The financial advice provider has formed a venture capital vehicle called Motley Fool Ventures that is targeting a $100m close.

Investment-focused online community Snowball Finance has raised series D funding from Ant Financial that will support hiring and product development.

Munich Re, Nationwide and American Express returned for a round that boosted the insurance platform's total funding to more than $130m.

Naspers, which led Movile's last round, in December, also led the mobile services platform's latest, taking its total funding to $375m.

The Xiaomi-backed digital brokerage closed the round at a valuation of more than $1bn and will spend the cash on hiring and R&D.

CNA Financial, NN Group and an unnamed insurance provider have supplied $75m for MTech's InsureTech fund, which has targeted a $150m close.

T. Rowe Price Associates led a series D round that valued GV-backed point-of-sale system developer Toast at $1.4bn.