Ant Financial was among the participants in a series C round for the rural microfinance and financial trading provider that was led by Rise Fund.

MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia plans to invest in up to 15 early-stage enterprise software, digital health, fintech and insurtech companies in the next three years.

Power Corporation’s Portag3 Ventures has achieved a first close of $150m for its second fund thanks to a range of insurance and financial services investors.

Parent company Admiral supplied $10m of convertible debt financing for car insurance spinoff Compare.com in a round that took its overall funding to $185m.

GV and existing investor Arrive both contributed as the digital life insurance platform raised money at a valuation of more than $100m.

The developer of blockchain gaming product CryptoKitties has raised $15m from investors including Samsung Next, GV, Animoca Brands, Endeavor and aXiomatic.

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

The Japan-based insurer will partner TransLink Capital for sub-$5m investments and participate in larger deals itself, branching into areas like blockchain, IoT and healthtech.

Commerce Bank has established a strategic partnership with fintech fund SixThirty that will give it the chance to invest in the latter's portfolio companies.

Peer-to-peer lending marketplace PeopleFund scored $11m in a series B round led by Kakao's mobile payment subsidiary that also featured Dayli Financial Group.