Secures

• India approved only one foreign direct investment (FDI) proposal from China during the 2025-26 fiscal year, valued at just Rs 1 crore. • In contrast, 13 proposals from Hong Kong were approved, totaling a significantly higher investment of Rs 610.42 crore. • This disparity highlights a continued trend of negligible direct investment from mainland China amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and regulatory scrutiny.

Tarona Taafaki makes history in women’s 75kg categoryAll boxers eliminated in semis receive bronze medalsA boxer has made history for ⁠Tuvalu by winning the tiny Pacific island nation’s first Commonwealth ⁠Games medal without winning a single fight.Twenty-year-old Tarona Taafaki, ⁠one of five entrants in the women’s 75kg category, received a bye to the semi-finals where she lost on an unanimous points decision to India’s Lovlina Borgohain on Friday. At Commonwealth Games, all boxers eliminated in the semis receive bronze medals. Continue reading...

• ThreatLocker has secured $190 million in a Series F funding round led by Elephant, while Act Security emerged from stealth with $60 million to build an action-centric cloud security platform. • In a major industry consolidation, Cyera has acquired Oasis Security in a deal valued at $1 billion. • Bugcrowd launched Savant Pathseeker™, introducing the first solution in its Agentic Offensive Testing line to provide continuous agentic pentesting across attack surfaces.

• Multiverse Computing has secured up to $570 million in Series C funding, bringing the company's pre-money valuation to $1.7 billion. • The firm is evolving from a provider of LLM compression technology into a comprehensive AI foundry and Operating System, bridging infrastructure and application layers. • This investment follows explosive financial growth, including a tenfold increase in annualized revenue since June 2025 and a 96-fold year-on-year surge in Q1 2026 sales.

Progressive former state senate president gains nomination after Graham Platner dropped out over sexual assault allegationsIn a race defined by scandal, withdrawals and a frantic hunt for a replacement candidate, Maine Democrats hit reset on their chaotic Senate primary on Saturday as Troy Jackson officially secured the party’s nomination.He took the stage at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor to rapturous applause, a standing ovation and Noah Kahan’s Northern Attitude blaring over the speakers. “This is the absolute honor of my life,” Jackson said. Continue reading...

• London-based Modo Energy has secured a €14.9 million ($17 million) growth funding package from CIBC Innovation Banking. • This latest investment brings the company's total funding to date to €45.5 million ($52 million). • The capital will be used to scale its AI-powered benchmarking and valuation platform, which focuses on energy storage and renewable assets.

• Ireland has secured €10 million in joint funding from the Irish Government and European partners to establish the AIF IRL-Antenna. • This national initiative serves as a gateway to Europe’s AI network, designed to accelerate the adoption and innovation of artificial intelligence across the country. • The investment is critical for strengthening Ireland's strategic position and competitiveness within the rapidly expanding European AI ecosystem.