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Asia startup funding October 2026: OneByZero $20M Series A Singapore (Oct 5, Jungle Ventures), Manus $500M+ China (Oct 8, Boyu+Tencent+Sequoia China), Helical Fusion ¥3.23B Japan nuclear fusion (Oct 8). Verified deals.

Asia startup funding October 2026 week one. India $300M+ China physical AI Japan defence Singapore 91.5% SEA capital Omen AI $31M. Defence tech physical AI sovereign connectivity are the 3 themes.

How China funds its startups in 2026. Torch Programme Innofund $150K-$250K. Zhongguancun grants RMB 500K-5M. High Tech Enterprise 15% tax rate. Venture Guiding Fund co-investment. Made in China 2025 strategic subsidies. Science Technology Innovation Bonds. National SME Fund. Shenzhen Peacock Programme RMB

Asia defence space and climate tech startups 2026 covering every region. South Asia: GalaxEye Digantara Newspace Research Tonbo Imaging Raphe. Northeast Asia: Innovative Space Carrier Japan Clean Planet Tokyo. Southeast Asia: Exosat Singapore Qosmosys Amperesand. 10 verified funded startups building Asia sovereign

UAE reclaimed the MENA startup funding crown in H1 2026 with $1.3 billion raised. The week of September 21-25 2026 highlighted four Arab tech startups rewriting the regional landscape — Think AI $8M Saudi Arabia, Whiteshield $15M Dubai, D360 Bank $439M Saudi

Zhongyi Embodied Intelligence raised nearly CNY 100 million from Anda Intelligent and Shengangtong Capital on September 21 2026. The Beijing startup builds embodied intelligence systems — AI that operates in the physical world through robotic bodies. Part of China's physical AI wave