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On April 9, shareholders of both Coursera and Udemy voted to approve the merger.

OpenMind received a strategic investment from Pi Network Ventures to expand its open‑source robot OS platform.

Brilliant NextGen Inc., a leading innovator in smart home control technology, today announces the successful close of a $9.7 million funding round from its current investor Almeida Strategic Investments and Tyrod Taylor’s Strategic Investments Fund.

Melbourne-founded startup Freckle has secured $6.1 million (US$4 million) in seed funding to continue building its data enrichment platform for SMEs.

Graphy went public as well on South Korea’s secondary stock market, expecting that investors still see value in specialty materials, particularly in dental, where demand is steady and margins are still very healthy.

City officials had anticipated the firm might be considering a FTSE 100 listing, but in June Wise announced it would relocate its primary listing to New York.

Remind, an e-waste startup in Indonesia, wrapped up the week with $1.3 million in seed funding to scale its recycling capacity.

Brisk Teaching, the leading AI teaching and learning agent for K-12 schools, today announced the close of its $15 million Series A funding round.

Saudi Arabian mining company Manara is in advanced talks to acquire between 15 per cent and 20 per cent equity in First Quantum’s Zambian assets, Reuters reported last October, citing sources.

AI-powered language learning platform, Speak raised $78 million in a Series C funding round on Dec. 10, led by Accel and with participation from OpenAI’s Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator, pushing its valuation to the unicorn status of $1 billion.