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🇺🇸Oct 9, 2026 Microchip buys VORAGO to expand its rad-hardened chip lineup
🇩🇪Oct 9, 2026 Bootstrapped storyboarding platform MakeStoryboard sold to US entrepreneur
🇮🇳Oct 9, 2026 Cubical open offer draws just 1,321 shares as acquirers already hold 68.94%
🇧🇪Oct 9, 2026 Belgium's Innovad takes majority stake in Greek olive-feed firm Olea Fortius
🇺🇸Oct 9, 2026 SpaceX buys nationwide spectrum to challenge US carriers
🇺🇸Oct 9, 2026 Fresh Clinics buys Spakinect to build Med Spa clinical infrastructure
🇨🇦Oct 8, 2026 Nyx Hemera acquires Davicom owner Comlab in broadcast control play
🇺🇸Oct 8, 2026 Burnham Park buys two research firms to build a full-service investment bank
🇺🇸Oct 8, 2026 Loop Capital expands athlete wealth and family office platform through Life Line transaction
🇯🇵Oct 8, 2026 Oki Pro absorbs subsidiary Web Writer Pro to consolidate operations
🇮🇳Oct 8, 2026 Kati Patang to take 10% of New Zealand's Gimme NZ in share swap
🇺🇸Oct 8, 2026 Monomoy buys oilfield chemicals provider Creedence from Tower Arch
🇺🇸Oct 7, 2026 Envana buys Cleartrace to merge emissions data with AI for heavy industry
🇺🇸Oct 7, 2026 Software Combined buys back government hiring platform Acendre in 14th deal
🇫🇷Oct 7, 2026 Hirsch merges with Prysm to build integrated security platform
🇰🇪Oct 7, 2026 M-KOPA buys Finnish phone-locking firm KilpiTek for $8M
🇺🇸Oct 7, 2026 Peoria taps $1B credit line to buy Colorado, Wyoming oil and gas assets
Oct 7, 2026 BGF buys out KNW to take direct control of semiconductor materials arm
🇯🇵Oct 7, 2026 Coconala buys AI consultancy Acrosstudio to enter corporate AI market
🇮🇳Oct 6, 2026 BabyMD buys child-development startup UpTodd as India early-stage deals flow
🇺🇸Oct 6, 2026 Rare earths merger unites Special Project Delivery, Mobix Labs, Winner Water
🇩🇪Oct 6, 2026 Protect Medical buys UK rescue gear maker TSG in eighth deal since 2019
Oct 6, 2026 Pakistan clears Fatima Fertilizer's Agritech share deal — after seller exits
🇪🇸Oct 6, 2026 HTBA buys US delivery-tech firm Specnova in first-ever acquisition
🇺🇸Oct 6, 2026 Uber to buy ezCater for $2.3B in catering push
🇵🇹Oct 6, 2026 Draycott acquires Portuguese asset manager ECS from Davidson Kempner
🇺🇸Oct 5, 2026 Zeta Global buys YC-backed AI firm Senso to tap frontier models
🇸🇪Oct 5, 2026 Haymaker VFX buys Sweden's SWISS, adding a Stockholm base
🇮🇳Oct 5, 2026 Macquarie nears buyout of India solar firm Fourth Partner Energy
🇺🇸Oct 5, 2026 JobSource and The Reserves Network merge to build a $1B staffing player
🇺🇸Oct 5, 2026 Alloy acquires Atlanta agency Dragon Army to deepen digital and UX muscle
🇺🇸Oct 5, 2026 FVLCRUM buys military simulation firm FTS to build a defense training platform
🇺🇸Oct 5, 2026 Collibra buys Munich's trail ML to automate AI governance
🇺🇸Oct 5, 2026 SAIC buys Information Security Corporation to boost post-quantum cryptography
🇺🇸Oct 5, 2026 Advanced Drainage Systems buys StormTrap for $530M in stormwater push
🇸🇦Oct 5, 2026 Neopay to take 65% of noon payments in MENA expansion push
🇮🇹Oct 5, 2026 Evident buys Rome microscopy maker CrestOptics to expand 3D imaging
🇯🇵Oct 5, 2026 Shionogi to buy US drugmaker IntraBio for $2B in rare-disease push
Oct 5, 2026 Houston valuation firm Hancock joins Trinity Hunt-backed Stonefield Economics
🇺🇸Oct 4, 2026 Evernorth clears vote for $1B XRP treasury merger, Nasdaq debut set for October 8
🇺🇸Oct 4, 2026 Danica Brands buys 40-year-old tabletop maker Rosanna
🇫🇷Oct 3, 2026 La Caisse exits Delachaux Group with 44% stake sale
🇺🇸Oct 3, 2026 Captec buys Germany's Spectra to form one of Europe's largest industrial computing groups
🇺🇸Oct 3, 2026 Armanino buys HCM consultancy Sability, its second Atlanta deal of 2026
🇺🇸Oct 2, 2026 Parkdale buys CiCLO, betting on microplastic-fighting fibre
🇬🇧Oct 2, 2026 Lightrock seeks CCI nod for $33.5M stake in Mahindra's EV unit
🇩🇪Oct 2, 2026 Germany's NTR Software Group buys ERP specialist Aventum
🇧🇪Oct 2, 2026 UK's ICG buys control of Belgian IT group Trustteam from Rivean
🇯🇵Oct 2, 2026 Striders acquires IT firm block party to bring DX work in-house
🇩🇰Oct 2, 2026 Danish mutuals LB and GF Forsikring buy into insurance IT firm Gensam
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