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Energy🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 PSIC backs Sagepoint's RNG trucking arm in second financing

FundingLegal🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Pinegap raises $8M Series A, more than triples valuation since seed

Investors 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Boyd Street Capital targets $100M for second healthcare growth fund

Security🇨🇿Aug 5, 2026 CSG buys stake in Canada’s North Vector Dynamics at $90M+ valuation

Funding 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Dental DSO Shared Practices Group takes minority stake from M-One Capital

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Priner exits insulation unit Isolafácil R&R, buyer undisclosed

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Acentra Health acquires FEI Systems

FintechAug 5, 2026 EFG Finance takes majority stake in Egyptian remittance platform Balad

M&AHealth🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Unite Us buys Vircho Health to add analytics to its community care network

Investors 🇸🇪Aug 5, 2026 EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund makes first investment in ICEYE

FundingFintech🇬🇧Aug 5, 2026 multifi lands £15m Fintex facility to nearly triple SME lending

FundingRobotics🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Aurelius raises $40M Series A for laser counter-drone systems

Fintech🇸🇬Aug 5, 2026 Nomura's Laser Digital backs ZIGChain with $8M for onchain private credit

FundingJobs Recruitment🇬🇧Aug 5, 2026 Alfa AI raises £1M seed and adds Dragons' Den's James Caan as adviser

Funding 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Google's top AI minds exit to build Discovery Loop — with Alphabet's backing

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 New Mountain to buy fire and nuclear engineering firm Jensen Hughes from Gryphon

Investors 🇮🇳Aug 5, 2026 Piper Serica raises US$40.7M first close for US$108.6M Bharat Tech Fund

🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Horizon3 pours $20M into partners as ARR grows 120%

InvestorsMedia🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Ethereum Foundation grants fund WEBCAT to close a Web3 security gap

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Leeds Equity sells OptionMetrics to Equality Asset Management

FundingFintech🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Ordway raises $20M growth round to double AI R&D budget

Health🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 LOTTE Holdings backs AI drug designer Metaphore Biotechnologies

Funding 🇨🇳Aug 5, 2026 RoboSpectra raises seed+ round, nearing $100M total

Funding 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Marex backs Digital Prime Technologies to build institutional crypto lending rails

M&A 🇮🇱Aug 5, 2026 BiomX acquires 10% stake in Motomea for $50K

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Gallagher acquires Apollo Insurance Solutions

Funding 🇨🇦Aug 5, 2026 Psyched Wellness secures $230K secured term loan

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Imagine Learning buys Wayside Publishing to grow world language offering

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Crescent Star Insurance lifts Bawanyair stake to 49.35%

Investors 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 G Squared raises $2.3B for seventh fund, targeting private secondaries

Funding 🇨🇳Aug 5, 2026 PMT Technologies raises US$13.8M Series B for measurement tech

Funding 🇪🇸Aug 5, 2026 FuVeX raises €3M to inspect 70% of Spain's power grid with long-range drones

Semiconductors🇨🇳Aug 5, 2026 MEMS chipmaker Zhixin Sensing raises strategic round led by SMIC's Sino IC Capital

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Ascend Learning buys Duke-built faculty platform TAMS to target nursing schools

Funding 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Shelfmark lands $3.5M seed to bring AI to overlooked factory lines

Investors 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 South Park Commons raises $575M Fund IV, doubling its largest vehicle

Semiconductors🇫🇮Aug 5, 2026 ZEISS Ventures leads €2.2M round in eye-tracking startup SeeTrue

Funding 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Expedition Therapeutics Secures $115M Series B for COPD Therapy

Food🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Aramco leads $9.5M Series A for rice-tech startup Mitti Labs

M&A 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Pipedrive acquires Outfunnel

Investors 🇬🇧Aug 5, 2026 White Star Capital closes $250M Fund IV for global Series A and B startups

M&A 🇬🇧Aug 5, 2026 TV presenter Nick Knowles buys stake in Championship side Cornish Pirates

Funding 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Proxy Foods raises $6M seed round

Investors 🇮🇳Aug 5, 2026 India's US$25.7M Antariksh space fund backs first three startups

Legal🇬🇧Aug 5, 2026 VisaDoc lands six-figure seed to scale business visa platform

Funding 🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 WindBorne raises $37M Series B for AI weather forecasting

FundingWellness Beauty🇮🇳Aug 5, 2026 Typsy Beauty raises US$2.72M to expand retail and product line

Legal🇺🇸Aug 5, 2026 Wordsmith AI extends Series B with $14M from Intact Private Capital and FT Ventures

Funding 🇮🇳Aug 5, 2026 River raises $120M Series C to scale EV scooters

Funding 🇫🇮Aug 5, 2026 European Commission's Scaleup Europe Fund makes first investment in ICEYE