PARIS: French artificial intelligence company Mistral has raised €3 billion ($3.5 billion) at a valuation of roughly €21 billion ($24 billion), marking the largest equity funding round for a privately held European technology firm, the three-year-old startup said Tuesday. The funding round…
LONDON: SigmaRoc, the European lime and minerals Group, announced the acquisition of Akcinė Bendrovė “Dolomitas” from its current shareholders for a consideration of €110 million on a debt and cash free basis, plus a further €8 million for certain non-core assets. Dolomitas is a leading Lithuanian…
LONDON: Oxford Metrics plc, a smart sensing and measurement technology group, has appointed Stefan Lampa as chief executive officer and a director of the company, effective early December 2026. Lampa will succeed Imogen O’Connor, who has stepped down from the CEO…
LONDON: Spire Healthcare Group PLC, one of the United Kingdom’s largest independent hospital operators, has agreed to be acquired by a private consortium in a cash deal valued at approximately £1.03 billion, the companies announced Monday. Tulip UK Bidco Ltd., a newly formed…
OSLO: Multiconsult ASA and Rejlers AB have agreed to combine in a cross-border merger, creating a pan-Nordic multidisciplinary consultancy group with nearly 8,000 employees and a market capitalization of approximately 8 billion Swedish kronor, the companies announced Monday. Under the joint merger plan approved…
MELBOURNE: Elixinol Wellness Ltd. has completed the sale of its United States business to Ananda Health, Inc., the company announced Monday, as it sharpens focus on its Australian health and wellness portfolio. The transaction, which closed Sept. 4, provides for total consideration of…
MELBOURNE: Neurizon Therapeutics Ltd., a late-stage biotechnology company focused on neurodegenerative diseases, has appointed Dr. Chris Bremer as chief executive officer, effective Oct. 1. Bremer, who holds an M.D., Ph.D. and MBA, brings more than 20 years of international pharmaceutical and biotechnology…
PERTH: First Au Limited has entered a binding agreement to acquire the Sandstone Gold Project in Western Australia, a move that gives the company access to substantial historical drilling data and an accelerated pathway to defining a maiden mineral resource. The acquisition…
LONDON: Pri0r1ty Intelligence Group PLC, an artificial intelligence company that provides growth solutions to small and midsize businesses, said Friday it has acquired the operating assets and technology platform of Pirkx Limited, a benefits and wellbeing service for employees of small and midsize enterprises. The…
AUCKLAND: Bremworth Limited (NZX: BRW) said Thursday that Mangawhai Collective Limited has formally launched a partial takeover offer seeking to acquire 43.94% of Bremworth shares it does not already own for NZ$0.90 per share. Mangawhai currently holds a 19.73% stake in Bremworth, the company said…
OKLAHOMA CITY: OTC Industrial Technologies, one of the largest U.S. industrial distributors and service providers, has acquired Global Energy Solutions, a regional rotating equipment sales, service and repair company serving the Central United States. Financial terms were not disclosed. The…
BRISBANE: Stanmore Resources Ltd. has agreed to acquire full ownership of the Moranbah South metallurgical coal tenements from South Africa’s Exxaro Resources Ltd. for US$105 million, the company announced Thursday. The transaction remains conditional on Exxaro first completing its acquisition…