💰 Global Impact Deals #6
Happy Monday 👋
This week’s edition dives into the latest funding deals and groundbreaking advancements shaping the global impact landscape. From EV charging management to reentry vehicle development, discover the key transactions and trends making waves in Education, Climate, Health, and Technology.
🛢️ Deal of the Week: ConocoPhillips, an oil and gas company acquired Marathon Oil for $22.5B strengthening its position in the energy sector.
What's New?
📚 Education. Twinkl acquires Natterhub
🌍 Climate. EV charging, oil & gas, and trucking data
🏥 Health. Protein engineering, pharmaceutical & biotech
🪐 Space and Defense. Reentry vehicles and Satellite systems
💻 Technology. Cloud software and cyber security
📚 Education
🎓 Twinkl, a UK-based provider of teacher-created lesson planning, acquired Natterhub, a UK-based platform designed to teach children aged 5-11 how to navigate the digital world safely and responsibly.
🌱 Climate
🛢️ ConocoPhillips, an oil and gas company acquired Marathon Oil for $22.5B strengthening its position in the energy sector.
🔋 Ampeco, a Bulgarian EV charging management platform provider raised a $26M Series B from Cavalry Ventures to expand operations.
🚚 FleetOps, a trucking data startup raised a $22M Series A round led by United States-based investors.
🏥 Health
🔬 Roche, a swiss pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Poseida Therapeutics for $1.5B, a California-based biopharmaceutical company.
💊 Adcendo, a Danish biotech company, raised a $135M Series B from TCGX to advance, expand, and accelerate the development of its pipeline.
🩺 Cradle Bio, a Dutch provider of an AI-powered protein engineering platform, raised $73M Series B from IVP to accelerate development efforts.
🪐 Space and Defense
🛰️ TEKEVER, a UAS company, raised a $73.7M Series B in funding led by Baillie Gifford and the NATO Innovation Fund to accelerate its AI-driven unmanned aerial systems (UAS) innovation and global expansion.
🚀 Inversion Space, a company focused on developing reentry vehicles, has raised a $44M Series A to advance its technology for delivering cargo from space.
💻 Technology
🌐 Wiz, a cloud security provider, has acquired Dazz for $450M, a cybersecurity startup focused on identifying code vulnerabilities to enhance its cybersecurity offerings.
👨💻 N-able, a cloud software solutions provider, has acquired Adlumin for $250M, a cybersecurity company to enhance its extended detection and response (XDR) platform.
🔒 Halcyon, a cybersecurity company based in Austin, Texas, raised a $100M Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation.
Thank you for reading. Have a great week ahead!
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