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# 💰 Equitix Acquired Electricity North West For $5.3B. Anduril Raises $1.5B Series F.
- URL: https://newsletters.qs.com/equitix-acquired-electricity-north-west-for-5-3b-anduril-raises-1-5b-series-f-2/
- Published: 2024-08-10T06:20:48.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-10T06:20:48.000Z
- Description: Daily Impact Deals #154 looks at major deals and M&A in impact industries, and upcoming economic releases.
- Author: QS
- Tags: Deals

[**Hej**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish%5Flanguage?ref=newsletters.qs.com)🌲  
  
📈 **Today's Global Economic Update:** The Bank of England [lowered its Bank Rate by 25bps to 5% in August 2024](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com), following a year at 16-year highs. This cautious rate cut suggests the Bank is balancing inflation control with the need to support economic growth.

🛡️ **Deal of the Day:** Anduril**,** a California-based defense start-up, raised a [$1.5B Series F](https://www.wired.com/story/anduril-palmer-luckey-funding-ai-drones-arsenal-factory/?ref=newsletters.qs.com), the funds will be used to upstart a more serious US defence contractor.

**What's New?** 
**🌍 Climate.** Energy  
🛰️ **Space & Defense.** DefenseTech  
**💻 Technology.** IoT services  
**🩺 Health.** Therapeutics  
📅 **Economics.** Balance of trade, employment data, inflation data + more

## **🌍** Climate

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**🔌 Equitix**, CNIC, and a Japanese consortium [acquired](https://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/a-highly-positive-valuation-4-2bn-enw-auction-boosts-uk-utilities-market/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) UK electricity distributor Electricity North West for $5.3B.  
  
**💻 Branch Energy**, a tech company in the energy sector, raised a [$10.8M Series A](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/08/07/2926173/0/en/Branch-Energy-Raises-10-8-Million-Series-A-To-Bring-Reliable-Clean-Energy-to-Texas-at-Lower-Costs.html?ref=newsletters.qs.com) from Prelude Ventures and Zero Infinity Partners to expand its retail energy technology.

## 🛰️Space & Defense

  
🛡️ **Anduril,** a California-based defense start-up, raised a [$1.5B Series F](https://www.wired.com/story/anduril-palmer-luckey-funding-ai-drones-arsenal-factory/?ref=newsletters.qs.com), the funds will be used to upstart a more serious US defense contractor.

## **💻** Technology

  
👩‍💻 **UnaBiz,** a Singapore-based IoT service provider, raised a [$25M Series C](https://technode.global/2024/08/08/singapores-unabiz-raises-25m-pre-series-c-funding-from-koif-iii-and-kccs/?ref=newsletters.qs.com). The funds will be used for expansion.

## 🩺 Health

  
**👨‍⚕️ Pharmacosmos**, a Danish Therapeutics company, [acquired](https://medcitynews.com/2024/08/lung-cancer-g1-therapeutics-acquisition-gthx-cosela-pharmacosmos/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) G1 Therapeutics, a North Carolina-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.

## **📅** Economic Calendar

Balance of Trade, Employment Data, Inflation Data + More

### Thursday, August 8th 2024

[🇨🇦 Canada Balance of Trade, June](https://www.statcan.gc.ca/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇨🇳 China Inflation Data, July](http://www.stats.gov.cn/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Friday, August 9th 2024

[🇨🇦 Canada Employment Data, July](http://www.statcan.gc.ca/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Monday, August 12th 2024

[🇦🇺 Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence Data, August](http://www.westpac.com.au/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Tuesday, August 13th 2024

[🇬🇧 UK Unemployment Data, June](http://www.ons.gov.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇩🇪 Germany ZEW Economic Sentiment Index, August](http://www.zew.de/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US PPI MoM, July](https://www.bls.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Wednesday, August 14th 2024

[🇬🇧 UK Inflation Data, July](http://www.ons.gov.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US Inflation Data, July](http://www.bls.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇯🇵 Japan GDP Data (Preliminary), Q2](https://www.cao.go.jp/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇨🇳 China Industrial Production Data, July](http://www.stats.gov.cn/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇨🇳 China Retail Sales Data, July](http://www.stats.gov.cn/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Thursday, August 15th 2024

[🇬🇧 UK GDP Data, June](http://www.ons.gov.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US Retail Sales Data, July](https://www.census.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Friday, August 16th 2024

[🇬🇧 UK Retail Sales Data, July](http://www.ons.gov.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US Building Permits Prel, July](https://www.census.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US Michigan Consumer Sentiment Prel, August](http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

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