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Samsung swoops for UK AI startup

Samsung Electronics has swooped to acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a UK startup specialising i...

AstraZeneca in billion-dollar swoop

AstraZeneca has made a billion-dollar swoop for French MedTech Amolyt Pharma. Amolyt Pharma is a ...

Biggest overhaul of UK listing rules in three decades

The Financial Conduct Authority has announced the biggest overhaul of listing rules in the UK for mo...

£350m swoop for London metaverse firm Landvault

London metaverse firm Landvault has been acquired in a deal worth £350 million. Infinite Reality...

Ripe poaches Deloitte figure to lead M&A

InsurTech 50 firm Ripe has appointed a key figure from Deloitte as head of M&A. Jamie Richard...

Spinout ‘making world more ethical’ snapped up

A University of Cambridge spinout which helps companies to de-risk their supply chains has been acqu...

International swoop for Cardiff’s Yard Data

A data analytics agency based in Cardiff has been acquired by Croatia-headquartered Koios Consulting...

Dealmaker is upbeat about M&A activity for rest of 2024

Award-winning dealmaker Jonathan Boyers has predicted a busy end to the year in the  M&A market...

e-therapeutics eyes NASDAQ after raising £29m

e-therapeutics has completed its planned £28.9 million fundraise weeks after delisting from the Lon...

Yorkshire’s Fintel plc finalises £14.6m swoop for Manchester’s threesixty

Fintel plc has completed the £14.6 million acquisition of Threesixty Services from abrdn plc in an ...

European leader swoops for London’s TaxScouts

London-headquartered TaxScouts has been acquired by German peer Taxfix Group. Taxfix Group is des...

£2.55bn deal agreed for UK’s Preqin

A private markets data firm headquartered in London is to be sold for £2.55 billion. Preqin, fou...