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# 💻 Winc Academy Acquired By DCG. $28M+ VC Funding.
- URL: https://newsletters.qs.com/winc-academy-acquired-by-dcg-28m-vc-funding/
- Published: 2024-09-09T11:15:40.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-09T11:15:39.000Z
- Description: Daily Impact Deals #176 looks at major deals and M&A in impact industries and upcoming economic releases.
- Author: QS
- Tags: Deals

[**Manao ahoana** ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy%5Flanguage?ref=newsletters.qs.com)🌴

📈 **Today's Global Economic Update:** Canada's unemployment rate[ increased to 6.6% in August 2024, the highest since October 2021](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240906/dq240906a-eng.htm?HPA=1&indid=3587-2&indgeo=0&ref=newsletters.qs.com), surpassing expectations. Despite a net employment gain of 22.1K, unemployment increased by 60.4K, driven by a rise in unemployment of core working-age and older population.

🔬 **Deal of the Day:** Epsilogen, a biotechnology company, raised a [$15.4M Series B](https://www.finsmes.com/2024/09/epsilogen-closes-12-5m-series-b-extension-financing.html?ref=newsletters.qs.com) to expand operations in its R&D sector.

**What's New?**  
📚 **Education.** DCG acquired Winc Academy  
**🌍 Climate.** EV charging  
**🩺 Health.** Biotechnology  
📅 **Economics.** Euro area interest rate, Japan inflation, retail sales + more

## 📚 Education

  
💻 **De Complementair Group**, a Dutch EdTech company, [acquired](https://siliconcanals.com/winc-academy-acquired-by-dcg/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) Winc Academy, a Dutch platform offering online programming courses.

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⚡ **Charge+,** a Singapore-based electric vehicle charging operator, raised a [$8M Series A](https://technode.global/2024/09/09/singapores-charge-completes-8m-series-a-funding-with-tnb-aura-and-trive/?ref=newsletters.qs.com), to accelerate the expansion of its EV charging infrastructure throughout Southeast Asia.

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🔬 **Epsilogen**, a UK-based biotechnology company, raised a [$15.4M Series B](https://www.finsmes.com/2024/09/epsilogen-closes-12-5m-series-b-extension-financing.html?ref=newsletters.qs.com) to expand operations in its R&D sector.

## **📅** Economic Calendar

Euro Area Interest Rate, Japan Inflation, Retail Sales+ More

### Monday, September 09th 2024

[🇦🇺 Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence Data, September](http://www.westpac.com.au/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇨🇳 China Balance of Trade Data, August](http://www.customs.gov.cn/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Tuesday, September 10th 2024

[🇬🇧 UK Employment Data, July](http://www.ons.gov.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Wednesday, September 11th 2024

[🇬🇧 UK GDP Data, July](http://www.ons.gov.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US Core Inflation Data, August](http://www.bls.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US Inflation Data, ](http://www.bls.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)[August](http://www.bls.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Thursday, September 12th 2024

[🇪🇦 Euro Area ECB Interest Rate Decision](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US PPI Data, ](https://www.bls.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)[August](http://www.bls.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Friday, September 13th 2024

[🇺🇸 US Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Preliminary), September](http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇨🇳 China Retail Sales Data, ](http://www.stats.gov.cn/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)[August](http://www.bls.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Tuesday, September 17th 2024

[🇩🇪 Germany ZEW Economic Sentiment Index, September](http://www.zew.de/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇨🇦 Canada Inflation Data, August](http://www.statcan.gc.ca/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US Retail Sales Data, August](https://www.census.gov/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇯🇵 Japan Balance of Trade, August](https://www.mof.go.jp/english/index.htm?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Wednesday, September 18th 2024

[🇬🇧 UK Inflation Data, August](http://www.ons.gov.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇺🇸 US Fed Interest Rate Decision](https://www.federalreserve.gov/)

### Thursday, September 19th 2024

[🇬🇧 UK BoE Interest Rate Decision](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇯🇵 Japan Inflation Data, August](http://www.stat.go.jp/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### Friday, September 20th 2024

[🇯🇵 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision](https://www.boj.or.jp/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)  
[🇬🇧 UK Retail Sales Data, August](http://www.ons.gov.uk/?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

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