Two years after investing a reported $7m in the robo-advisor developer, Allianz Asset Management has returned to lead a $53.1m round.

PayPal and Temasek have invested $125m in POS technology provider Pine Labs, less than three months after it raised money at a valuation of up to $900m.

The fraud protection software provider is valued at about $400m, following an American Express Ventures-backed round led by Premji Invest.

The cryptocurrency wallet and trading platform, backed by Credit Saison and OKWave in its last round, secured the cash through VC funding and a crowdsale.

Goldman Sachs has co-led a $250m round for Tradeshift that also featured HSBC, valuing the business payment platform at $1.1bn.

Epic Conjoint, This is Seaweed and Travacoin have spun into NovaUCD, the innovation hub at University College Dublin, with a view of raising $8.7m within two years.

Alibaba's financial services affiliate is now the most valuable VC-backed startup of all time, having reportedly closed funding in a GIC-led round.

Existing investor SBI led the financial comparison platform's series B round, with SIG Asia Investments also investing.

BMW Financial Services US Collaboration Lab is the third partnership between L Marks and BMW, and marks the former's first US initiative.