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Section 01

Brazilian M&A

Domestic Brazil M&A, VC rounds, and major corporate-control events.

4 rows

Industrials · Placeholder — not a deal
Placeholder — additional Brazil mid-market PE activity is not loaded
Data Estimated
Acquirer
[NOT A FILING] Mid-market PE sponsor
Target
[NOT A FILING] Brazil industrials add-on
Est. deal value
$95.0M / R$ 490,2 mi
Timestamp
5 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 18:00 BRT
Highlights & source
This row is a labeled placeholder so the Brazil tape is not empty if after-hours CVM filings arrive late. It is not a real closed deal. Do not treat the parties or the value as market facts.
Illustrative estimated band only (~USD 80–120m). This is not a disclosed or closed transaction.
Source: Internal placeholder — no public URL
24 Aug 2026, 18:00 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 21:00 UTC
Healthcare / Distribution · Closed (control transfer)
Pátria closes sale of 99.56% voting control of Elfa Medicamentos
Live
Acquirer
Gravataí Participações
Target
Elfa Medicamentos (from Pátria funds)
Est. deal value
$120.3M / R$ 620,5 mi
Timestamp
13 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 09:52 BRT
Highlights & source
Elfa told the market on Monday that control passed from Pátria-managed funds to Gravataí Participações after a statutory liquidity event converted preferred shares. Buyer will ask CVM to waive a mandatory tag-along tender and says it will not cancel the public-company registration within one year.
Valor cites an acquisition price of R$ 620.49 million paid proportionally to selling Pátria funds (USD converted at window FX 5.16). Earnout if Gravataí sells Elfa within 36 months. Confirm unit against the CVM filing.
Source: Valor Econômico
24 Aug 2026, 09:52 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 12:52 UTC
Education · Talks only — not signed
Afya and Yduqs confirm early talks on a business combination — no binding deal
Live
Acquirer
Afya (Bertelsmann) / Yduqs
Target
Potential Afya–Yduqs combination
Est. deal value
Undisclosed
Timestamp
13 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 09:38 BRT
Highlights & source
Yduqs (CVM material fact) and Afya (Nasdaq 6-K) confirmed preliminary talks on a possible combination after Valor reported Bertelsmann–Yduqs meetings in São Paulo. Both said discussions are early-stage with no assurance a deal will close. Yduqs shares jumped more than 8% in the Monday session on the news.
Undisclosed — not a signed transaction. Both companies said no binding agreement or obligation exists.
Source: Valor Econômico
24 Aug 2026, 09:38 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 12:38 UTC
Defense · Signed, pending CADE
Batista brothers’ vehicle agrees to buy defense group Avibras
Live
Acquirer
Globe Investimentos (Batista family office)
Target
Avibras / Nova AVB S.A.
Est. deal value
Undisclosed
Timestamp
18 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 05:03 BRT
Highlights & source
Agreement signed Friday 21 Aug and reported Monday 24 Aug: Globe Investimentos, the personal vehicle of Joesley and Wesley Batista (separate from J&F/JBS), is buying all shares of Nova AVB, sole owner of Avibras Aeroco, subject to CADE review. Globe said the aim is to support the restart of operations after a 2022 bankruptcy filing and preserve industrial capability.
Undisclosed. Valor reports the sale of 100% of the business.
Source: Valor International
24 Aug 2026, 05:03 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 08:03 UTC

Section 02

International M&A

Major global M&A and high-impact corporate developments.

5 rows

Multi-sector · Feed not connected
Requires API integration — extra global M&A not ingested in this static build
Requires API Integration
Acquirer
Refinitiv / Bloomberg / Dealogic tape
Target
Additional global announcements after cutoff
Est. deal value
Undisclosed
Timestamp
3 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 20:00 BRT
Highlights & source
Production would subscribe to Refinitiv, Bloomberg SPLC, and Dealogic for late-day North America and Asia prints. This row is not a transaction. It marks a missing live feed.
No value — feed not connected.
Source: API not connected — no public URL
24 Aug 2026, 20:00 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 23:00 UTC
Logistics software · Closed / announced completed
Descartes acquires freight-broker TMS vendor Tai for about $100m cash
Live
Acquirer
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX)
Target
Tai Software
Est. deal value
$100.0M
Timestamp
12 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 11:00 BRT
Highlights & source
Tai provides an AI-enabled transportation-management platform for freight brokers across TL, LTL, drayage and cross-border. Descartes said the deal adds execution data to its Global Logistics Network and expands TMS coverage for North American brokers.
Company disclosed approximately US$100 million, cash on hand.
Source: Descartes
24 Aug 2026, 11:00 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC
Digital health · Merger announced
Berry Street merges with India’s Healthify to build a GLP-1 metabolic platform
Live
Acquirer
Healthify (Khosla-backed)
Target
Berry Street (merger of equals)
Est. deal value
Undisclosed
Timestamp
12 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 10:45 BRT
Highlights & source
U.S. nutrition/clinic network Berry Street and Healthify said they have merged, with founders Noah Kotlove and Tushar Vashisht as co-CEOs. Combined group keeps the Berry Street brand in the U.S. and Healthify elsewhere, pairing AI coaching with insurance-covered GLP-1 clinics.
Undisclosed. Companies did not release financial terms.
Source: TechCrunch
24 Aug 2026, 10:45 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 13:45 UTC
Consumer / Beauty · Announced, close by 1 Sep
Regent agrees to buy Avon North America, reuniting Avon after a decade
Live
Acquirer
Regent
Target
Avon North America (from LG H&H)
Est. deal value
Undisclosed
Timestamp
14 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 09:00 BRT
Highlights & source
Regent, founded by Michael A. Reinstein, agreed to acquire Avon North America from LG Household & Health Care, putting Avon NA and Avon International under one owner for the first time since 2016. Close targeted by 1 September; Lisa Siders to become CEO of the combined Avon.
Undisclosed in the 24 Aug announcement.
Source: PR Newswire
24 Aug 2026, 09:00 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 12:00 UTC
Electrical / Data centers · Announced, close Q4 2026
nVent to acquire data-center power specialist Maverick Power for $1.75bn
Live
Acquirer
nVent Electric (NYSE: NVT)
Target
Maverick Power
Est. deal value
$1.8B
Timestamp
15 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 07:30 BRT
Highlights & source
Definitive agreement announced 24 Aug. Maverick (McKinney, Texas) makes low- and medium-voltage switchgear and modular power for data centers. nVent expects the deal to be accretive in year one, funded with cash and new debt, closing targeted for Q4 2026 subject to regulatory approval.
Headline consideration $1.75bn cash; up to $550m additional earn-out for 2027–28 targets is excluded from the KPI total.
Source: nVent investor relations
24 Aug 2026, 07:30 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 10:30 UTC

