News archive — August 2026
M&AHealth🇮🇹Aug 14, 2026
CARR Biosystems buys Alfa Wassermann to bolster vaccine and gene therapy purification
M&AHealth🇬🇧Aug 14, 2026
Skye Bioscience to acquire Redx Pharma in $125M financing-backed transaction
M&AHealth🇬🇧Aug 14, 2026
Skye to acquire UK's Redx, forming fibrosis-focused Fibrx with $125M in financings
FundingTransportation🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026
Swift Ride raises Series A to expand car-subscription service for gig drivers
FundingRobotics🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026
Hadrian closes $360M revolving credit facility to expand US manufacturing
InvestorsHealth🇬🇧Aug 14, 2026
ELIXER raises equity at £2.2M valuation ahead of August 2026 UK launch
IPOsHealth🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026
Lakewood-Amedex raises $7.5M Series C, lists on Nasdaq and clears $1.5M debt
M&AMarketing🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026
Diginex reworks Resulticks buyout to $1.05B all-share deal, secures $70M funding
M&ATransportation🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026
Star Equity to buy Harte Hanks for $38.4M in cash-and-preferred-stock deal
M&AEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026
Cursor acquires Firetiger to close the loop from code to production
Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026
Anthropic's quiet power player: the woman behind CEO Dario Amodei
Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026
Anthropic's AI agents started a "turf war" — with self-replicating malware