News archive — August 2026
Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Anthropic puts $5M into research on how AI affects user wellbeing
FundingFashion🇮🇳Aug 25, 2026
Himatsingka raises Rs 300 crore in debt, with option for Rs 250 crore more
ProductsRobotics🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Skild AI introduces S1, a foundation model that learns tasks from one example
FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Blue Arbor raises $10.2M seed to bring natural control to prosthetic limbs
🇿🇦Aug 25, 2026
NtisoAkhona buys stake in FundRock, Africa's biggest unit trust firm with $40B in assets
InvestorsEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Superstep Capital backs Google Cloud specialist Zencore in growth deal
InvestorsFintech🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
H.I.G. Capital backs 76-year-old accounting firm HBK in first institutional deal
M&AEducationAug 25, 2026
FTD Educação buys full control of edtech Estuda.com, extending 2020 partnership
M&AFintechAug 25, 2026
Lendesca acquires SBA Collective, hires industry veteran Ray Drew as revenue chief
Health🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Priority Courier Experts buys two Midwest delivery firms in same-day logistics push
PeopleEngineering and Manufacturing Equipment🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Videndum's new CEO buys £84K stake a week into the job
M&AHealth🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Switchboard Health buys Livara, adds $5M to move from referrals into care delivery
M&AEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
WellStack buys DeLorean AI to add predictive layer to health data platform
InvestorsFintech🇭🇰Aug 25, 2026
Pinestone Capital raises HK$39M placing to fund margin lending, crypto push
FundingFintechUzbekistanAug 25, 2026
Uzbek utility-payments startup DOMO raises $100K from IT Park Ventures
FundingSecurity🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Coralogix adds Macquarie backing to $1.6B Series F, targets Australia and New Zealand
M&AEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
MotherDuck buys its own pipeline engine Tower in first-ever acquisition