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🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 HSBC takes new $71M stake in Roper Technologies

FundingEnergy🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 CubeFabs raises $6.6M seed to build modular AI-driven chip fabs

Funding 🇯🇵Aug 27, 2026 Planet Savers wins US$2.62M grant to scale carbon-capture technology

FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 Kreg Therapeutics lands $50M debt facility from Crestline

M&ATravel🇿🇦Aug 27, 2026 Benus buys Forever Resorts, owner of iconic Warmbaths

M&A 🇳🇴Aug 27, 2026 KLP, Nord-Norge foundation take 31% of Norway's Teneo to fund broadband buys

M&AReal Estate🇩🇪Aug 27, 2026 Domicil raises €10M to fund more residential buyouts

🇬🇧Aug 27, 2026 Midlands Mindforge makes first bet on Nottingham spin-out TextureJet

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 Anthropic's reported $45B Nscale deal locks in AI compute for six years

M&A 🇨🇳Aug 27, 2026 China's B.T.D. buys logistics tech firm Suike in share-and-cash deal

IPOsTelecom🇨🇳Aug 27, 2026 Zhongji Innolight adds US$959.8M to Hong Kong's biggest IPO of 2026

Media🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 Emmy-winning Baobab Studios lands seven-figure Naver Ventures round for Asia-US push

Security🇮🇪Aug 27, 2026 Integrity360 buys identity specialist CyberIAM, lifting revenue to €230M run rate

FundingEnergy🇩🇰Aug 27, 2026 Windar Photonics raises £5.12M in oversubscribed AIM fundraising

M&A 🇦🇹Aug 27, 2026 Tenzing takes majority stake in Salzburg data platform Pimcore

M&ASecurity🇫🇷Aug 27, 2026 Tonner Drones buys Azur Drones in all-cash deal to enter defense market

M&AEnterprise Software🇮🇪Aug 27, 2026 Accenture buys Tokyo's COMWARE to expand mid-market AI push in Japan

M&ALegal🇬🇧Aug 27, 2026 PwC's Strategy& buys AI consultancy Datasparq to speed up deal-making

Fintech🇳🇴Aug 27, 2026 Axactor taps bond market for €75M to refinance debt

Health🇬🇧Aug 27, 2026 British Business Bank doubles Performance Finance facility to £30m

Investors 🇳🇿Aug 27, 2026 Zealandia raises US$323.5M for New Zealand infrastructure funds

FundingTransportation🇮🇩Aug 27, 2026 BAUT lands $2.5M interest-free loan from majority shareholder

Health🇱🇺Aug 27, 2026 Global buyers, PE firms circle CVC's $155M stake in Samator Indo Gas

FundingHealth🇦🇺Aug 27, 2026 Heidi raises $16.6M from Anthropic, Menlo Ventures and others to grow AI scribe

FundingTransportation🇮🇳Aug 27, 2026 Oorjaa raises US$1.32M Series A to scale its AI logistics stack

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 Nvidia's $12.9B Hugging Face deal could be blocked by Europe

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 Chiongbian family buys back FAST Logistics, ending five-year CVC partnership

M&AFintech🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 Freestone makes first acquisition, buying Chicago's 360 Benefits

Health🇮🇪Aug 27, 2026 Jazz Pharmaceuticals prices $1.1B convertible note offering

🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 Corebridge taps debt markets for $748M with new 2036 notes

FundingWellness Beauty🇮🇳Aug 27, 2026 InstaAstro raises $12M series A to scale its faith-tech platform

Funding 🇯🇵Aug 27, 2026 Advanced Media backs rehab-tech startup INTEP in AI voice push

Energy🇯🇵Aug 27, 2026 DNP backs Japan's JCCL to scale membrane-based CO2 capture

🇮🇳Aug 27, 2026 Cordelia Cruises operator splits shares weeks after $61M IPO

Investors 🇦🇺Aug 27, 2026 Lowell Resources Fund raises US$7.7M in placement to professional investors

FundingHealth🇮🇱Aug 27, 2026 Seegnal closes US$305.1K first tranche, upsizes placement to US$1.36M

FundingSecurity🇬🇧Aug 27, 2026 Fig Group raises £550K seed to ease MSP compliance sprawl

FundingEnergy🇧🇪Aug 27, 2026 Meclex lands €734K Belgian grant to pilot its zinc-recovery process

Health🇰🇷Aug 27, 2026 EuBiologics ups US vaccine JV stake to 80% with $10M investment

🇹🇼Aug 27, 2026 Ablecom takes largest stake in Jochu to grow AI server rack, cooling business

Funding 🇲🇽Aug 27, 2026 Total Play raises $59M in debt via Mexican bond issuance

Telecom🇦🇺Aug 27, 2026 GBA Holdings raises US$1.05M in share placing to grow finance, consulting arms

Robotics🇨🇳Aug 27, 2026 China's PsiBot raises hundreds of millions from manufacturing giants at $1.4B valuation

Fintech🇸🇬Aug 27, 2026 SMBC and Singtel Innov8 back fileAI's Japan push and new fileScout launch

InvestorsJobs Recruitment🇯🇵Aug 27, 2026 PKSHA fund backs CAPER, maker of AI recruiting agent OpenSeek

Energy🇮🇳Aug 27, 2026 India's US$407.4M Hindustan Copper sale isn't a real "green shoe

FundingTravel🇦🇺Aug 27, 2026 Alliance Aviation raises US$21.4M in institutional leg of US$25.9M equity round

Investors 🇸🇬Aug 27, 2026 Aura Group launches evergreen fund targeting 12-15% returns and no capital calls

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 OpenAI prepares $400M second venture fund

Investors 🇮🇳Aug 27, 2026 Startup founders back TILT, a US$34M impact fund for India's 'next billion