ING Ventures led a round for the blockchain trading technology developer that included fellow corporates BNP Paribas and Tech Mahindra.

A total of 22 participants have each received $100,000 in funding as part of the UC Berkeley accelerator.

SoftBank invested $150m to lead PolicyBazaar and PaisaBazaar owner ETechAces' series F round, which included InfoEdge.

Existing investor Recruit Holdings took part in a round that will fund the next iteration of TouchBistro's restaurant POS system.

Simility, a developer of fraud detection software, is set to be acquired by corporate investor PayPal for $120m.

Chain, which has raised $43m from investors including Visa, Orange, Nasdaq, Fiserv, Capital One and Citi, could be acquired for $500m in cash and tokens.

Axel Springer Media for Equity was among the investors as the financial coaching service closed its latest round at $11m.

Iowa State's Startup Factory Network will train ten startups over 52 weeks at ISU Research Park, while another eight businesses will participate remotely from northern Iowa.