Ion Group and SoftBank backed online trading platform eToro at a $3.5bn valuation while Axa helped health benefits provider Gravie raise $179m.
M&A
Professional services firm Accenture purchased Flutura, an India-based developer of industrial internet-of-things technology, for an undisclosed amount, allowing electronics conglomerate Hitachi to exit. The corporate invested $1m in 2018 through subsidiary Hitachi High-Tech Solutions Corporation following a $7.5m series A round the previous year.
Splyt, a UK-based mobility marketplace backed by corporates SoftBank, American Express and Grab, has been acquired by…