The Youzu Interactive-backed credit assessment tool developer boosted its overall funding to $91m, collecting $47m in a pre-series C round led by Guohe Capital.

Consumer lender Goeasy has acquired a minority stake in instalment financing provider PayBright in return for $25.5m alongside a strategic partnership deal.

Finance automation platform developer AppZen, backed at seed stage by Bloomberg and Mastercard, has now secured $102m altogether.

Citi Ventures and MassMutual Ventures co-led financial services software developer Even Financial's latest round, doubling its total funding to $50m.

John Eggleston has departed from his position as head of the tech sector for BGF in order to take up the chief technology officer role at Pantheon Ventures.

Credit Saison, Ogaki Kyoritsu and Nippon Care Supply took part in a Denso-led round that increased the automotive loan provider's overall funding to nearly $35m.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The finance management tool provider has now secured more than $140m altogether, following a series D round led by Cuna Mutual unit CMFG Ventures.

The financial advisory services provider plans to use EST's investment to launch a financial education arm and build a multilingual investment platform.

Citi co-led a $15m round for the investment risk management software producer that also featured returning investor Innogy.