Riyadh will host the KSA edition of DATE (Digital Acceleration & Transformation Expo) on 8-9 December at JW Marriott, bringing together 2,000+ government officials, investors, industry leaders, and innovators from around the world.

The 4YFN Awards are back - and if you're building something bold in digital tech, we want to hear from you. 

Duel, the leading Brand Advocacy platform helping leading retail brands including Lush, ELEMIS, Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch grow through their own fan and creator communities instead of traditional advertising, has raised $16 million in a Series A round. The funding was co-led by Molten Ventures and Bright Pixel, alongside existing investor Peter Bauer, founder of Mimecast.

DRUID AI announced it has secured $31 million in Series C financing to advance the global expansion of its enterprise-ready agentic AI platform under the leadership of its new CEO, Joseph Kim. The strategic investment, which will advance DRUID AI’s mission to empower companies to create, manage, and orchestrate conversational AI agents, was led by Cipio Partners, with participation from TQ Ventures, Karma Ventures, Smedvig, and Hoxton Ventures.

Scindo, a UK-based startup developing a data-rich AI platform to discover and design next-generation enzymes, has raised £4 million in funding co-led by Kadmos Capital and Clay Capital, with participation from PINC, the venture arm of international food and beverage company Paulig, and existing investors Synbioven, AgFunder, SOSV, Farvatn Venture and Savantus Ventures. The investment will accelerate Scindo's mission to enable bio-based ingredients and sustainable chemistry across multiple high-value sectors.

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has advised Tide on its $120 million Series C follow-on funding round led by TPG and The Apax Digital Partners.

Sunhat, the startup helping enterprises automatically validate and share ESG and vital non-financial data, announced €9.2 million in Series A funding.

Arcade, the management company behind The Sidemen, announced a seven-figure strategic investment from talent- and IP-led group Lumina Media.

Duel, the Brand Advocacy platform helping retail brands including Lush, ELEMIS, Victoria's Secret, and Abercrombie & Fitch, has raised $16 milion in a Series A round.

Vanta, the leading AI-powered trust management platform, today announced the opening of its new London headquarters, marking a major milestone in the company’s European expansion and reinforcing its commitment to building trust in technology across EMEA.

Vet-AI, the veterinary healthtech scale-up behind the Joii Pet Care paltform, announced independent benchmarking results revealing its proprietary LLM outperforms Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT in clinical accuracy and triage effectiveness.

Pillar, an Italian fintech, announced closing a €3.2 million pre-seed round, the largest ever recorded in Italy in the construction tech sector.

Abu Dhabi is set to host the Middle East’s first-of-its-kind conference and exhibition dedicated to longevity science, biotechnology, regenerative medicine, ultra-personalised wellness, and AI-powered healthcare innovation, Revive ME. Taking place on 26 - 27 November 2025 at Beach Rotana, Abu Dhabi, this transformative event will bring together global pioneers, scientific leaders, and healthcare futurists, positioning the UAE capital as an emerging global hub for the longevity and healthtech revolution.

enaDyne, a startup specialising in fully-electric, non-thermal plasma catalysis technology for sustainable chemical production, has raised €7 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Amadeus APEX Technology Fund (a collaboration between Amadeus Capital Partners and APEX Ventures) and Energy Capital Ventures, with participation from Antares Ventures, Possible Ventures, and returning business angels Wolfram Drescher, Andreas Werne, and Sven Sieber.

Over two inspiring days, 5th – 6th November 2025, the Benelux workplace design community will gather to explore how multi-sensory design is reshaping the way we work. Alongside 150+ international exhibitors, visitors will encounter interactive features and installations created by M Moser Associates, Biophilic Design Academy, Casper Schwarz Architects, UNS, Mecanoo, and Tank Design. The show will also host the FRAME Awards, celebrating excellence in design and innovation across the industry. The conference programme will feature 140+ influential voices from leading architecture, design, and occupier brands including UNS, OMA, MVRDV, Gensler, Amazon, Arcadis, Booking.com, Adidas, ABN AMRO and many others.

Latitude59, the flagship startup and tech event from Estonia, which also organises global editions in Singapore, Cape Town and Nairobi,is calling on the boldest early-stage startups across Africa to compete at the L59 Pitching Competition in Nairobi on 3rd - 5th December, 2025. One winning startup will earn a round-trip to Latitude59 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia, along with a fast-track invitation to the L59 Pitch Competition semi-finals in Tallinn.

Classes for the free AngelNV Enterpreneur Due Diligence Bootcamp for startup founders will begin 30th September in downtown Las Vegas and continue every Tuesday through 28th October at 5:30pm at the International Innovation Center.

Signal AI, the global risk and reputation intelligence platform, recently announced that Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, has agreed to lead a significant growth-equity in the company.

While AI labs race to build more powerful models, a fundamental problem threatens progress: we’re no longer able to meaningfully measure what these systems can actually do.

Automat-it, an AWS premier partner specialising in devops, finops, Generative AI and Cloud infrastructure for startups, announced the expansion of its strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS).