The robo-advisor developer has raised a further $35.5m from the likes of Sony, Mizuho Bank and SBI Group to take its total funding to approximately $96m.

GCV Analytics defines the financial services sector as encompassing payment technologies and cryptocurrencies, personal finance and wealth management, insurance, alternative lending, crowdfunding, client and risk analytics, firms and funds, social investing and others.

The e-commerce anti-fraud platform developer secured $14m in a CommerzVentures-led round that also featured Munich Re/HSB Ventures.

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has raised $10.9m from investors including Channel 4's Commercial Growth Fund to raise brand awareness.

Grab has added $50m from Kasikornbank to a round sized at $2.7bn, following a $250m investment by Hyundai and Kia earlier this week.

Lloyds took a 10% stake as it led a $23.5m series A round for Thought Machine, gaining access to the fintech developer’s cloud-based banking platform.

University of Minnesota is part of a list of limited partners that provided $150m for Brazil-based venture firm Monashees to close its eighth fund.

Itochu, SBI Investment, Nippon Gas, UFI Futech and SMBC Venture Capital all invested as mobile payment technology developer Pring raised $11.4m.

Peer-to-peer lending platform PPDai was among the investors in a $14.4m round for the online insurance portal, whose earlier investors include Fosun Kinzon Capital.

The Naver-backed Korelya Capital led the blockchain technology provider's placement, which included Dentsu, Macquarie Capital, Foyer and MACSF.