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.

Volvo's financial services subsidiary has launched an accelerator with L Marks dubbed iLabX in order to access technology from startups.

The digital bank, whose shareholders include Orange and Stripe, has added $108m to its coffers in a round led by General Catalyst that valued it at almost $1.3bn.

The NYSE, BBVA, USAA and NTT Docomo-backed cryptocurrency trading platform and wallet developer is now valued at $8bn after a Tiger Global-led series E round.

Sina invested $5m as online financing platform Pintec, which also counts Xiaomi as an investor, went public in a $44.3m initial public offering.