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Health🇰🇪Oct 18, 2026 Two Kenyan AI startups win $5,000 grants in Meta's inaugural Kenya pitchathon
Products🇰🇷Oct 18, 2026 Hyundai bets $15.5B on India as Centre proposes tougher BS7 emission norms
🇮🇳Oct 18, 2026 Bharat Forge pours $29M into defence arm to build ammunition facility
FundingOct 18, 2026 Popcorn AI Studio raises $1M pre-seed to build Arabic-language filmmaking tools
Robotics🇨🇳Oct 18, 2026 DiffuSpace raises hundreds of millions of yuan for diffusion language models
Health🇧🇪Oct 18, 2026 SpectaCell spins out of imec with €6M to speed up immune therapy development
FundingFintech🇪🇸Oct 18, 2026 Kompanion raises €800K seed to build AI business-management platform
FundingFintechOct 18, 2026 HyperLink raises $2.5M to chase 10% of Hyperliquid trading volume
M&AReal Estate🇺🇸Oct 18, 2026 Champion Homes to buy Timberline, adding nine Southeast retail sites
M&AEnterprise Software🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 Flotek buys Scotland's Comvista to build out network infrastructure arm
M&AEnterprise Software🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 Dunoon IT firm BC Technologies buys Linwood rival in five-site expansion
M&AHome Living🇺🇸Oct 18, 2026 Theaster Gates buys Pickard China, the last US fine china maker
Fintech🇳🇱Oct 18, 2026 CED buys ass-ass to add complex claims expertise in Germany
M&AFintech🇨🇭Oct 18, 2026 Admicasa buys Lebensraum Schweiz, lifting Zürich pipeline to US$412.5M
M&A🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 CKM3 acquires £50M maritime recruiter Tech Professionals
M&AReal Estate🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 Cardo Group buys East Anglia roofing specialist Aspect
Fintech🇨🇭Oct 18, 2026 Gaius Capital makes first Swiss bet with Alpiora Group investment
InvestorsFintechJamaicaOct 18, 2026 VM Investments raises $30.3M in bond listing on Jamaica Stock Exchange
FundingBahamasOct 18, 2026 Heineken puts $20M into Bahamas' Commonwealth Brewery
Transportation🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 Sheffield truck parts supplier Fleet Services acquired by MJM88
Health🇺🇸Oct 18, 2026 JEDMED buys headband maker Oak Tree Group to expand OEM manufacturing
Transportation🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 Twisted Group buys long-time partner SAC & Co. to bring fabrication in-house
M&ASecurity🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 Aureos buys Leeds IT firm WhiteSpider to digitise critical infrastructure
FundingReal Estate🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 Ambrey Baker raises £5m to scale industrial projects business
M&A🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 JMC Legal Recruitment directors buy out founder in management acquisition
Transportation🇫🇷Oct 18, 2026 Antin takes majority stake in US helicopter firm from its €1.2B NextGen fund
Transportation🇺🇸Oct 18, 2026 Algorhythm bets its future on $23M biomass power deal
Security🇩🇪Oct 18, 2026 Quantum Systems buys into Austria's cea design in defense-tech push
M&AHealth🇸🇬Oct 18, 2026 Zeya Health buys ConnectLah as revenue grows 15x
Enterprise SoftwareOct 18, 2026 Saviu makes first climate tech bet with €1.2M round for Senegal's SORAM Afrique
Funding🇺🇸Oct 18, 2026 AdaptClose exits stealth with pre-seed round to bring AI sales coaching to home services
FundingSpace🇯🇵Oct 18, 2026 JAOPS raises $1.65M seed to build space mission operations platform
Fintech🇦🇺Oct 18, 2026 Scarcity Partners takes 30% of Copia, which oversees $9B in funds
FundingFood🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 Yorkshire's 80noir raises £110,000 to take functional hot chocolate into Europe
FundingFintech🇦🇺Oct 18, 2026 Klevo raises $902,000 in loyalty options offer, 42% take-up
M&A🇪🇸Oct 18, 2026 Swiss HR platform atwork buys Germany's Cubia to pair AI with 26 years of survey data
Real Estate🇨🇱Oct 18, 2026 Parque Arauco takes full control of Mall Paseo Quilín in $82M deal
M&AEnergy🇬🇧Oct 18, 2026 EARNZ buys Gem Environmental for £24 million as loss widens
Semiconductors🇩🇪Oct 18, 2026 MS Industrie buys majority of Serbia's IDAS to expand precision-parts reach
Enterprise Software🇫🇮Oct 18, 2026 Finland's Hilla Group buys 90% of tender-tracking startup Heavi
M&A🇯🇵Oct 18, 2026 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank takes full control of digital asset firm JADAT
EnergyCameroonOct 18, 2026 Afreximbank extends €40M facility to Cameroon steelmaker Prometal
FundingHealth🇸🇪Oct 18, 2026 Cellink founders raise $1.4 million for AI lab-analysis startup Aventix
M&AFintech🇨🇦Oct 18, 2026 Chicane closes $22M reverse takeover, becomes Elton Resources
M&AEnergy🇳🇴Oct 18, 2026 WSP acquires UK building services consultancy Hulley & Kirkwood
SecurityOct 18, 2026 Prime Alternatywna buys 70% of arms trader JJB in $180,000 deal
Kids🇺🇸Oct 18, 2026 Globe Pequot buys craft publisher C&T, its second deal of the year
M&ATravel🇺🇸Oct 18, 2026 OTG buys OHM Concession Group to expand airport dining across North America
M&AEnergy🇨🇳Oct 18, 2026 Kechuang New Material chief to take control in management buyout
Food🇳🇬Oct 18, 2026 Nigeria's Flour Mills backs cassava-cheese startup with $7,600 grant
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