MUFG Innovation Partners and existing investors Nationwide, M12 and Citi Ventures contributed to a series F round that increased the small business lender's total funding to $288m.
US-based business financing provider BlueVine received almost $103m in series F funding from investors including insurance firm Nationwide, software provider Microsoft and financial services firms Citi and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group yesterday.
ION Crossover Partners led the round, which included its parent company, asset manager ION Group, as well as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, 83North, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)’s SVB Capital unit, OG Tech, Vintage Investment Partners, Maor Investments and unnamed private backers.
Microsoft, Citi and Mitsubishi UFJ invested…
