Optical-interconnect startup Ayar Labs has raised a further $150 million, pushing its 2026 primary funding total to roughly $650 million, while establishing a new design centre in Bengaluru as it moves toward high-volume production of light-based chip-to-chip links.
Indian women's wellness brand Nua has raised $50 million from Peak XV Partners, Filter Capital, Mirabilis Investment Trust and Footpath Ventures, one of the largest rounds in India's women's health and personal-care category this year.
Copenhagen's Seed Capital has closed its fifth fund at €130 million, with Geeta Schmidt — who previously built and sold Humio to CrowdStrike for roughly $400 million — joining as General Partner to lead the firm's newly formalised cybersecurity investment mandate.
Bengaluru-based hyperspectral satellite company Pixxel has raised $100 million in a Series C round co-led by Temasek and Seraphim, taking total funding to $195 million and cementing its position as India's best-capitalised private space technology company.
Excelsior Energy Capital and Enel have completed a $760 million transaction covering two large operating solar plants totalling 810 MW DC, including capacity contracted to offset Meta's electricity use under a long-term utility agreement.
AIDIN Robotics, a South Korean maker of tactile and force-torque sensors for robots, has closed a KRW16 billion strategic financing backed by HD Hyundai Robotics and Samsung Venture Investment, deepening industrial ties to two of Korea's largest conglomerates.
After more than a decade of bootstrapped growth, Pune-based dairy company Provilac has raised $14 million from Panthera Growth Partners in its first-ever institutional funding round, to expand manufacturing and enter new markets including Bengaluru.
Bengaluru-based mobility platform Namma Yatri has launched Namma Santhe, a zero-margin retail marketplace for its driver community, in partnership with Keystones — a move that deepens its open-network approach beyond ride-hailing.
Shenzhen-based humanoid robotics startup Kinetix AI has closed more than RMB500 million across a series of Angel+ financings, underscoring how quickly capital is flowing into China's embodied-AI and physical-robotics sector.
Brent crude climbed toward $100 a barrel on September 9 as the conflict between the United States and Iran widened and Iran-backed Houthi forces struck Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure, rattling global markets and pressuring emerging-market currencies.