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🌍 Europe
Germany’s Helsing agreed to acquire Australia’s Blue Ocean to add autonomous underwater-drone tech to its AI defense platform.
Dutch VC FORWARD.one launched a €200M Fund III to back industrial and deep-tech startups across Europe.
Dublin startup DevAlly raised €2M to help companies meet the EU’s new accessibility law with AI tools.
🌍 MENA
MENA startups raised $3.5B in September, lifting Q3 to $4.5B across 180 deals, showing capital is flowing back into the region.
Egypt’s Tagaddod raised a $26.3M Series A to scale its waste-to-energy operations.
Saudi HR-tech startup Engagesoft raised $3.5M pre-Series A led by Silicon Badia.
🌎 U.S.
Reflection AI raised $2B at an $8B valuation to build open frontier AI models.
Women’s-health startup Midi Health raised $50M Series C to expand its AI-powered menopause and midlife-care platform.
Zingage raised $12.5M seed to bring AI automation to home-health agencies.
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