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FundingMarketing🇸🇪Aug 20, 2026 Genova taps market again with 250M SEK green hybrid bond
Fintech🇵🇭Aug 20, 2026 Billease secures ₱1B credit facility from Philippine National Bank
M&ATravel🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Google buys bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10M to train AI on its data
FundingRobotics🇸🇪Aug 20, 2026 XTURA - GigaScan Technologies raises €2.1m in early VC investment
IPOsSemiconductors🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 Tempsens Instruments opens ₹650 crore IPO at 73% grey market premium
FundingHealth🇸🇪Aug 20, 2026 Ireland's Medmark lands up to €70m from Phoenix Equity Partners
Gaming🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Kenneth Dart takes $691M stake in DraftKings, backing both top US sportsbooks
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Polychain leads strategic round for Blueprint Finance's Concrete infrastructure
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Habitat raises RMB 700 million in Series A financing
M&A🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 Scaffold Properties acquires 14.43% stake in TMT India via open offer
M&AMarketing🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 Adfactors takes majority stake in SenateSHJ
FundingEnterprise Software🇨🇳Aug 20, 2026 MatriQ raises Yunfeng-backed Series A+, nears 1B yuan across four rounds in a year
FundingSemiconductors🇰🇷Aug 20, 2026 KB Element raises $10M Series B to scale non-oxidised graphene production
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Backblaze prices upsized $175M convertible notes at 0% interest
HealthSri LankaAug 20, 2026 Twiga Stationers & Printers acquired by Hemas Holdings
FundingSpace🇯🇵Aug 20, 2026 Letara raises ¥2.6B Series A for plastic-fuelled space engines
FundingEnergy🇦🇺Aug 20, 2026 Citigold raises A$4.5M placement, settles secured loan
FundingMedia🇦🇺Aug 20, 2026 Sports Entertainment Group raises A$9.8M in first placement tranche
ProductsFintech🇲🇾Aug 20, 2026 Maybank completes Malaysia's first RM1M tokenised supply chain deal
FundingFintech🇸🇬Aug 20, 2026 OCBC raises $1.36B in covered bonds, near top of Singapore fintech debt deals
FundingKids🇮🇳Aug 20, 2026 Peeko raises Rs 67.4 crore to scale babycare quick commerce
Investors🇲🇦Aug 20, 2026 Africa50's Infrastructure Acceleration Fund reaches $330M
M&A🇩🇪Aug 20, 2026 Meritz buys Chaewoora in $37M buyout
FundingEnergy🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 TXNM Energy raises $350M in private debt, one of the sector's biggest placements
Big techSemiconductors🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Cathie Wood buys $8.84M of Cerebras after 29% post-IPO slide
FundingEnergy🇪🇸Aug 20, 2026 Quixotic 360 lands €800K EU grant to take its energy retail software across Europe
M&AHealth🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Aditxt sells Pearsanta subsidiary, keeps up to $2.5M royalty upside
M&AReal Estate🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 John To Go buys Bravo Site Services to deepen tristate route density
🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Main Street backs Texas valve distributor MVP in $39.3M deal
FundingGaming🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Dror Ortho-Design raises $275K through convertible debentures
FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Kalos raises $2M to take its DEXA coaching model beyond the Bay Area
InvestorsFintech🇧🇷Aug 19, 2026 Omie sets up R$75M credit fund, launches corporate card for SMEs
FundingSecurity🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Castelion raises $1.05B Series C at $13B valuation to scale hypersonic missiles
FundingSemiconductors🇬🇧Aug 19, 2026 Fractile targets $6.5B valuation with $600M raise after Anthropic chip deal
M&A🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup
FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 K Health lands $69M for AI primary care, among the largest health rounds in Israel
IPOsMedia🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Ukraine's Taimi and Hily target IPO while bootstrapped and profitable
Energy🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Innovex Downhole Solutions raises equity with 5M-share offering
Energy🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Anthro Energy breaks ground on $45M Kentucky factory to feed US battery supply chain
M&AFintech🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Stripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter for $7.5B, months after $113M raise
M&A🇫🇷Aug 19, 2026 Lochner rebrands as Egis after 2025 merger
Big tech🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Jacob Bank returns to Google to lead Chrome product
ProductsEnergy🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 TerraPower to break ground on first data centre nuclear project in 2027
FundingFintech🇨🇦Aug 19, 2026 Six Nigerian startups win $521,700 in Stellar grants, led by Yolat's $110K
Legal🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Ethena moves $1B of USDe backing into FalconX credit facility
Health🇨🇳Aug 19, 2026 Beijing Errui Xinyue raises 30M CNY in Series A extension
FundingRobotics🇨🇳Aug 19, 2026 Nanjing Wire-Controlled Robot Technology raises $4.5M Series A to scale factory automation
M&AFood🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 European Guarantee Services bids $42M for Cavitation Technologies and its Alchemy stake
FundingMedia🇨🇭Aug 19, 2026 Sika places €1B hybrid bond, one of Switzerland's largest post-IPO debt deals
FundingFintech🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Atlantic Union raises $250M in subordinated notes to refinance debt
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