The Spain-based bank added $150m to the $100m it committed to corporate venturing three years ago and transferred it to a new venture firm called Propel Venture Partners.

The company, which has developed fraud prevention technology for e-commerce, has added Phoenix Insurance and NTT Docomo to its shareholders.

One97 Communications, which is backed by Alibaba and Intel, plans to raise the funding to support the spinning out of its Paytm subsidiary.

Nikkei subsidiary Quick Corporation led the round and will assist financial data services provider Xignite with its expansion efforts in Asia.

Rabbit Internet, a joint venture between mass transit group BTS and investment firm Alpha Founders, has raised $9.1m that will go to building its consumer internet offerings.

Financial services group SBI led bitcoin exchange Kraken's "multi-million dollar" series B round, which follows a $5m series A in 2014.

The financial services firm has teamed with VC firm Nest for a Singapore-based fintech incubator called The Open Vault.

Online business lending platform Spotcap, backed by Rocket Internet and Access Industries, will use the Holtzbrinck Ventures-backed round to expand internationally.

Digital Garage and AXA Strategic Ventures co-led the round with VC firm Horizons Capital, bringing the blockchain technology developer's overall funding to $76m.