A quick read on the week, 68 deals and $10B raised. The highlights, not the whole list.
ChangXin Memory Technologies, China's largest DRAM producer, is proceeding with its STAR Market IPO with share subscriptions set for July 16 and plans to raise about RMB 29.5 billion.
Keyfactor raised a 1 billion dollar private equity round led by Summit Partners, bringing its total funding above 1.2 billion dollars.
SambaNova announced a 1 billion dollar Series F at an 11 billion dollar post-money valuation led by General Atlantic, with many institutional co-investors.
Munich-based Proxima Fusion raised 411 million euros led by XTX Ventures and East X Ventures at a 2.4 billion euro valuation, the largest European fusion investment on record.
Oratomic raised a 300 million dollar Series A co-led by Arch Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures and Spark Capital, with 16 investors participating.
MDA Space agreed to buy an approximately 70 percent controlling stake in French earth observation company CLS for 567 million euros in cash, with France's national space agency retaining the remaining stake.
Tilt acquired Brazilian payroll advance company Blipay to expand into Brazil's consumer lending market. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the deal adds Blipay's more than 6 million registered users to Tilt's platform.
Singapore-based cross-border payments firm Nium acquired US stablecoin and crypto wallet infrastructure company Cypher to build a unified rail spanning fiat and stablecoin transactions. The deal value was not disclosed.
Saudi edtech Noon Academy acquired exam-prep platform Almakhfi to strengthen its AI-powered learning ecosystem for middle and high school students. Financial terms were not disclosed.