Six Fintech Ventures led a series A round consisting of debt and equity that included fellow corporate venturing units Berliner Volksbank Ventures and Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital.

Bink, the creator of a platform that links loyalty schemes to customers' bank accounts, has secured funding in an oversubscribed round led by Barclays.

Banking software provider Tink has secured $63.4m from investors including financial services firms SEB, Nordea and ABN Amro at a valuation of about $270m.

HouseMyDog has merged with fellow dog walking and sitting service provider Gudog, which counts Wayra among its investors.

Rita Waite, a Juniper Ventures investment manager who was part of this year's GCV Rising Stars list, will join financial services firm Millennium's payment products team.

The molecular diagnostics equipment provider has completed a $11.3m investment from China-based Autobio Diagnostics that was announced in December.

IP Group returned to join corporates BP and Drax for the Leeds CO2 capture spinout’s latest round, taking its total investment in the company to $2.2m since 2009.

PayPal followed an investment in 2017 by participating in a series D round for the cross-border savings platform that will fund geographic expansion.

4Gene is advancing TUM research into exploiting plant-derived glucosides as flexible triggers for releasing flavouring and aromas.

The banking software development platform received series A funding from investors including HSBC and Goldman Sachs, which co-led the round, Banco Sabadell and ANZ.