Doers Radar: September 29–October 5

London VC Notion Capital raised a $130M growth fund to back European SaaS/B2B scaleups and help close the continent’s follow-on funding gap.

Amsterdam’s Polars raised €18M Series A led by Accel to turn its open-source data engine into enterprise products.

The European Commission said it will propose a unified ‘28th regime’ so startups can operate across the EU under one set of rules instead of 27.

UAE’s BECO Capital closed $370M across two new funds (Early-Stage + Growth) to back founders from seed through late scale.

Saudi Sukna Capital and Partners for Growth launched a $50M specialty lending initiative to provide non-dilutive, Shariah-compliant financing to high-growth tech firms.

UAE VC Iliad Partners hit a second close on its $50M MENA fund, adding Greece’s Eurobank, National Bank of Greece and Piraeus Bank as LPs to bridge Gulf-Europe capital flow.

Recur Club raised $50M in a mix of debt and equity to expand its non-dilutive financing marketplace for startups and SMBs.

AI chip firm Cerebras pulled its planned U.S. IPO after completing a $1.1B funding round, delaying its public debut for now.

Meta is planning to acquire chip startup Rivos to accelerate its in-house AI silicon strategy.