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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NIBC Bank has contributed to a $100m funding round for lender Acorn OakNorth, which is now valued at $2.3bn.

The Alphabet and Roc Nation-backed trading platform is gearing up to go public after achieving a $5.6bn valuation earlier this year.

Remagine Ventures, a fund formed by ex-corporate venturers Eze Vidra and Kevin Baxpehler, has secured Sky as a limited partner.

The mobile bank operator will use the funds from the PayPal and International Airlines Group-backed round for hiring and international expansion.