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FundingHealth🇩🇪Aug 24, 2026 Smartbax raises €6.3M to push antibiotic to IND filing
Health🇦🇹Aug 24, 2026 x-tention takes majority stake in clinical data startup syndena
M&AMedia🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 WildBrain buys Personality AI for $11M to power kid-safe character chatbots
FundingEnergy🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Xincan raises $14.9M Series A for touch and display driver chips
IPOsRobotics🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Mech-Mind draws $186M cornerstone backing for Hong Kong IPO
Robotics🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Mining autonomy startup Robonets raises 100M CNY at 1B CNY valuation
🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Chengdu Weipin lands Series C for 5G test equipment
FundingEnterprise Software🇦🇪Aug 24, 2026 Botanika raises $1.5M seed to scale Solana-based DePIN hardware
M&ATransportation🇨🇦Aug 24, 2026 Exchange Income to buy access-matting firm TerraPro for $30M
Investors🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 PGIM launches $700M fund for Mexican real estate
FundingGaming🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 General Intuition eyes $6B valuation weeks after reaching $2.3B
IPOsWellness Beauty🇨🇦Aug 24, 2026 Everkind lists on TSXV after $6.1M raise and reverse takeover
🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 Flexpoint Ford sells ArtesRx to Linden Capital after scaling it to 16 pharmacies
Semiconductors🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Magic Core raises 500M yuan for 4D world models at 4B yuan valuation
FundingEnergy🇨🇦Aug 24, 2026 LibertyStream closes C$20M private placement for energy infrastructure
Fintech🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Industrial Bank raises 30B yuan in green bonds, a top 1% China fintech debt deal
People🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 Meta lands OpenAI researcher Luke Metz in latest superintelligence hire
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Qi'an Technology raises 100M CNY Series C for central China push
FundingSecurity🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 Twistlock founders shut down Minimus, return remaining $10M after $51M seed round
IPOsHealth🇨🇿Aug 24, 2026 ABH Healthcare opens Rs 34.98 crore IPO amid strong grey market demand
FundingTelecom🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 PJ Millennium closes $940M buy of 38% VNET stake
M&AReal Estate🇩🇪Aug 24, 2026 Schindler sells AI property startup BuildingMinds to Zurich's Lookthrough
Aug 24, 2026 Auxo exits Ferrovia, selling rail vegetation leader to Secovia Capital
Transportation🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 UPS commits $2B to expand global logistics through 2028
Energy🇨🇭Aug 24, 2026 Ganfeng backs Lithium Argentina with $180M convertible note, seals PPG venture
Transportation🇨🇦Aug 24, 2026 Descartes buys freight-broker software firm Tai for $100M in cash
M&A🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 NEXA Lending buys UMortgage, adding $2B in annual volume
FundingMarketing🇩🇰Aug 24, 2026 GoWish raises $15.5M at $201M valuation to push into the US
M&AMedia🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Douyin buys Wuhan land for 20.56M yuan, plans 1.1B yuan Central China base
Investors🇩🇪Aug 24, 2026 Redstone hits first close of €25M ocean tech fund
M&AMedia🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 ATIS buys AuditMate to build tech-driven elevator management platform
FundingHosting🇬🇧Aug 24, 2026 DataVita lands £25M loan to build AI capacity for CoreWeave
M&AEnergy🇬🇧Aug 24, 2026 nVent to buy data center power supplier Maverick for $1.75B
FundingEnergy🇬🇧Aug 24, 2026 Boldr raises $5M seed to make HVAC contractors grid infrastructure
FintechIranAug 24, 2026 Iran-built trading tech draws $3M–$5M interest from Hong Kong fund
Semiconductors🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 Quasar Power lands early VC round from Longcheng fund
FundingEnergy🇨🇳Aug 24, 2026 XPeng's robotics unit raises record $900M Series A at $6B valuation
M&AEnterprise Software🇫🇷Aug 24, 2026 Osedea buys ventriloc to build a Quebec-rooted AI and data firm
FundingFintech🇮🇳Aug 24, 2026 Manba Finance raises Rs 90 crore in secured debt to fuel lending
M&AHealth🇸🇬Aug 24, 2026 Treasure International to buy out OUE Healthcare in SGD 22.9M take-private deal
FundingTransportation🇰🇷Aug 24, 2026 Mapsea wins multi-million-dollar grant to build AI ship-routing system
M&AKids🇰🇷Aug 24, 2026 STIC Investments buys Kakao's childcare app Kidsnote
Big techGaming🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 Nvidia in talks to back Perplexity at $30B
FundingEnterprise SoftwareAug 24, 2026 Draper Dragon backs LeapNode, an AI routing protocol pooling 100+ models in one API
Investors🇳🇱Aug 24, 2026 Aegon AM launches financial credit fund, targeting bank capital securities
🇳🇴Aug 24, 2026 RunwayVC hits €40M first close to back Nordic industrial tech
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 EPAM tops Q2 estimates as institutions build stakes near 52-week low
Energy🇮🇳Aug 24, 2026 A91 Partners cashes out ₹445 crore from Atomberg ahead of IPO
FundingMedia🇬🇧Aug 24, 2026 Embedd raises €2.31M pre-seed to build software for physical AI
Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 24, 2026 AWS, OpenAI, and Microsoft pour billions into embedding AI engineers with customers
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