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Fintech🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Tala Alumni Nab $3M in Coinbase-Led Round to Fix Southeast Asia's SME Credit Crunch

FundingMedia🇺🇸May 21, 2026 The Flyover Closes $5.1M Retail Capital Raise Powered by DealMaker

FundingFintech🇨🇦May 21, 2026 CT REIT Issues C$300M Bond — 5.5-Year Debt at +115bps

FundingFintech🇺🇸May 21, 2026 State Farm secures $1.5bn reinsurance via Merna Re Enterprise 2026-1 catastrophe bond

FundingFintech🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Corpay Completes Refinancing and Increases Revolving Credit Facility to $3.7 Billion

FundingEnergy🇫🇷May 21, 2026 E-PANGO launches a €4 million bond financing

FundingFashion🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Patina raises $2M Seed to create new scent molecules with AI

Security🇨🇦May 21, 2026 FedDev Ontario backs 10 Greater Toronto Area businesses with nearly C$9M

FundingMusic🇮🇳May 21, 2026 TownSquare raises $16.25M to accelerate institutional yield adoption

FundingReal Estate🇬🇧May 21, 2026 Shetland firm to expand Sumburgh base amidst increasing demand

FundingEnergy🇺🇸May 21, 2026 O2 Sponsor Finance Provides Senior Secured Credit Facilities to Support Fort Point Capital in its Recapitalization of Boston Green

FundingHealth🇫🇷May 21, 2026 Nanobiotix raises €85M in oversubscribed global offering

InvestorsFintech🇸🇬May 21, 2026 Intraco raises fresh funds via dual-currency digital commercial papers on SDAX

FundingFintech🇧🇷May 21, 2026 Robbin raises $8M seed to bring BNPL to Brazil's B2B retail

FundingFintech🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Aflac Raises ¥65.9B ($415M) in Japan Bond Market Amid Foreign Issuer Rush

FundingHealth🇨🇦May 21, 2026 Synakis Closes Oversubscribed C$2.6M Pre-Seed Round for Retinal Therapy

InvestorsHealth🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Boomerang Ventures Invests $250K Pre-Seed in EarSmartAI to Tackle $5B Pediatric Ear Infection Market

FundingHealth🇺🇸May 21, 2026 HCW Biologics closes $4M private placement

FundingSports🇮🇹May 21, 2026 Share Offering Agreement: Brera Holdings PLC Raises ~$11.4M via Private Placement

Home Living🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Accelerated Wealth Partners takes minority stake in Brooklyn Fi

FundingHealth🇨🇳May 21, 2026 Bodi Hekang closes Series A for Treg immunotherapy

FundingTravel🇩🇪May 21, 2026 Volkswagen Group Issues Fifth Panda Bond in China, Raising RMB3 Billion

FundingWellness Beauty🇬🇧May 21, 2026 Fresha hits $1B valuation with $80M from KKR

FundingTravel🇮🇳May 21, 2026 SAMHI Hotels Executes Corporate Guarantee for ₹453 Crore Citibank Loan Facility

FundingHealth🇦🇺May 21, 2026 Metgasco Secures A$500K Bridging Loan from Glennon Small Companies

FundingFintech🇮🇸May 21, 2026 Icelandic Fintech Advise Secures $1.2M to Fuel Nordic Expansion with AI Financial Tool

FundingEnergy🇸🇦May 21, 2026 AlBawani Signs SAR 6.4 Billion Financing Agreement with Saudi Awwal Bank to Support Strategic Growth

FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 21, 2026 CTC Global Solutions Closes Pre-Seed Funding

FundingTelecom🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Comtech Telecommunications surges 10.55% as SEC accelerates S-3 registration for $125M raise

FundingFood🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Anheuser-Busch Invests $5.8M in Williamsburg Brewery, Expands Manufacturing Skills Training

Travel🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Hilton Grand Vacations Announces Upsized and Consolidated $1 Billion Warehouse Facility

FundingHealth🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Commure raises $70M at $7B valuation for healthcare AI

M&AEnterprise Software🇸🇬May 21, 2026 Manus eyes $1B raise to unwind Meta's $2B acquisition after Beijing blocks deal

FundingFintech🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Farther raises $150M Series D to scale AI-powered wealth management

M&AEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 21, 2026 Anthropic-backed venture acquires Fractional AI, ending OpenAI partnership

M&AHealth🇺🇸May 20, 2026 Medtronic to acquire SPR Therapeutics for $650M in chronic pain push

FundingFintech🇺🇸May 20, 2026 Mercury raises $200M Series D at $5.2B valuation, led by TCV

FundingSecurity🇺🇸May 20, 2026 Socket raises $60M at $1B valuation as supply chain security heats up

FundingMedia🇺🇸May 20, 2026 Exa raises $250M Series C at $2.2B valuation for AI search

FundingSpace🇺🇸May 20, 2026 Amca hits $1B+ valuation with $300M Series B for defence supply chain

FundingFintech🇬🇧May 20, 2026 Primer raises $100M to bring AI agents into payments

M&ARobotics🇺🇸May 19, 2026 Analog Devices bets $1.5B on Empower Semiconductor to tackle AI’s power bottleneck

Investors 🇺🇸May 19, 2026 Veriten raises $105M for Fund II targeting energy and AI-era infrastructure

FundingEnterprise Software🇵🇱May 19, 2026 Viktor raises $75M Series A to put AI coworkers in Slack and Teams

FundingMarketing🇺🇸May 19, 2026 Radar hits $1B valuation with $170M Series B for physical retail AI

FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 19, 2026 Armada raises $230M at $2B valuation to build modular AI data centres

FundingHealth🇺🇸May 19, 2026 Nourish raises $100M Series C at $1.75B valuation to scale AI-powered nutrition care

Investors 🇺🇸May 19, 2026 Playground Global closes $475M deep tech fund, beating its target by $125M

M&AEnterprise Software🇫🇷May 19, 2026 Mistral acquires Austrian physics AI startup Emmi AI

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 19, 2026 Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit as jury says he waited too long to sue