TrustList daily digest · Funding and deals

Saturday, 17 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 deals3

1Funding news
RapidCanvas raises $29m to put field AI engineers in mid-size firms
Vertex Ventures SEA & India led the Series B, with Hitachi Ventures joining. Total funding reaches $52.5 million after annual recurring revenue grew eightfold in six quarters.
2Funding news
Forgepoint raises $9.8M seed for an AI rep that quotes for factories
The New York startup's agent, Frank, reads requests for quote and drafts replies from a factory's own cost model. The founders previously worked in aerospace consulting and fintech engineering.
3Funding news
Minicor raises $3.8M seed to make legacy desktop apps callable by AI
IA Ventures led the round, with Y Combinator and Paul Graham taking part. The startup says most large companies still run software that has no API and that existing automation is slow or costly.

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