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Last updated: June 9, 2026, 2:30 AM ET

Private‑Equity Deal Flow

A €330m valuation surfaced for Swiss dairy group Emmi in a Mistral‑led M&A probe, a figure that could double the target’s current market cap and set a benchmark for mid‑market European food deals Reveal Mistral Valuation. Meanwhile, AI‑focused investors Github and Hugging Face founders backed Zaro, a conversational‑agent platform, with a $5.1m Series A that values the startup at $63m, underscoring continued enthusiasm for agentic technologies Back Zaro Raise. In a broader theme, venture capitalists highlighted agentic payments as a high‑growth niche, citing early‑stage firms that blend autonomous decision‑making with transaction processing as the next wave of scalable fintech Watch Agentic Payments. These moves illustrate a sector still hungry for high‑impact, technology‑led exits amid tightening capital markets.