We tracked 7 startup acquisitions announced between 24–30 August 2026, across 3 regions. None disclosed a price.
Fintech accounted for 2 deals and North America for 4.
Thursday, 27 August 2026
Photo: Bystronic Corporate Communications / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Enterprise software · EuropeBystronic agrees to acquire Isochronic, a Swiss maker of high-speed sorting robots for laser cuttingThe sheet-metal machinery group is buying a 2020 EPFL spin-off whose robots pick several laser-cut parts at once, along with the rights to its in-house software.
Photo: Marc Smith / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0Data & analytics · North AmericaNasuni acquires DryvIQ to classify and govern enterprise file data before AI uses itNasuni bought DryvIQ, the Michigan company formerly known as SkySync, six months after the two began working together. DryvIQ's software scans content in more than 550 file formats for personal, health and payment data across more than 40 repositories.Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Photo: Jacklee. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Fintech · Southeast AsiaStashAway buys Singapore digital wills platform MakeGoodwill in first move into legacy planningThe digital wealth manager is adding a S$179 (about $140) online will to its wealth products after its own survey found three in four of the clients it asked had no will.
Photo: HaeB / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Legal & compliance · North AmericaStripe acquires Clerky, the legal paperwork platform used by Silicon Valley startupsClerky says the startups on its platform account for 23% of Silicon Valley seed and pre-seed financings, giving Stripe a foothold in founders' legal work long after incorporation.
Photo: Ii2nmd at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Fintech · North AmericaVanguard agrees to acquire Altruist, the advisor custody startup it first backed in 2020Vanguard did not disclose a price, but the Wall Street Journal reported the deal at about $4 billion, roughly double the $1.9 billion valuation Altruist reached in its 2025 Series F.Monday, 24 August 2026
Photo: TudorTulok / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Healthtech & bio · North AmericaBerry Street merges with Khosla-backed Healthify to build AI-assisted metabolic care in the USThe deal pairs a three-year-old US network of more than 2,000 insurance-covered clinicians with Healthify's AI nutrition assistant Ria, and the two founders will run the combined company as co-CEOs.
Photo: Exec8 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0AI · EuropeNEURA Robotics buys Ulm cleaning-robot maker ADLATUS Robotics to bring physical AI to cleaningNEURA's mobile robots unit is taking all of ADLATUS, a 2015 startup with hundreds of cleaning robots in the field, and plans to give the machines new sensors and AI through its Neuraverse platform.