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Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Funding and deals: the stories TrustList published on this day, each in a line of our own. Open a story for the whole piece and its sources.

Funding and deals9

1Funding news
Vates raises €30m from IRIS and Bpifrance, its first outside round
The Grenoble maker of the XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra virtualisation software says it has been profitable since 2016, that the founders keep the majority and that both products stay open source.
2Funding news
OneByZero raises $20m to run AI agents inside Asian enterprises
The Singapore company's first outside money, led by Jungle Ventures, pays for engineers in nine markets, an office in Japan and its NEO agent-governance platform.
3Funding news
Cleavr raises €8m to chase unpaid invoices with AI
Six months after a €1m pre-seed, the French start-up says more than 100 businesses took up its collection software in its first seven months.
4Funding news
SimpL raises €1.2m pre-seed for pay-per-meeting B2B sales AI
The Milan start-up, active since 2025, charges no per-user subscription or upfront fee and bills customers only for qualified meetings that take place.
5Funding news
hexafarms raises €4.8m for AI crop monitoring in greenhouses
The Berlin company also won a Rentenbank start-up grant and a subordinated loan of up to €800,000, and says growers in 13 countries use its system.
6Funding news
Flai raises $27m Series A led by Base10 for dealership AI agents
The US start-up founded in 2025 also launched an AI-native service and sales CRM, and says revenue grew more than 20 times in its first year across hundreds of dealerships.
7Funding news
Hadrian raises $40m Series B for AI-driven penetration testing
The Amsterdam company has now raised $65m in total, and says its customers include McKesson, NBCUniversal, TotalEnergies and Amadeus.
8Funding news
Nettle raises $4.8m seed to speed up insurance risk inspections
Founded in 2024 by two former QuantumBlack consultants, the London and New York company counts Allianz and Brotherhood Mutual among its customers and has now raised $6.8m in total.
9Funding news
Falcon AI raises €1.5m to review company contracts for a flat fee
The Ghent legal-tech start-up was founded in 2026 by the team that sold Mbrella to D'Ieteren, and prices its AI-plus-lawyer review from €1,000 a month with no overage fees.

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