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Bending Spoons, the Milan-based software conglomerate led by co-founder and CEO Luca Ferrari, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Airtable in an all-cash transaction valuing the company at US$1.285 billion in enterprise value, or roughly US$2.25 billion in implied equity value once
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Deel, the global workforce and payroll platform co-founded and led by CEO Alex Bouaziz, announced on August 3 that it is acquiring Clarity, a Tel Aviv cybersecurity startup specializing in identity verification and deepfake detection. Terms were not officially disclosed; Israeli outlet Calcalist reported the deal at US$40
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Decade, a wealth management platform combining artificial intelligence with human financial advisors, emerged from stealth on August 4 announcing an US$85 million seed round, roughly R$440 million, described as the largest ever raised by a Latin American startup. Greenoaks, Benchmark, and Diffusion led the round, with participation from
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TecsPal, a Montevideo-based company that manages the full lifecycle of technology equipment for distributed workforces, has sold 80% of its equity to Vensure Employer Solutions, the Chandler, Arizona-based HR services group led by CEO Alex Campos. The transaction closed in June 2026 after roughly a year of negotiations;
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Freehand, a San Francisco company building autonomous AI agents that manage supply chain spending for large enterprises, announced on July 29 that it has raised US$75 million in a round co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, with participation from Nexus Venture Partners and PSP Growth, the
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P-1 AI, a San Mateo, California startup building an artificial intelligence engineer for physical systems, announced on July 29 that it has raised a US$50 million Series A led by New Enterprise Associates. The round follows a US$23 million seed led by Radical Ventures in April 2025
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Horizon3, the San Francisco cybersecurity company behind the NodeZero autonomous penetration testing platform, has raised an oversubscribed US$250 million Series E at a valuation exceeding US$2 billion, co-led by returning investors NightDragon and NEA. The round more than triples the roughly US$650 million valuation the company
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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, the New York-based air cargo operator led by CEO Michael Steen, announced on August 3 that it has completed its acquisition of a 49% minority equity stake in Air Atlanta, the Icelandic ACMI and aircraft management company headquartered in Kópavogur. The transaction, first announced on
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Mariana Minerals, a San Francisco startup applying autonomous software to mining and refining operations, has raised a US$310 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures at a US$1.5 billion valuation, bringing total capital raised to roughly US$400 million. Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Greenoaks, StepStone Group,
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Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), the Virginia-based software company turned corporate bitcoin holder, sold 1,638 bitcoin for roughly $104.7 million during the week ended August 2, according to an 8-K filing submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The coins went at an average net
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Duppla, a Bogotá-based startup that helps Colombians buy homes through a rent-to-own model, has closed a financing round of roughly $60M in combined debt and equity. The round was led by a fund managed by Patria Investments, the Brazilian alternative-asset manager, marking Patria's first-
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Okta, the identity management company led by co-founder and CEO Todd McKinnon, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security for just under US$200 million in a nearly all-cash deal, according to a source cited by TechCrunch on July 30; Okta did not dispute the figure.