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Transportation🇦🇺Aug 24, 2026 Direct Couriers buys Phoenix Transport to grow national network

HealthAug 24, 2026 Taewoong Logistics buys e-commerce platform E2mas for ₩65.2B

Health🇦🇺Aug 23, 2026 VALD acquires GymAware to connect testing and training

Education🇺🇸Aug 23, 2026 VALD buys BridgeAthletic, its second deal in a week

Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 23, 2026 Hyland Software acquires Strongsville's Computer Systems Co.

Enterprise Software🇬🇧Aug 23, 2026 Soutron acquires Biblionix, completing its US public library coverage

Fintech🇬🇧Aug 23, 2026 Sage buys longtime partner Bangert to speed construction ERP rollouts

🇺🇸Aug 23, 2026 Stone Point Capital acquires Kessler Financial Services Australia

Transportation🇨🇳Aug 22, 2026 PATEO CONNECT acquires 20% of Guangzhou Seagull for RMB800M

🇰🇷Aug 22, 2026 Korea's three Hanjin budget carriers to merge into 58-plane airline by 2027

🇮🇳Aug 22, 2026 Avudari group makes ₹8.76 cr open offer to take control of Aar Shyam

Energy🇺🇸Aug 22, 2026 Idaho Power seeks $154M sale of Oregon service territory to co-op

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 Rōmy acquired by The FOCUS Group

Gaming🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 Nvidia takes minority stake in power firm Cloverleaf to fuel AI data centres

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 MicroCloud takes $15.76M Strategy stake in Bitcoin push

🇧🇪Aug 21, 2026 Alychlo takes majority stake in Amadeus, eyes one new site a year

Telecom🇪🇸Aug 21, 2026 Horizon Equity Partners acquires 80% of Geralseg and ITELSIS

Legal🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 UBEO acquires CMC Business Systems

Health🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 Grown Rogue enters New York with $15M PharmaCann deal

Sports🇩🇪Aug 21, 2026 Pet Media Group buys world's largest horse marketplace ehorses

Hosting🇩🇪Aug 21, 2026 Cyncly acquires imos to expand furniture manufacturing software

Energy🇨🇦Aug 21, 2026 The Metals Royalty Company raises US$165M to buy extra Mesabi iron ore royalty

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 Concord Holdings acquires Paramount Placements

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 First State Bank to be acquired by HBT Financial for $204.6M

Health🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 Ambros Therapeutics to merge with Werewolf Therapeutics in all-stock deal

Transportation🇪🇸Aug 21, 2026 Waiis buys corporate mobility startup SharetoGo to target business market

🇩🇪Aug 21, 2026 DBAG exits foundry group Silbitz to Germany's VTC

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 Goldman Sachs takes 8% stake in EFOR through structured deal

Transportation🇮🇳Aug 21, 2026 Tata Steel completes TM International Logistics stake acquisition

Gaming🇰🇷Aug 21, 2026 Netmarble's chairman buys 13.4% stake for 374B won as Tencent trims holding

Transportation🇰🇷Aug 21, 2026 Samsung SDI sells 5% Samsung Display stake for 4.445T won

Legal🇬🇧Aug 21, 2026 Knights buys 220-year-old law firm Moore Barlow in second deal this week

Health🇯🇵Aug 21, 2026 Kyoei Medical Instruments to be acquired by Kurihara Medical Equipment

🇨🇭Aug 21, 2026 Cornaro family takes near-full control of Cornèr Bank

Food🇮🇱Aug 21, 2026 Soglowek acquires 70% of Plant & Bean

🇰🇷Aug 21, 2026 NICE I&T buys 93% of Vietnam's EasySalon in first local deal

Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 FilingRamp buys longtime partner Multiplayer to speed up its InsurTech push

Food🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 HarperLove buys ChromaScape's corrugated products unit

Real Estate🇩🇪Aug 20, 2026 James Hardie sells Fermacell to Holcim for €840M, exits Europe

🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 T. Rowe Price to buy F/m Investments, adding $19B in fixed income assets

🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Steel Knight buys AI trades-recruiting startup TradeRunner

Gaming🇨🇦Aug 20, 2026 Compulsion Games buys itself back from Xbox, reclaiming We Happy Few and South of Midnight

🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Ares to acquire Fortna in deal cutting $1.8B in debt

Gaming🇬🇧Aug 20, 2026 Aston Martin sells minority stake in F1 team to Johnson & Johnson heir

Robotics🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Barnes Aerospace buys Jet AirWerks to grow engine repair business

Real Estate🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Stay With Us buys Horizon Stays, passes 200 properties in first deal

Home Living🇬🇧Aug 20, 2026 Blue Coast Capital takes full control of UK furniture brand Loaf

Transportation🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 Fleetx.ai acquires Pando.ai

Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Anthropic's Ode buys Casper Studios to expand enterprise AI services

Enterprise Software🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 BLS International lifts subsidiary stake with Rs 45.22 Cr FY27 buying spree