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

Fintech🇬🇧Aug 18, 2026 EU clears Santander and Centerbridge joint control of Ebury

Security🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 FORT Robotics to go public via SPAC deal valuing it at $557M

Media🇩🇪Aug 18, 2026 Dachser buys 10% stake in Canada's Synergie, €60M freight specialist

FashionAug 18, 2026 Ventro buys £6M electrical firm RD Jukes to expand compliance offering

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Uplift acquires financial services technology consultant Engage Fi

🇮🇳Aug 18, 2026 Wipro Consumer Care acquires 60% stake in Dermatouch

Health🇮🇱Aug 18, 2026 Aran to be acquired by Ondas in $33.9M all-stock deal

🇸🇪Aug 18, 2026 Salix Group buys century-old fastener supplier Arvid Nilsson

Energy🇬🇷Aug 18, 2026 Joule S.A. acquired by Metlen Energy & Metals

Health🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 LOFTA acquired by CPAP.com as ReDream Brands launches

Health🇰🇷Aug 18, 2026 CHA Healthcare: CHA Biotech to buy $58M stake in unit

🇮🇳Aug 18, 2026 Lippi Systems open offer flops with just 1,000 shares tendered

Dating🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Baia Mare investor buys 20% of Soft Tehnica for RON2.5M

Health🇨🇭Aug 18, 2026 Migros-owned Medbase takes majority stake in Swiss dental chain Ardentis

Telecom🇫🇮Aug 18, 2026 Nokia buys NXP's Arizona chip fab to secure US optical supply

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Wildcat Management buys 7 Brew Coffee site in Livingston, Texas

Transportation🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Morten Beyer & Agnew acquires 10% of Flyward

Health🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 ENDRA to merge with Noble Africa, pivoting to helium in $50M-backed deal

🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 NIMS merger reworked, cutting existing shareholders to 3.5%

🇫🇷Aug 17, 2026 Lone Star sells Vigor Marine Group to Antin Infrastructure Partners

Marketing🇮🇳Aug 17, 2026 Inkrise acquired by MetaBull as studio joins in-house production arm

🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Eaton's $9.55B Boyd Thermal buy powers AI data-centre push

Marketing🇨🇦Aug 17, 2026 Jumpspark acquired by KickCharge Creative

🇸🇪Aug 17, 2026 Lagercrantz buys 88% of UK measurement firm Bf1

Enterprise Software🇳🇱Aug 17, 2026 WeMarket A/S buys FashionLab as fashion tech consolidates

Aug 17, 2026 Smart Energy Training buys EAS Mechanical in fifth deal of 2026

Fintech🇳🇱Aug 17, 2026 Wolters Kluwer buys Spain's Marosa, ending Aquiline's two-year bet

Aug 17, 2026 Edgewater's Nationwide Cooling Group buys HVAC coil maker Cooney

Transportation🇮🇳Aug 17, 2026 Motherson buys control of China's Shenzhen Autocruis in $22.6M deal

Food🇮🇱Aug 17, 2026 Ever After Foods acquires Fishway

🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Noblis buys FTS International to deepen intelligence and space work

🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Norion Bank closes Strand Kapitalförvaltning deal to build out wealth arm

🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Gunnebo buys France's Safe Products to grow in Europe's second-largest entrance market

Health🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Slate Medicines merges with Fulcrum, backed by $245M raise for migraine drugs

🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 OpenRouter announces it is joining Stripe

Energy🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Madison Air buys German fan maker EBM-Papst for €4.8B

🇮🇳Aug 17, 2026 Dhruvalkumar Patel takes 10.01% of Rekvina Laboratories via open offer

Security🇬🇧Aug 17, 2026 Integrated Doorset Solutions acquisition by PTSG

Marketing🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Chief Media buys two firms to grow Amazon and TikTok reach

Travel🇫🇷Aug 17, 2026 Travelsoft's Orchestra buys travel-tech firm Afidium

Media🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 TTM to acquire Epiq Solutions for $1.1B in defense electronics push

🇬🇧Aug 17, 2026 SHIELDS Reinsurance Brokers acquired by Miller

Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Dash0 acquires Polar Signals to power self-optimising software

Security🇩🇰Aug 17, 2026 Terma buys Danish encryption firm Dencrypt for a three-digit million sum

Travel🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Kennedy Lewis takes majority stake in The Greenbrier in $500M deal

Fintech🇮🇳Aug 17, 2026 Minerva Ventures takes 9.08% of GACM Technologies in share placement

Sports🇵🇱Aug 17, 2026 Huta Małapanew joins PGH in Poland steel consolidation

Real Estate🇯🇵Aug 17, 2026 Daito Kentaku buys LA's Coastline Group to hit 1.5M-unit global target

Space🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 SpaceX closes Cursor acquisition, adding AI coding to its stack