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Sports🇫🇷Aug 31, 2026 Decathlon buys 50% of France's Sport 2000 to expand in winter sports
Robotics🇨🇦Aug 31, 2026 Draganfly raises $50M in share sale priced above market
Robotics🇸🇪Aug 31, 2026 Cota Robotics raises US$2.42M for its in-store robot workforce
Investors🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 a16z expands fifth Growth fund to $8.5B to back tech scaleups
Energy🇨🇳Aug 31, 2026 Bearing maker Luoyang LYC raises US$91.4M in strategic placement
Fintech🇰🇷Aug 31, 2026 Korean banks take 30% of Infinite Block in digital-asset custody bet
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 US$210.4M raise
FundingRobotics🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Reframe Systems lands $40M Series B to scale robotic home microfactories
Funding🇺🇸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&AEnterprise Software🇮🇳Aug 31, 2026 ITC Infotech to buy 22.1% of Happiest Minds for US$180.6M, then merge
M&A🇨🇦Aug 31, 2026 Mkango closes €8M buy of Heraeus magnet recycler Remloy
IPOsTransportation🇮🇳Aug 31, 2026 Kwick Forensic's US$6.89M 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
Funding🇺🇸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
Funding🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 SiFly lands $20M to scale US-made long-endurance drones
Health🇨🇳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
Funding🇨🇳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
Funding🇧🇷Aug 31, 2026 Passabot pivots to B2B travel tech, raises US$1.92M
Energy🇸🇬Aug 31, 2026 Metech exits lab-grown diamonds, lands orders for biomass machines and shifts US$733.3K 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
Funding🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Nvidia pours $3.5B into MediaTek to widen its data centre grip
Big tech🇺🇸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 US$140.3M
Health🇨🇭Aug 31, 2026 Femtech startup KOVE medical raises US$1.47M to make fetal surgery safer
Fintech🇲🇽Aug 31, 2026 Afore Coppel buys rival Invercap for €234M to become Mexico's fifth-largest pension fund
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