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πŸ§ͺ Kirin Acquires A Health Science Company. $175M+ Funding.

Daily Impact Deals #182 looks at major deals and M&A in impact industries and upcoming economic releases.

Përshëndetje 🍷

πŸ“ˆ Today's Global Economic Update: The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany fell sharply to 3.6 points in September 2024, its lowest since October 2023, down from 19.2 points in August and below the 17 forecast.

πŸ’Š Deal of the Day: PhoreMost, a biopharmaceutical company, raised a $50M Series B funding to progress its drug target pipeline.

What's New?
πŸ“š Education. Richardson acquires Challenger
🌍 Climate. Lab-grown cotton & sustainable food technology
🩺 Health. Biopharma, health tech, biotech & health science
πŸ’» Technology. Cybersecurity & AI
πŸ“… Economics. US fed interest rate, Japan inflation, retail sales + more

πŸ“š Education


πŸ“Š Richardson Sales Performance, a leading sales training provider, acquired Challenger, another industry leader, to redefine the future of sales training solutions.

🌍 Climate

🌱 Galy Co., a startup producing lab-grown cotton, raised a $33M Series B financing led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

🍽️ Novameat, a sustainable food technology company, secured a $19.3M Series A funding round led by Sofinnova Partners and Forbion.

🩺 Health

πŸ’Š PhoreMost, a UK biopharmaceutical company, raised a $50M Series B funding led by Parkwalk Advisors and existing investors to progress its drug target pipeline.

πŸ’‰ Kismet, a health-tech startup has raised an additional $20M Seed round, bringing the total to $32.5M to expand the company.

🧬 Vironexis Biotherapeutics, a San Diego-based biotech company, raised a $26M Seed funding to develop its TransJoin AAV gene therapy platform for cancer immunotherapies.

πŸ§ͺ Kirin, a major Japanese beverage company, has acquired FANCL, a health science company, in a deal that aims to make Kirin one of the largest health science companies in the Asia-Pacific region.

πŸ’» Technology

🌐 EasyDMARC, a Delaware-based cybersecurity company, raised a $20M Series A to support its global expansion plans.

πŸ€– Supermaven, a New York City-based AI startup, raised a $12M Series A to use the funds to develop a new product.

πŸ“… Economic Calendar

US Fed Interest Rate, Japan Inflation, Retail Sales+ More

Tuesday, September 17th 2024

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada Inflation Data, August
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US Retail Sales Data, August
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Japan Balance of Trade, August

Wednesday, September 18th 2024

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK Inflation Data, August
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US Fed Interest Rate Decision

Thursday, September 19th 2024

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK BoE Interest Rate Decision
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Japan Inflation Data, August

Friday, September 20th 2024

πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK Retail Sales Data, August

Monday, September 23rd 2024

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Germany HCOB Manufacturing PMI (Flash), September

Tuesday, September 24th 2024

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Germany Ifo Business Climate
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Australia Monthly CPI Indicator, August

Thursday, September 26th 2024

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Germany GfK Consumer Confidence
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US Durable Goods Orders Data
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US GDP Growth Data, Q2

Friday, September 27th 2024

πŸ‡«πŸ‡· France Inflation Data (Preliminary), September
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US Core PCE Price Index
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US Personal Income & Spending Data


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