Yasuo Miyazawa, who had spent five years in the US as head of Nitto Denko's Nitto Innovations investment vehicle, is set to develop a similar initiative for Sekisui Chemical.

The Renren-backed online investment platform has landed $25.6m in a Loyal Valley Capital-led round, taking its overall funding to more than $100m.

Derek Norman has left Syngenta Ventures and joined Bayer Growth Ventures as vice-president, while Colin Steen has replaced him as head of the unit.

The bookkeeping service provider increased its total funding to almost $59m with a Stripe-backed round that will support product development.

Telecoms fim SoftBank led a $300m series D round for insurance provider Lemonade, which also featured previous investors Allianz and GV.

Commerzbank-backed Bankin' landed $22.6m in the round, which will enable the financial management app developer to hire 20 additional staff by the end of the year.

Allianz has contributed to a structured note management platform's series B round, which included William Blair Circle and Piton Investment Management.

Payment authentication service Payfone has added $24m from investors including TransUnion, Synchrony Financial and MassMutual Ventures, increasing its overall funding to $102m.

Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments and Broadbridge Financial Solutions were among the participants in enterprise software publisher Unqork's series A round.

Reali will onboard the company's technology to create an online mortgage application platform following the acquisition, which allowed CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund to exit.