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🇮🇳Aug 12, 2026 TVF Play: Tiger Global exits at $22M, down from $82M peak

Aug 12, 2026 Sapphire Computer Systems sold to buy-and-build investor Project X

🇳🇿Aug 12, 2026 HazardCo buys Gtee to extend compliance from site to handover

🇺🇸Aug 12, 2026 Databricks acquires Electric to bring Postgres to AI agent sandboxes

🇧🇷Aug 12, 2026 Prospectiva completes CPC deal, lists on TSX-V with US$2.7M raise

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Home Depot's SRS to buy Carrier distributor Lohmiller, building out HVAC arm

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Aeroplan Canada sells 25% stake to Blackstone-led group at US$7.33B valuation

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Metropolis promoters sell US$16M stake to Morgan Stanley, two AMCs

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Captivatingsound to be acquired by National CineMedia for $275M

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Rain buys wallet startup Ansa to widen its stablecoin payments stack

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 MPS buys HKX, entering construction equipment market

🇬🇧Aug 11, 2026 eToro buys TradeZero for up to $231M to grow US business

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 CHG Healthcare buys KREWE Anesthesia to fill CRNA staffing gap

🇬🇧Aug 11, 2026 Electrogenic buys TREMEC to build permanent US base in California

🇬🇧Aug 11, 2026 Eniro sells Dynava to Servana for US$12.3M to bet fully on digital marketing

🇬🇧Aug 11, 2026 Recur Software acquires FLAGS Software

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 UHY buys Michigan CFO Associates to bolster advisory arm

🇰🇷Aug 11, 2026 Nets acquires controlling stake in Softfreak

🇩🇪Aug 11, 2026 Pinegrove buys 21% of Germany's sino AG from HSBC

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Katapult, Aaron's and CCF merge into $4B nonprime lender

🇩🇰Aug 11, 2026 Denmark's Guardsix buys Czech Logmanager in likely hundreds-of-millions crown deal

🇩🇪Aug 11, 2026 Medios AG acquires majority stake in Caesar & Loretz (Caelo)

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 PerkinElmer's Project Farma buys Ireland's SimoTech to add factory automation

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 IWS acquires Advanced Equipment and Services

🇬🇧Aug 11, 2026 Ari Emanuel's Mari buys theater giant ATG in $6B deal

🇩🇪Aug 11, 2026 UniCredit seizes 48% of Commerzbank in €43.6B move toward full control

🇸🇪Aug 11, 2026 White Pearl secures 96.4% of Aixia, moves to squeeze out remaining holders

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Nasdaq to acquire LeveL Markets, the third-largest US off-exchange venue

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Metaview acquires Reval to accelerate its AI coworker

🇮🇳Aug 11, 2026 GreetEat signs binding LOI to acquire India's ChefKart in all-equity deal

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Bezos consortium nears deal for one-third Liverpool stake at $6B valuation

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 J.S. Held acquires Steeplechase Advisors

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Logia USA acquisition by Fort Technology for US$125,000

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Joby Aviation buys defense firm Resonant Sciences in $500M push into military aircraft

🇮🇹Aug 11, 2026 Alfasigma buys Nordic Pharma, adding rheumatology reach across Europe, Canada and Japan

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Pettus merges with Sylvan Group

🇮🇳Aug 11, 2026 Infonative acquires 51% of Digital Benchers

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 H.I.G. Capital completes acquisition of Phoenix ME

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 TPG buys 61.2% of Lotte Rental for US$1.1B as Lotte restructures

🇩🇪Aug 11, 2026 Boehringer Ingelheim buys Swiss equine biotech Evax to build vaccine pipeline

🇭🇰Aug 11, 2026 Xingye takes 9.99% Tartana stake in completed $2.3M placement

🇫🇷Aug 11, 2026 EW Group buys Olmix to expand natural biosourced solutions across 100+ countries

🇦🇺Aug 11, 2026 Group48 buys accessories distributor Vimwood to widen its brand portfolio

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Vireo Growth closes $49M Colorado retail acquisition

🇳🇴Aug 11, 2026 Leirvik buys out Searas and Optiras to scale land-based salmon tech

🇨🇦Aug 11, 2026 Inturai bets on drone-defence software with DomeCommand deal amid German airport scare

Aug 11, 2026 Sunlyn to acquire Capitec Rental Finance

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 LQR House buys e-commerce assets to scale its digital spirits roll-up

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Agemark buys Omaha's Whispering Ridge in first deal of new PE partnership

🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Electrogenic acquires TREMEC Electric GT to anchor US expansion