Marubeni Ventures and UOB Venture Management both contributed to a series A round for the online buy now, play later service.

The purchase of the online insurance comparison service marked an off-ramp for corporate investors Securian, Northwestern Mutual and Cuna Mutual.

Vifor Pharma is snapping up Lundbeck and Baxter-backed vascular drug developer Sanifit for at least $231m while solar project developer SUN Energy closed $25m in funding at a $200m valuation.

Autonomous driving technology developer MaxiEye bagged nearly $50m in a Desay-led round while software testing technology producer Mabl raised $40m from investors including GV and Presidio Ventures.

Amir Kabir has departed from Munich Re Ventures to lead financial and insurance technology investments at the Allianz-backed AV8 Ventures.

Koch Disruptive Technologies helped molecular diagnostics system developer Sense Biodetection expand its latest round to $65m while Hilti bought portfolio company Fieldwire for $300m.

ANZ Bank's 1835i affiliate backed the $100m second tranche of a round that lifted the payment technology provider’s total funding past $800m.

Animoca Brands, Coinbase and HSBC were among the investors in a round valuing the blockchain software provider at $3.2bn.

The venture capital market has expanded rapidly over the past few decades, maturing and diversifying with the development of a variety of investment strategies, including more widespread and sophisticated secondary transactions.

Sector report: Finance