Bertelsmann vehicle BAI Capital co-led a $150m C2 round for payment card provider Stori while Sram and Mram supplied $100m in series A funding for blockchain ecosystem developer 5ire.

Funds

Deutsche Post Foundation, a foundation formed by postal services firm Deutsche Post DHL, and financial services firm Lombard Odier were among the limited partners that helped UK-based impact investment firm Systemiq Capital reach a €69m ($70m) first close for its second fund. The climate technology-focused vehicle has a €200m target and its other LPs include Andre Hoffman, The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Dara Holdings, Stephen Brenninkmeijer, Mark Cutifani, Erik Fyrwald and Chad Holliday.

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.