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Health🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Q32 Bio closes Homology merger and $42M private placement

Event Tech🇧🇪Aug 19, 2026 Telenet sells VR arcade The Park back to its founder

🇸🇪Aug 19, 2026 EQT takes majority stake in NRL champions Melbourne Storm

Aug 19, 2026 Matador Lending joins GoRascal in flat-fee broker merger

Semiconductors🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Photon takes 50% stake in EdgeQ to enter AI data centre cooling

Food🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Tyro Group buys Pest Control Plus, enters Canada

Energy🇦🇺Aug 19, 2026 Energy One acquires GMSL from Fluxys

Food🇬🇧Aug 19, 2026 Green Monkey CBD to be acquired by Nota Bene Ventures in reverse takeover

Energy🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Tejon Treating and Carbon Solutions joins Mora Energy's Midland Basin platform

GamingAug 18, 2026 California Pintos acquired through Forest Holding Financeira

Gaming🇦🇪Aug 18, 2026 Kinematics buys RenuTrak to tap ageing solar tracker market

Transportation🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Nesnah Ventures acquires Lake Region Enterprises

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 CES Family of Companies buys Minnesota distributor Southeast Mechanical

Transportation🇬🇧Aug 18, 2026 MBP takes minority stake in London broker Eggar Forrester

Event Tech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Dover to acquire Leistung, expand manufacturing footprint and cryogenic offerings

Sports🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 W.O.L.F. Gyms buys REDCON1 Boca Raton, targets 25 sites by 2027

Telecom🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Vero Fiber merges with MontanaSky to build Northwest Montana's premier fiber provider

Energy🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Cathay Capital merges four sleep brands into ReDream in two-day deal spree

Home Living🇫🇷Aug 18, 2026 Crest Group buys plastic-joining specialist Dukane to widen its industrial platform

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Alliant to acquire AI benefits platform Nava in brokerage bet

Energy🇦🇺Aug 18, 2026 ECC Ventures 5 agrees to acquire Bayrock Resources

Health🇨🇭Aug 18, 2026 Sandoz buys 10 biosimilars from Henlius in $322M deal

🇪🇸Aug 18, 2026 Pique buys into Fyers American Gambits

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 American Express Car Wash acquired by LUV Car Wash in Los Angeles expansion

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures could gain from Stripe's $8B OpenRouter deal

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Vga: Balentine acquires Valuation Growth Advisory

Robotics🇧🇪Aug 18, 2026 Geoxyz buys Belgian software firm DotOcean to deepen defence push

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Providence Equity buys point-of-care platform CheckedUp from Rockbridge

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 ContinuServe acquires The Restaurant Intelligence Solution (TRIS)

Security🇵🇱Aug 18, 2026 Hostersi buys 100% of TIDK to deepen cloud, data, and AI reach

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 GA Group acquires Kaseno CPA Firm litigation support practice

Legal🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Checkr acquires Truv to push into mortgage and government verification

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 TurboTenant buys TenantCloud, adding to its 1M-landlord base

Marketing🇩🇪Aug 18, 2026 AI Trust Signals acquires Jarts.io, launches AI Trust Signals 2.0

Semiconductors🇮🇳Aug 18, 2026 Jubilant Ingrevia buys 40% of Zettaone for ₹189.2 crore in electronics push

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Future Standard buys minority stake in infrastructure firm KDC, eyes control

Security🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 dormakaba buys Azure Access, Apollo Security to expand US access

Health🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 R1 to acquire Humata Health to automate prior authorisations

Jobs Recruitment🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Trusted Health acquires ShiftOps to advance agentic staffing and scheduling

Marketing🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Fuse Create takes strategic stake in Sway Group

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Francisco Partners to acquire Weave for approximately $650M

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 River Associates acquires Diamond Wipes

Sports🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 TruGolf to acquire tokenization firm Polymath in Nasdaq listing move

Jobs Recruitment🇫🇷Aug 18, 2026 HR Path buys Latin America's Grupo PHR to expand across five markets

Food🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Odeko acquires Catapult NW

Health🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 BioMarin to acquire Alesta for $275M upfront to gain oral rare-disease drug

🇵🇰Aug 18, 2026 Bawany Air Product lifts Crescent Star Insurance stake to 12.76%

Health🇨🇳Aug 18, 2026 Bengbu's state fund takes control of Fengyuan Pharma for $89M as founder unwinds $16B debt

Marketing🇮🇱Aug 18, 2026 Stigg buys Received.ai for usage-based billing

Health🇨🇭Aug 18, 2026 Aepsy buys Kinastic to become a one-stop workplace health platform