📩 CREDX Letters #020 - Startup & VC Report | Oct 18, 2026

As Sunday came we are providing the weekly roundup details.

This week was defined by one number: $1.85B. Ramp's mega-round set the tone for US fintech, while India's funding surged 2.7x week-over-week to $302.85M across 28 deals. The UK produced a $310M biotech round and a £4M materials spin-out with a former FTSE 250 CEO at the helm. And two chip startups — one in Germany, one in China — showed that silicon is still where hard money goes.

Here's the week of October 12–17. ⬇️