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A - Incorrect: The verb fund is not parallel in structure to the infinitive to raise.

C, D - Incorrect: Parallelism error. To raise, take advantage, funding are not parallel.

E - Incorrect: Parallelism error. To raise, take advantage, and to fund are not parallel.

B - Correct: The participle modifier taking … sector is a participle modifier that modifies the subject of the previous clause auctioning. The participle modifier is not part of the items in the list to raise, to fund, and to reduce, which are in the infinitive form.

B is the correct answer.