The latest startup, funding, acquisition and AI news.https://ventureherald.com/https://ventureherald.com/news/avanlee-care-raises-3-5mhttps://ventureherald.com/news/avanlee-care-raises-3-5mAvanlee Care raised $3.5 million led by BEA Venture Fund to expand its Medicare Advantage caregiver platformSun, 08 Nov 2026 18:17:35 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/kalepa-raises-75m-series-bhttps://ventureherald.com/news/kalepa-raises-75m-series-bKalepa announced a $75 million Series B led by Updata Partners at a reported $470 million valuation to expand its insurance AI platform.Sun, 08 Nov 2026 16:18:51 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/intel-agrees-buy-classiq-reportedhttps://ventureherald.com/news/intel-agrees-buy-classiq-reportedIntel said it will acquire Israeli quantum-software startup Classiq and build a fuller quantum stack around its hardwareSun, 08 Nov 2026 15:18:49 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/aave-labs-buys-avon-pushhttps://ventureherald.com/news/aave-labs-buys-avon-pushAave Labs acquired Avon’s team and tech on November 6, with financial terms undisclosed and fixed-rate lending the initial focus.Sun, 08 Nov 2026 15:01:29 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/unity-weighs-reported-silver-lakehttps://ventureherald.com/news/unity-weighs-reported-silver-lakeReuters says Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s PIF held talks about a possible Unity take-private at about $25 billion after the company’s latest results.Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:20:11 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/thinking-machines-launches-inkling-2https://ventureherald.com/news/thinking-machines-launches-inkling-2Thinking Machines Lab unveiled Inkling 2 Small, a 594B multimodal MoE model that launches closed on Tinker with weights release planned later.Sun, 08 Nov 2026 07:20:37 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/china-blocks-softbank-s-abbhttps://ventureherald.com/news/china-blocks-softbank-s-abbChina halted SoftBank’s planned $5.375 billion ABB Robotics acquisition, and the companies are exploring ways to salvage it.Sun, 08 Nov 2026 07:18:02 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/etoro-agrees-buy-lb-finanzashttps://ventureherald.com/news/etoro-agrees-buy-lb-finanzaseToro said it will acquire Rosario-based LB Finanzas to strengthen its Latin American presence. Terms were undisclosed.Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:01:11 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/juritas-raises-1-4m-contracthttps://ventureherald.com/news/juritas-raises-1-4m-contractStockholm startup Juritas raised €1.4 million led by Passion Capital to build AI tools for post-signature contract monitoring.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:23:23 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/kabilio-raises-10m-expand-aihttps://ventureherald.com/news/kabilio-raises-10m-expand-aiBarcelona startup Kabilio raised €10 million led by Picus Capital and Visionaries, with CDTI participating, to roll out AI agents for accounting firms.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:20:42 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/firmly-raises-15m-series-ledhttps://ventureherald.com/news/firmly-raises-15m-series-ledFirmly raised $15 million led by Squarepoint Capital to expand its no-code agentic commerce platform and launch Ask Agent.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:17:50 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/supa-secures-21m-seed-financinghttps://ventureherald.com/news/supa-secures-21m-seed-financingUK property platform Supa reportedly secured a £21 million financing package combining equity and debt to expand its AI block-management software.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 15:21:16 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/pliant-raises-80m-series-chttps://ventureherald.com/news/pliant-raises-80m-series-cBerlin payments startup Pliant raised $80 million to expand in North America, add markets and accelerate its AI roadmap.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 15:18:02 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/oguste-joins-station-f-futurehttps://ventureherald.com/news/oguste-joins-station-f-futureTech.eu said bootstrapped legal AI startup Oguste reached €400,000 in ARR in under a year after STATION F named it to Future 40.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:40:15 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/anthropic-launches-claude-sonnet-5https://ventureherald.com/news/anthropic-launches-claude-sonnet-5Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 with a 1 million-token context window, $2/$10 pricing and broad API availability.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:39:35 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/cognition-acquires-corridor-devin-securityhttps://ventureherald.com/news/cognition-acquires-corridor-devin-securityCognition is bringing Corridor into Devin Security to help detect code vulnerabilities earlier in AI-driven development.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:38:36 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/rb2b-reportedly-hits-10m-arrhttps://ventureherald.com/news/rb2b-reportedly-hits-10m-arrFox News said Adam Robinson wrote that RB2B reached $10 million in ARR with one full-time employee after 32 months.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:37:55 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/uranium-digital-raises-16-5https://ventureherald.com/news/uranium-digital-raises-16-5Blockchain Capital led the round as Uranium Digital expands its institutional uranium trading platform.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:17:38 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/swarmfund-launches-public-leaderboard-aihttps://ventureherald.com/news/swarmfund-launches-public-leaderboard-aiSwarmfund unveiled a public trading floor where open-source strategies compete in $1,000 paper portfolios on real market prices.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 07:18:19 GMThttps://ventureherald.com/news/pi-network-sets-nov-17https://ventureherald.com/news/pi-network-sets-nov-17Pi Network will host a three-day online ecosystem summit Nov. 17-19, 2026, and launch Pi Next with a $200,000 USDT prize pool.Sat, 07 Nov 2026 05:22:21 GMT