Aflac Ventures Fund, launched in early 2017 with a $100m investment target, has been broadened by its insurer parent to $250m.

The MMI-backed Anthemis Exponential Ventures was among the investors in a $14.3m seed round as Unmortgage prepares for a 2019 launch.

Barclays has selected the 10 participants that will take place in the 2018 cohort of its New York accelerator.

OpenText Enterprise Apps Fund returned to back investor relations software provider Q4, two years after co-leading its series B round.

Payment technology provider Yoco has secured funding in a series B round led by Partech Ventures with backing from Orange Digital Ventures.

State Farm has become the latest insurance firm to get involved in corporate venturing, launching a vehicle called State Farm Ventures.

The banks, both now strategic partners of debt marketplace CrossLend, have also invested in a $16.2m round for the company.

Sistema Asia Fund and Vertex Ventures co-led a $30m series C round for buy now, pay later service Kissht that included existing investor Fosun.

Chain, a blockchain technology provider backed by Visa, Orange, Fiserv, Nasdaq, Citi and Capital One, has merged with Lightyear to form a new company dubbed Interstellar.

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