Investment

Arada and XTOPIA's new joint venture targets Riyadh, Jeddah and Makkah as Gulf real estate capital flows accelerate under Vision 2030.

The Dubai-based startup joins Y Combinator with 3,000 business customers and backing from Maza Ventures and the a16z Scout programme.

Congo's largest bank upgrades its digital layer to accelerate financial inclusion for millions of underserved customers and SMEs.

Xceptor's SaaS data automation platform is now inside two of Japan's three megabanks, targeting fragmented post-trade workflows slowing AI adoption.

Circle8 Group's Dutch arm lands a $68m annual contract with healthcare administrator CAK, deepening its European public-sector platform.

Hard Rock Punta Cana deepens its QCI partnership, adding conversational AI and email tools to sharpen guest engagement across its Dominican Republic casino resort.

Customer-investors back a fixture-level water platform that converts leak savings into direct NOI gains for multifamily landlords.

Tools for Humanity brings proof-of-human verification to financial services, as AI-driven fraud losses are projected to hit $40bn by 2027.

A new institutional-grade platform lets regulated firms run agentic AI entirely on infrastructure they own, bypassing public cloud compliance barriers.

Extend's pilot targets the trust gap slowing AI adoption in small business finance, using banks as the distribution layer.

Tools for Humanity brings proof-of-human verification to financial services as AI-generated fraud losses approach $40bn by 2027.

A PureHealth subsidiary and Dell Technologies are pooling SOC capacity to protect UAE public and private sector digital infrastructure.

Britain's venture market logs 28 rounds totalling nearly $1bn, with OMass, Salience Labs and Siloton signalling a cross-sector capital surge.

Grant Thornton's $5bn all-cash takeover of CBIZ signals a wave of private-equity-backed consolidation reshaping mid-market professional services.

ETC's quarterly results reveal a structural shift toward disaster management and environmental test systems, as its Polish aerospace unit is divested.

Proponent adds Mobil aviation lubricants to its Americas aftermarket portfolio, extending a distribution tie-up already active across EMEA.

A state grant links community college welding training to a 140,000-worker US Navy shipbuilding shortfall over the next decade.

A touch-display maker pivots into elderly-care robotics as China's silver economy targets RMB 30 trillion by 2035.

The Latin American oil explorer is refinancing legacy bonds to free capital for Argentina's fast-growing shale formation.

The Israeli medical imaging firm's cash reserves fell by more than half in nine months, raising survival questions for its AI-plus-hardware convergence