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M&A🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Providence Equity buys point-of-care platform CheckedUp from Rockbridge
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas lead Rs 2,949 crore Paytm block deal
FundingEnergy🇬🇧Aug 18, 2026 HexSeed raises $811K to cool AI data centres with diamond coatings
FundingFintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Kita raises $4.5M seed round with Y Combinator for AI credit underwriting
Telecom🇭🇰Aug 18, 2026 USPACE Technology Group raises HKD49.1M in discounted share placement
M&A🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 ContinuServe acquires The Restaurant Intelligence Solution (TRIS)
M&ASecurity🇵🇱Aug 18, 2026 Hostersi buys 100% of TIDK to deepen cloud, data, and AI reach
M&A🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 GA Group acquires Kaseno CPA Firm litigation support practice
FundingFintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Ripple raises $275M in bond financing to grow US business
Investors🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 NUtech Ventures launches $135K fund to close research-to-market gap
ProductsEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens amid lawsuits over child safety
InvestorsFintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Mercury launches two exclusive cash funds, deepening its $5.2B platform play
Investors🇭🇰Aug 18, 2026 Value Partners launches AI+Life Sciences CVC fund
M&ALegal🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Checkr acquires Truv to push into mortgage and government verification
FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Rural health startup Hopscotch raises $53M Series D, backed by John Doerr
FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Aarista Technologies secures debt recapitalisation from Seacoast Capital
Fintech🇮🇳Aug 18, 2026 Y Combinator trims Groww stake again, selling Rs 1,435 crore worth of shares
InvestorsTravel🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Exploreminnesota launches 10,000 Stories Fund
M&AFintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 TurboTenant buys TenantCloud, adding to its 1M-landlord base
🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Garry Tan says founders should spend heavily on AI agents
InvestorsFintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Wave Digital Assets launches Wave Kentucky Whiskey 2020 Digital Fund
InvestorsFintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Aprio launches Aprio Ventures to back AI startups reshaping accounting
FundingFood🇨🇱Aug 18, 2026 Chile's Lokal raises $700K seed to bring AI to corner-store sourcing
IPOsHealth🇰🇷Aug 18, 2026 Skylabs joins KOSDAQ listing wave with ₩26B IPO
InvestorsFintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Dynasty Financial Partners closes $110M growth equity fund
M&AMarketing🇩🇪Aug 18, 2026 AI Trust Signals acquires Jarts.io, launches AI Trust Signals 2.0
M&ASemiconductors🇮🇳Aug 18, 2026 Jubilant Ingrevia buys 40% of Zettaone for ₹189.2 crore in electronics push
Investors🇨🇦Aug 18, 2026 Northleaf closes $450M asset-based specialty finance fund
M&AFintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Future Standard buys minority stake in infrastructure firm KDC, eyes control
FundingSemiconductors🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Velaura AI (formerly Auradine) raises $110M Series A at $1B+ valuation to cut AI's power bill
M&ASecurity🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 dormakaba buys Azure Access, Apollo Security to expand US access
M&AHealth🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 R1 to acquire Humata Health to automate prior authorisations
Big techMedia🇨🇳Aug 18, 2026 ByteDance draws $30B in orders for record $20B loan
FundingTelecom🇨🇳Aug 18, 2026 China's Starlink rival Qianfan raises $1B — and bars all foreign capital
Investors🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Broadwing closes debut fund at $440M, beating $350M target
Investors🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Machine Investment Group closes second fund at $350M hard cap
FundingEnergy🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Ampaire raises $19M Series B for hybrid-electric aviation
M&AJobs Recruitment🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Trusted Health acquires ShiftOps to advance agentic staffing and scheduling
M&AMarketing🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Fuse Create takes strategic stake in Sway Group
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 ACT! wins $500K USDA grant to fund rural business lending in Georgia
M&A🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Francisco Partners to acquire Weave for approximately $650M
FundingGaming🇫🇷Aug 18, 2026 Blacknut lands $215M from Digital Alpha to scale cloud gaming globally
FundingSemiconductors🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Etched hits $21B valuation with $700M Series D led by Jane Street
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 EliseAI in talks for $3.7B valuation in new funding round
Products🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Proton's Lumo chatbot bets encrypted AI can beat surveillance
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Clearhaven Partners takes strategic stake in payout platform PayQuicker
FundingTelecom🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 InfiniG raises $5.2M seed to modernize enterprise cellular coverage
M&A🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 River Associates acquires Diamond Wipes
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 18, 2026 Securitize, Neuberger take high-yield bonds onchain with new tokenized fund
Semiconductors🇨🇳Aug 18, 2026 Aist raises hundreds of millions of yuan in Series B for SiC chips
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