Tech News of the Week

1) Monobank: Ukraine’s first fintech unicorn, Monobank, is valued at $1 billion with backing from US investors. Source: https://techfundingnews.com/meet-ukraines-first-fintech-unicorn-monobank-valued-at-1b-with-backing-from-us-investors/

2) n8n: n8n raises $180 million to get AI closer to value with orchestration. Source: https://blog.n8n.io/series-c/

3) Nymiz: Nymiz raises €2 million to scale its data anonymization platform. Source: https://www.nymiz.com/nymiz-raises-2m-to-its-data-anonymization-platform/

4) Reo.Dev: Reo.Dev raises $4 million seed round to expand its AI-Native developer GTM platform. Source: https://www.reo.dev/blog/reo-dev-raises-4m-seed--building-ai-native-devgtm-platform

5) AltStore: Alternative app store AltStore raises $6 million, connects with the fediverse. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/alternative-app-store-altstore-raises-6m-connects-with-the-fediverse/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=X&utm_medium=organic

6) Arduino: Arduino has entered into an agreement to join the Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. family. Source: https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/07/a-new-chapter-for-arduino-with-qualcomm-uno-q-and-you/?_gl=1*1p0oskd*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTI4OTMwNzg0NC4xNzU5ODUxODky*_ga_NEXN8H46L5*czE3NTk4NTE4OTIkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTk4NTE4OTIkajYwJGwwJGgxOTg0NDMxNjk2

7) Younited: French fintech Younited secures €400M warehouse financing from Citi to expand consumer credit in Europe. Source: https://techfundingnews.com/french-fintech-younited-secures-e400m-warehouse-financing-from-citi-to-expand-consumer-credit-in-europe/

8) August AI: AI health companion startup August AI secures $3 million from Accel, Claypond. Source: https://inc42.com/buzz/ai-health-companion-startup-august-ai-nets-3-mn-from-accel-claypond/

9) Transcrypts: Transcrypts has raised $15 million seed round for expanding verified credentials for everyone. Source: https://www.transcrypts.com/news/the-next-chapter-for-transcrypts-expanding-verified-credentials-for-everyone