Funding Announcement

FONTAINEBLEAU, France – October 30, 2026 -- INSEAD has received US$3 million in funding from Google.org and Google DeepMind to establish the Research Lab for Human and Organisational Thriving (INSEAD Thrive Lab), a unit that will study how people and organisations function amid continuous technological change.

Thrive Lab sits within INSEAD's Human and Machine Intelligence Institute

The lab is housed under the Human and Machine Intelligence Institute (HUMII), a cross-disciplinary research body whose core academic team includes 2025 Nobel Laureate in Economics Philippe Aghion and 2025 Oskar Morgenstern Medallist Phanish Puranam. Its research covers three domains: Learning, Working and Relating.

Winnie Jiang, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, serves as Academic Director of the lab. Lily Fang, Dean of Research and Innovation at INSEAD, is Academic Director of HUMII.

OAKLAND – October 30, 2026 -- The PG&E Corporation Foundation is awarding $500,000 to five community organizations in Northern and Central California, completing a five-year, $2.5 million investment in 25 organizations through its Better Together Nature Positive Innovation Grant Program.

Each of the five 2026 recipients receives $100,000 for projects focused on land, air quality and water stewardship. Funding comes from PG&E shareholders, not customers. With the final selection, the application period has closed and the program no longer accepts applications.

Program Closes After Funding 25 Organizations Since 2022

Launched in 2022, the program has distributed grants across the service area of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The 2026 recipients are based in each of PG&E's five regions: North Coast; North Valley and Sierra; Bay Area; South Bay and Central Coast; and Central Valley.

Somerville – October 29, 2026 -- Greentown Labs Boston has opened applications for the second year of its First Valley Fellowship, which gives selected Massachusetts climate and energy founders $50,000 in non-dilutive funding and six months of support to move from proof of concept to first prototype. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) funds the stipends, and the Barr Foundation also supports the program.

Each Fellow receives $25,000 in living support and $25,000 for R&D

The $50,000 award splits evenly between a living stipend and R&D support. Fellows also get six months of no-cost membership and workspace at Greentown Boston for up to two co-founders, plus access to more than $1 million in in-kind resources. These include free and discounted software, legal services, business support and specialized facilities.

New York – October 29, 2026 -- Ibis, an onchain credit platform, has emerged from stealth with a $250 million credit facility from FalconX, giving eligible crypto trading firms institutional credit capacity from launch. The company also closed its pre-seed round, led by FalconX alongside investors and executives from digital assets, institutional credit, capital markets and financial infrastructure.

FalconX facility anchors Ibis launch for crypto trading firms

Ibis originates, tokenizes, risk-manages and services structured credit facilities. It connects institutional capital providers with companies seeking new sources of scalable credit. The company says traditional lending infrastructure is often not designed for emerging industries with complex risk profiles and rapidly evolving collateral.

New York – October 29, 2026 -- Dallas-based Firehawk Defense announced a $150 million funding round and said it expects to become the largest U.S. producer of artillery motors by the end of 2027, according to the NYSE's pre-market update delivered by Kristen Scholer.

Firehawk plans more than 100,000 artillery motors next year

The startup will use the proceeds to expand its Great Plains Arsenal in Oklahoma and an integration facility in Mississippi. Firehawk targets output of more than 100,000 artillery motors next year.

Hex lifts its valuation to $1.2 billion after a record revenue quarter

Hex raised its valuation to $1.2 billion and introduced Hex 4.0, which it describes as a from-scratch rewrite for the era of agents. The company said it is coming off the best revenue quarter in its history. Founder and CEO Barry McCardel will join NYSE Live to discuss the company's next moves.

FREDERICK, Md. – – October 29, 2026 -- CellectGen has secured Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding to develop a saliva-based, point-of-care diagnostic for periodontal disease, targeting early detection of active tissue destruction. The company is building the platform with reagent supplier Kemp Proteins and lateral-flow developer DCNDx.

Periodontal disease affects 42% of U.S. adults over 30 and costs an estimated $154 billion

Periodontal disease is a leading cause of adult tooth loss. Clinicians still struggle to identify patients with active disease before irreversible damage appears. Current diagnostics mostly detect existing clinical disease or risk factors, and commercial saliva tests mainly measure bacterial or host biomarker signatures rather than tissue destruction itself.

Frankfurt – October 29, 2026 -- Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank has opened a new round of its "Zuschuss Klimabilanz" grant, covering 90 percent of net consulting costs for a farm climate balance, capped at €1,000 per holding. Primary agricultural producers can register interest through the bank's funding portal from October 30, 2026 (12:00) to November 27, 2026 (12:00). The grant covers the climate balance and an accompanying catalogue of reduction measures.

Rentenbank has approved more than 1,500 applications worth over €1.5 million since mid-2025

The program launched in mid-2025. Demand is rising: the Rentenbank Agrarbarometer from spring 2026 shows 20 percent of surveyed farms already produce a climate balance, and another 10 percent plan to.

WASHINGTON – October 29, 2026 -- LUNGevity Foundation and the Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research (RTFCCR) have awarded $620,000 to an early-phase clinical trial at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. The trial will test whether pairing two FDA-approved drugs can stop resistance to osimertinib in EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Resistance to EGFR inhibitors affects a sizable share of NSCLC patients

About 15% of NSCLC patients in the US and 35% in East Asia have tumors with an EGFR gene mutation that drives cancer growth. Multiple generations of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) stop growth in these tumors. Over time, however, tumors develop resistance and resume growing. The cause is drug-tolerant persister (DTP) cells, which adapt and evolve to evade treatment.

WASHINGTON – October 29, 2026 -- LUNGevity Foundation and patient advocacy group RETpositive have awarded a combined $340,000 to two research projects targeting drug resistance in RET-positive cancers, where tumors eventually outlast the two FDA-approved RET tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

RET fusions drive 1% to 2% of non-small cell lung cancers

RET fusions occur when part of the RET gene joins with another gene. Beyond lung cancer, RET alterations appear in thyroid, colon and breast cancers. Both approved TKIs can be effective, but tumors evolve resistance and resume growth, which the organizations name as the critical priority for patients.

Portage, Indiana – October 29, 2026 -- Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor has been awarded $11.2 million through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) to modernize cargo handling and prepare for future international container service.

Burns Harbor award is part of a $498 million PIDP round covering 35 projects

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the $498 million round, which funds 35 port projects across 19 states. The Burns Harbor grant is one of those awards.

Ports of Indiana contributes $2.8 million to a $14 million equipment project

The Burns Harbor Container Handling Modernization Project totals $14 million. Ports of Indiana is providing a $2.8 million match, and the federal grant covers the rest.