Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions

Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.

SK Telecom to Create SK Horizon for AI Data Centers

SK Telecom plans to spin SK Horizon out of SK Broadband and receive KRW 3.08 trillion from KKR and the IMM Investment Stonebridge consortium to expand AI data center infrastructure in Korea.

August 27, 2026

ProFound Gets Gates Foundation Investment for AI Maternal Health Research

ProFound Therapeutics has received an investment commitment of up to $35 million from the Gates Foundation to support AI based research into preeclampsia and eclampsia.

August 27, 2026

Jetstream Venture Fund Invests in ImageAiD and Moonrise Medical

Jetstream Venture Fund has added ImageAiD and Moonrise Medical to its healthtech portfolio. Both companies are developing AI tools for vascular diagnostics and Peripheral Artery Disease screening.

August 27, 2026

Nasuni Acquires DryvIQ to Add Unstructured Data Governance for AI

Nasuni has acquired DryvIQ to add content intelligence, classification, sensitivity detection, and automated governance to its file data platform for enterprise unstructured data.

August 27, 2026

fileAI Gets Investment From SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Singtel Innov8

fileAI has received investment from SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Singtel Innov8 to support its Japan expansion and the launch of fileScout, its tool for mapping unstructured enterprise data.

August 27, 2026

Yardstik Raises $30 Million for Workforce Fraud Monitoring

Yardstik raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Harbert Growth Partners, bringing its total capital raised to $65 million.

August 27, 2026

Hilco Global Seeks Buyers for Canyon Navigation Patents

Hilco Global is seeking offers to acquire Canyon Navigation's patent portfolio and related assets for autonomous navigation in environments where GPS is limited or unavailable.

August 27, 2026

Descartes Systems Group Acquires Tai Software

Descartes Systems Group acquired Tai Software, an AI powered transportation management platform for freight brokers. The deal adds automation tools for quoting, carrier sourcing, load tracking, billing, and invoice audits.

August 27, 2026

Metriport Raises $26 Million for Patient Record Platform

Metriport raised $26 million to expand its healthcare data infrastructure platform, which structures fragmented patient records and supports AI medical record summarization.

August 27, 2026

Imagenet Acquires Analytica Consulting for Data Analytics and AI

Imagenet has acquired Analytica Consulting, adding data engineering, analytics, AI, visualization, and governance capabilities to its healthcare operations services. The transaction closed on August 21, 2026, and financial terms were not disclosed.

August 27, 2026

CropX Acquires SCIO for Agronomic Intelligence Platform

CropX Technologies has acquired SCIO, adding portable near infrared spectroscopy tools for crop quality analysis to its digital agronomy platform.

August 26, 2026

Arintra Raises $25 Million for Healthcare Revenue Assurance AI

Arintra raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Define Ventures, bringing its total funding to $51 million. The company plans to expand its AI platform for healthcare revenue assurance across more health systems and revenue cycle functions.

August 26, 2026

Numa Acquires SocketTime for Dealership Service Operations

Numa has acquired SocketTime, adding dealership service scheduling, dispatch, inspections, approvals, parts coordination, recon, and service management tools to its platform.

August 26, 2026

Onos Health Raises $17 Million for Behavioral Health AI Platform

Onos Health raised $17 million in Series A funding led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from Flare Capital Partners and CVS Health Ventures. The company provides an AI platform for behavioral health clinical intelligence used by health plans.

August 26, 2026

Oliver AI Raises Early Funding for OliverDB Agentic AI Data Platform

Oliver AI has raised pre seed funding from Menlo Ventures and Unusual Ventures to scale OliverDB, an analytical data platform for agentic AI workloads.

August 26, 2026

Nooks Acquires FullyRamped for AI Sales Coaching

Nooks acquired FullyRamped, an AI sales coaching platform known for roleplay agents. FullyRamped founder Aaron Marks is joining the Nooks product team.

August 26, 2026

Emerald AI Raises $150 Million for AI Data Center Power Software

Emerald AI raised $150 million in Series A funding at a $1.05 billion valuation to expand software that adjusts AI data center power use based on grid conditions.

August 26, 2026

NAVER D2SF Invests in F4GE for Defense Manufacturing Network

NAVER D2SF has invested in F4GE, a South Korean startup building a manufacturing network for defense and advanced hardware buyers.

August 26, 2026

Hexagon to Acquire Guidance Marine for Maritime Positioning Sensors

Hexagon has agreed to acquire Guidance Marine, a UK maritime sensor company focused on relative positioning for vessels near offshore platforms, wind turbines, quaysides, and other ships.

August 26, 2026

Gestala Raises $84 Million for Ultrasound Brain Interface Work

Gestala raised about $84 million in two financing rounds during its first six months. The Chinese startup is developing ultrasound based brain computer interface technology and plans to unveil its first product and brain foundation model by the end of 2026.

August 26, 2026

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