The value of four recent deals exceeds the $3 billion of exit activity in Massachusetts all of last year, a sign that the local market could be heating up.

This week, the funds were raised through 24 rounds compared to 28 in the same period of the previous year, according to data from data intelligence platform Tracxn.

Britain's Thames Water said on Friday it was in crunch talks with creditors about securing funds to keep it going for the next few months while it seeks to raise the billions of pounds of capital it needs to survive.

Thames Water is working with a group of its creditors to try to avoid running out of money. The UK’s biggest water and sewage company is exploring options to delay a cash crunch

Britain's Thames Water said on Friday it needed creditors to allow it to release more cash reserves as it runs short of time in its struggle to raise the capital it needs to survive.

The process is expected to drag on beyond December, when regulator Ofwat publishes its final verdict on water firms' proposed plans for hiking consumer bills from 2025 until 2030.