Section 03

Major Brazilian Corporate News

Market-moving Brazil news that is not a deal — rates, earnings, regulation, large stock moves, macro.

3 rows

Markets · Corporate news
Ibovespa slips as Petrobras tracks oil; Yduqs jumps on Afya talks
Live
Company
Ibovespa / Petrobras / Vale / Yduqs
Topic
Monday session: Iran sanctions watch, oil down, education spike
Est. deal value
n/a — news
Timestamp
12 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 10:46 BRT
Highlights & source
Around 10:25 BRT the Ibovespa was down ~1.0% at 169,365 as the market waited on U.S. sanctions on Iran and a Febraban Tech speech by BC president Gabriel Galípolo. Petrobras ON/PN fell ~2.0–2.5% with oil; Vale ON rose ~0.6% with Chinese iron ore; Yduqs ON was up ~8.5% after confirming Afya talks.
Not a deal — session tape.
Source: Valor Econômico
24 Aug 2026, 10:46 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 13:46 UTC
Chemicals · Corporate news
Braskem board authorizes recuperação extrajudicial on US$10.9bn financial debt
Live
Company
Braskem (B3: BRKM5 / NYSE: BAK)
Topic
Extrajudicial reorganization of ~US$10.9bn unsecured debt
Est. deal value
n/a — news
Timestamp
13 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 09:57 BRT
Highlights & source
Monday material-fact coverage: board authorized an extrajudicial reorganization limited to financial creditors (not suppliers or customers). Creditor support at filing was reported around the one-third threshold needed to start a 90-day stay as a June court protection expired. Preferred shares traded lower on the news.
Not a deal value. Company is restructuring ~US$10.9bn of unsecured financial claims — excluded from M&A KPI totals.
Source: Valor Econômico
24 Aug 2026, 09:57 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 12:57 UTC
Macro / Rates · Corporate news
Focus holds IPCA at 5.02% and year-end Selic at 13.75%; GDP edged to 1.95%
Live
Company
Banco Central do Brasil
Topic
Focus bulletin — Selic, IPCA, GDP
Est. deal value
n/a — news
Timestamp
14 hours ago · 24 Aug 2026, 08:40 BRT
Highlights & source
BC Focus (24 Aug) left 2026 IPCA at 5.02% (above the 4.5% target ceiling) and the year-end Selic median at 13.75% for a third week, with current Selic at 14.00%. 2026 GDP was trimmed from 1.98% to 1.95%. FX year-end median stayed at R$ 5.20.
Not a deal — official weekly survey.
Source: g1 / Banco Central Focus
24 Aug 2026, 08:40 BRT · 24 Aug 2026, 11:40 UTC

Brazilian M&A

Placeholder — additional Brazil mid-market PE activity is not loaded

Pátria closes sale of 99.56% voting control of Elfa Medicamentos

Afya and Yduqs confirm early talks on a business combination — no binding deal

Batista brothers’ vehicle agrees to buy defense group Avibras

International M&A

Requires API integration — extra global M&A not ingested in this static build

Descartes acquires freight-broker TMS vendor Tai for about $100m cash

Berry Street merges with India’s Healthify to build a GLP-1 metabolic platform

Regent agrees to buy Avon North America, reuniting Avon after a decade

nVent to acquire data-center power specialist Maverick Power for $1.75bn

Major Brazilian Corporate News

Ibovespa slips as Petrobras tracks oil; Yduqs jumps on Afya talks

Braskem board authorizes recuperação extrajudicial on US$10.9bn financial debt

Focus holds IPCA at 5.02% and year-end Selic at 13.75%; GDP edged to 1.95%