News archive — July 2026
FundingMedia🇩🇪Jul 22, 2026
Passionfroot lands $15M Series A to bring its B2B creator marketplace to the US
Investors🇵🇭Jul 22, 2026
ADB, JICA launch SEEK fund offering Japanese startups up to $400K to expand across Asia-Pacific
M&A🇨🇦Jul 22, 2026
Parex closes $500M Frontera buyout to become Colombia's largest independent producer
Enterprise Software🇭🇷Jul 22, 2026
Lasken AI raises seed round led by GapMinder to map Europe's health data
M&A🇺🇸Jul 22, 2026
Mark Foods acquires Endeavor Seafood, fully integrating a Newport frozen seafood importer
M&A🇺🇸Jul 22, 2026
Palo Alto Networks to acquire Embrace to add Real User Monitoring to its Observability platform
Real Estate🇬🇧Jul 22, 2026
BGF backs Manchester consultancy Black Cat with multimillion-pound growth deal
Funding🇺🇸Jul 22, 2026
Augustus raises $180M Series B at $1B valuation to bank global fintechs in dollars
FundingSecurity🇬🇧Jul 22, 2026
Ossprey raises $2.65M pre-seed to catch malicious code in open-source software
ProductsEnterprise Software🇫🇷Jul 22, 2026
Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1 — a 118B open-weight coding model pitched as the West's answer to DeepSeek and Qwen