamelio bags $26M to automate procurement friction
Chamelio has closed a $26 million Series A led by Entrée Capital to build AI agents that automate the routine collisions between legal and procurement teams.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Mandrake Bio raises $1.9M pre-seed for AI-driven gene-editing enzymes
Bengaluru-based Mandrake Bio has raised ₹16 crore ($1.9 million) in a pre-seed round co-led by Activate and Antler India.
Reporting: financialexpress.com
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Nvidia & Intel Bet $145M on CScale’s Optical AI Interconnect
CScale, a stealth startup building optical interconnects for AI chips, has raised $145 million in a Series C round led by Nvidia and Intel Capital.
Reporting: msn.com
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Rewind CEO targets “entire cloud” after PE buyout
Rewind, the data-backup provider, has reportedly been taken private by a private-equity firm.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Stanford’s AI-run biotech lab raises governance questions
A Stanford-affiliated biotech initiative reportedly involves thousands of AI agents.
Reporting: msn.com
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Instinct’s $1B round pushes AI agents into valuation unknown
Instinct has raised $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation, led by Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, and Coatue.
Reporting: ksl.com
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