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FundingHealth🇫🇷May 28, 2026 NETRIS Pharma secures €7.25M Horizon Europe grant for Phase 2b head-and-neck cancer trial

FundingHealth🇮🇳May 28, 2026 Lilac Insights raises $5.2M debt from InCred Alternatives to fund genetics-testing expansion

FundingSemiconductors🇬🇧May 28, 2026 IQE seals £81M MACOM fundraising as wafer supplier locks in strategic chip-industry backer

FundingTransportation🇨🇳May 28, 2026 Air China raises ¥20B via private placement as Hong Kong shares dip

IPOsHealth🇩🇪May 28, 2026 VERAXA Biotech secures $27.5M senior secured note to support NASDAQ SPAC merger

FundingFintech🇪🇸May 28, 2026 Santander raises $1.5B in convertible bonds

FundingSemiconductors🇨🇦May 28, 2026 Photonic quantum computing accelerates: Xanadu lists, Photonic Inc raises $200M+

FundingEnergy🇨🇳May 28, 2026 Huzhou Inna closes Series A for sodium-ion cathode materials

Health🇸🇪May 28, 2026 Lassie reaches €100M ARR milestone after €60M Series C

FundingFintech🇺🇸May 28, 2026 PinSec.AI raises ₹5 crore seed to build South India's AI-native wealth platform

Funding 🇮🇳May 28, 2026 ZeroDrag raises ₹6.5 crore Seed from Transition VC to scale drone electronics manufacturing

Fintech🇮🇪May 28, 2026 Payslip secures growth financing from Salica Investments to scale AI global payroll platform

FundingSecurity🇱🇺May 28, 2026 Odysseus Space Bags €5.2M To Blind Enemy Satellites

FundingMarketing🇱🇹May 28, 2026 Kopa.ai raises €2M seed to build agentic AI for e-commerce operations

FundingSecurity🇱🇺May 28, 2026 Odysseus Space wins two EU defence grants to develop satellite-blinding lasers

FundingHealth🇨🇦May 28, 2026 ZYUS closes second tranche of secured loan at C$265K, total now C$445K

FundingEnterprise Software🇨🇦May 28, 2026 Ataccama cuts staff after Bain and Snowflake backing, pushes for cash-flow positivity

FundingGaming🇭🇰May 28, 2026 Animoca's venture arm puts $1M into Superior.Trade, seeds $10M agentic-trading dev programme

FundingSpace🇺🇸May 28, 2026 Sidus Space prices $100M registered direct offering for satellite build-out

FundingSpace🇺🇸May 28, 2026 Sidus Space prices $100M registered direct offering

FundingEvent Tech🇰🇷May 28, 2026 Anchor PE refinances Etoos at punishing rates as Korean edtech bet sours

FundingHealth🇺🇸May 28, 2026 Feel Peptides raises $3M seed to bring premium branding to peptides

FundingWellness Beauty🇺🇸May 28, 2026 Violette_FR raises $5M Series B extension from existing investors as makeup M&A freezes

FundingSemiconductors🇨🇳May 28, 2026 Moxin AI closes ~¥1B Series C as China's sparse computing chip bet scales

FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 28, 2026 VAST Data raises $1B Series F at $30B valuation, more than tripling Series E

FundingEnterprise Software🇧🇪May 28, 2026 Borro raises €1.3M to roll out its reusable-cup deposit system across the Netherlands, Germany and France

FundingChemicals🇫🇮May 28, 2026 LignoSphere closes pre-seed to turn pulp-mill lignin into bio-based adhesives and coatings

FundingEnergy🇯🇵May 28, 2026 Clean Energy Connect secures ¥19.5B project finance from SBI Shinsei Bank for 1,600-site solar PPA rollout

FundingMarketing🇸🇬May 28, 2026 Lingble raises ¥300M to scale AI-driven cross-border e-commerce platform

Telecom🇨🇦May 28, 2026 Bell Canada taps debt markets for C$1.6B MTN offering to refinance senior debt

Funding 🇺🇦May 28, 2026 Brave1 has deployed ~$100M in grants over 3 years, now Eastern Europe's largest defence-tech 'angel investor'

Media🇯🇵May 28, 2026 Globis backs Sokolab, the AI startup turning sketches into character merchandise

FundingEnterprise Software🇯🇵May 28, 2026 INDUSTRIAL-X raises ¥1.93B Series C for AI transformation and space industry push

FundingEnterprise Software🇯🇵May 28, 2026 INDUSTRIAL-X raises ¥1.93B Series C to push AI agents and space industry play

FundingMedia🇨🇳May 28, 2026 FunloomAI raises tens of millions of yuan in Pre-A to let anyone make playable games with AI

FundingMedia🇨🇳May 28, 2026 FunloomAI closes Pre-A round at ¥200M valuation to scale AI game-creation platform

FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 28, 2026 AI-enabled tax platform Byron secures $9.1M seed round led by Square Peg

FundingEnterprise Software🇨🇳May 28, 2026 Unisound AI prices HK$360M global offering at HK$205 max

FundingFintech🇰🇷May 28, 2026 Samsung Securities buys 2% stake in Upbit operator Dunamu for $221.9M

FundingFintech🇺🇸May 28, 2026 Buysell Standards closes ₩5B Series A to commercialise tokenised securities

FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 28, 2026 Fluent raises $2.2M testnet round for its blended-execution L2

FundingEnergy🇦🇺May 28, 2026 Vulcan Energy reaches financial close on $3.9B Lionheart Project

Marketing🇦🇺May 28, 2026 Anthem secures R8.5bn debt facility from Nedbank CIB and RMB for renewable energy expansion

FundingHealth🇰🇷May 28, 2026 Minish Technology lands ~$21M from VIG Partners at ~$105M valuation

FundingHealth🇬🇧May 28, 2026 Neuvoir lands £99K Smart:Scotland grant for AI-driven NHS generics platform

FundingHealth🇺🇸May 27, 2026 Wellgistics Health refinances convertible debt, raises $6.5M with $50 preferred-stock kicker

FundingRobotics🇨🇦May 27, 2026 Volatus Aerospace launches C$30M bought deal as drone demand accelerates

FundingEngineering and Manufacturing Equipment🇺🇸May 27, 2026 Panavision lands $130M revolver from Siena and Hilco to refinance debt

FundingHosting🇺🇸May 27, 2026 WhiteFiber secures $100M debt facility from Bit Digital Capital for HPC data center push

FundingHealth🇫🇷May 27, 2026 Biophytis modifies €2M Hexagon facility into revolving line, cuts rate to 10%