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FundingTravel🇻🇳Aug 31, 2026 M Village raises $26M to expand Vietnam hospitality network

InvestorsMedia🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 China's national AI fund backs Kuaishou's Kling in ¥1.53B raise

FundingRobotics🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Reframe Systems lands $40M Series B to scale robotic home microfactories

FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Cabana raises $1M seed to embed behavioral health into everyday care

🇪🇬Aug 31, 2026 Jameel Finance Egypt raises EGP 318M in third securitized bond issuance

Investors 🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Dragoneer raised $1B for continuation fund, half its $2B target

Media🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Markiplier bets $9.3M on GoPro, becoming its biggest shareholder

FundingFintech🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 FingerMotion raises $4M in registered direct offering

Media🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Oriane hits $2.8M total funding as monthly revenue keeps doubling

Security🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 Brain-data startup Quanyu raises tens of millions in seed+ round

Robotics🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 Genrobot AI lands Series A as Momenta backs data-driven physical AI

M&A 🇮🇳Aug 31, 2026 ITC Infotech to buy 22.1% of Happiest Minds for ₹1,330 crore, then merge

M&AMarketing🇨🇦Aug 31, 2026 Mkango closes €8M buy of Heraeus magnet recycler Remloy

IPOsTransportation🇮🇳Aug 31, 2026 Kwick Forensic's ₹50.77 crore SME IPO closes 154x oversubscribed

M&A 🇩🇪Aug 31, 2026 New Wave Group buys German sportswear maker uhlsport, adding €67M in revenue

🇸🇦Aug 31, 2026 MIS renews SAR 2B Shariah-compliant credit line with Al Rajhi Bank

M&AHealth🇩🇪Aug 31, 2026 Allianz weighs £5bn takeover of British roadside firm AA

FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Cleveland's Aeris Biosciences raises $3.4M seed to bring wound tech to humans

FundingRobotics🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 SiFly lands $20M to scale US-made long-endurance drones

M&AFintech🇨🇦Aug 31, 2026 Volaris Group buys France's Biodiv-Wind, leader in wind-farm bird detection

FundingRobotics🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 SiFly lands $20M to scale US-made long-endurance drones

🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 Aiweide raises early VC round for its organ-on-a-chip tech

FundingRobotics🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Easy Aerial raises $20M Series B to scale autonomous defense drones

Semiconductors🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 DiffraQTion caps $10M pre-seed as Lockheed and Sumitomo back its quantum cameras

FundingHealth🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 Convergen raises $15M seed+ to target protein aggregation diseases

Semiconductors🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 DiffraQTion adds $5M to pre-seed for its quantum space cameras

FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Molten Salt Solutions raises $7M to build a domestic supply of nuclear-grade lithium

FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 EIT Pharma raises $35M Series A to push hepatitis D drug toward approval

IPOsSpace🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 Spacety raises $190M to scale satellite manufacturing, plans IPO

Investors 🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Carrick closes $600M continuation fund, puts fresh $255M into Saviynt

FundingTravel🇧🇷Aug 31, 2026 Passabot pivots to B2B travel tech, raises R$7.5M

Energy🇸🇬Aug 31, 2026 Metech exits lab-grown diamonds, lands orders for biomass machines and shifts S$1M to loan repayment

FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Daré Bioscience lands $908K NIH grant to advance preterm birth program

FundingFintech🇨🇦Aug 31, 2026 SweetAg raises $7.4M to modernise agricultural lending

Wellness Beauty🇬🇧Aug 31, 2026 Semcap backs UK wellness e-tailer Healf in first platform bet

Fintech🇹🇷Aug 31, 2026 FMO backs Turkey's Garanti Leasing with €30M green facility

InvestorsFood🇸🇪Aug 31, 2026 Riesling Ventures secures 96.4% of Sweden's Viva Wine Group in takeover

Semiconductors🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 China's CXMT hits advanced memory milestone weeks after $8.6B IPO

M&AHealth🇮🇱Aug 31, 2026 CollPlant to buy Israel's LightSolver in all-equity deal, ceding 19.7% stake

FundingGaming🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Nvidia pours $3.5B into MediaTek to widen its data centre grip

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 OpenAI's ad business hits $1B run rate ahead of expected IPO

M&AFashion🇮🇳Aug 31, 2026 GRT Jewellers to buy 74% of TBZ for up to ₹1,033 Cr

Health🇨🇭Aug 31, 2026 Femtech startup KOVE medical raises CHF1.6M to make fetal surgery safer

Fintech🇲🇽Aug 31, 2026 Afore Coppel buys rival Invercap for €234M to become Mexico's fifth-largest pension fund

FundingTransportation🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 JetZero lands $100M loan for all-wing Z4 jet

FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 AnalySwift lands $899,738 NASA grant to weld structures in space

PeopleFintech🇳🇱Aug 31, 2026 CEO Gerjan de Lange on Brand New Day’s next growth phase

IPOsSemiconductors🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 Tencent-backed Enflame seeks $911M in Shanghai IPO

Fintech🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Summit greenlights Double E expansion, targets $100M+ EBITDA by 2030

M&AJobs Recruitment🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Recruiter.com buys Feenyx to score candidates on skills, not resumes