We tracked 12 startup acquisitions announced between 20–26 April 2026, across 5 regions. Only 5 disclosed a price, adding up to $8.02bn; the rest kept terms private, which is normal for venture-backed exits.
The largest was Eli Lilly’s $7bn purchase of Kelonia Therapeutics, which had raised $50m. Adyen paid $877m for Talon.One.
Cybersecurity accounted for 3 deals and North America for 5.
Thursday, 23 April 2026
Photo: Bram Willems / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Fintech · EuropeAdyen agrees to buy Berlin loyalty startup Talon.One for €750 millionAdyen will pay €750 million (about $877 million) in cash for a promotions engine expected to reach roughly €60 million in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2026, and Talon.One's founders will put part of their proceeds into Adyen stock.
Photo: USDAgov / Wikimedia Commons, Public domainCybersecurity · IsraelCyera acquires Ryft, a two-year-old Israeli data lake startup built for AI agentsRyft had raised only $8 million and employed about 15 people; Israeli press put the price at $100 million to $130 million, and its CEO will now lead AI security at the $9 billion Cyera.
Photo: Mironit9 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0Cybersecurity · East AsiaLayerX acquires AI penetration testing startup AgenticSec in its first acquisitionTokyo AI company LayerX used its first-ever acquisition to enter security, buying a 10-month-old startup whose AI agents run penetration tests starting from nothing more than an IP address.
Photo: PENG Yanan (Neo-Jay) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Legal & compliance · EuropeLegora acquires Stockholm legal research startup QuraThe Swedish legal AI company, valued at $5.55 billion after its Series D, bought a ten-person team whose AI research engine is live in 27 jurisdictions.Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Photo: Arunvrparavur / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Travel & hospitality · North AmericaOpenTable acquires Montreal restaurant booking platform LibroLibro, a Montreal company spun out of the RestoMontreal guides in 2014, brings more than 3,000 restaurants to OpenTable and will keep its own brand.
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Cybersecurity · North AmericaProtecht acquires VISO TRUST, an AI platform for third-party cyber riskAustralian GRC company Protecht made the deal a year after taking a US$280 million investment from PSG Equity, buying a Bain Capital Ventures-backed startup that automates vendor security reviews.Monday, 20 April 2026
Photo: Paul Sableman / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Healthtech & bio · North AmericaEli Lilly to acquire Kelonia Therapeutics for up to $7 billion in cashKelonia, which publicly raised only a $50 million Series A, makes CAR-T cells inside the patient's body. Lilly will pay $3.25 billion upfront.
Photo: FR / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Consumer & media · East Asiajig.jp to buy dating app maker Bachelor Date for ¥3.48 billion (about $21.9 million)The Tokyo dating app, which uses AI to set users up on dates instead of having them swipe, was already profitable, with ¥265 million in operating profit last fiscal year.
Photo: Tungsten / Wikimedia Commons, Public domainEdtech · North AmericaCoursedog acquires ClassRanked to add course evaluations to its college softwareClassRanked began as a course-review site built by Duke students in 2018. Its founder will now run Coursedog's Assessment Cloud.
Photo: Chris Light / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Healthtech & bio · North AmericaModMed acquires Bonsai Health, an AI patient outreach startup from the PatientPop foundersBonsai Health, started by the team that built PatientPop, sold to Clearlake-backed ModMed about seven months after raising a $7 million seed round.