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

Funding 🇨🇳May 28, 2026 Air China raises US$2.75B via private placement as Hong Kong shares dip

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

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

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

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

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

Funding 🇮🇳May 28, 2026 PinSec.AI raises US$679K seed to build South India's AI-native wealth platform

Funding 🇮🇳May 28, 2026 ZeroDrag raises US$882.7K 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

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

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

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

Funding 🇨🇦May 28, 2026 ZYUS closes second tranche of secured loan at US$194.3K, total now US$326.3K

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Funding 🇨🇳May 28, 2026 Moxin AI closes ~US$137.5M Series C as China's sparse computing chip bet scales

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

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

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

Funding 🇯🇵May 28, 2026 Clean Energy Connect secures US$150M 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 US$1.17B 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 US$14.8M Series C for AI transformation and space industry push

FundingEnterprise Software🇯🇵May 28, 2026 INDUSTRIAL-X raises US$14.8M Series C to push AI agents and space industry play

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

Funding 🇨🇳May 28, 2026 FunloomAI closes Pre-A round at US$27.5M valuation to scale AI game-creation platform

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

Funding 🇨🇳May 28, 2026 Unisound AI prices US$43.5M global offering at US$24.8 max

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

Funding 🇺🇸May 28, 2026 Buysell Standards closes US$4.19M Series A to commercialise tokenised securities

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

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

Marketing🇦🇺May 27, 2026 Anthem secures R8.5bn debt facility from Nedbank CIB and RMB for renewable energy expansion

Funding 🇰🇷May 27, 2026 Minish Technology lands ~$21M from VIG Partners at ~$105M valuation

Funding 🇬🇧May 27, 2026 Neuvoir lands £99K Smart:Scotland grant for AI-driven NHS generics platform

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

Funding 🇨🇦May 27, 2026 Volatus Aerospace launches US$22M bought deal as drone demand accelerates

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

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

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

Funding 🇺🇸May 27, 2026 Triomics raises $22M Series B for oncology-specific AI

Funding 🇺🇸May 27, 2026 Republic Business Credit funds $3.5M ABL for PE-owned aerospace & defense manufacturer