As head of strategic initiatives, Bechhold Russ will report to Vanessa Indriolo Vreeland, head of Truist's corporate venturing arm.

After five years in corporate venturing at Siam Commercial Bank, Sea has hired 2020 GCV Rising Stars winner Jaytiya Ngam-maykin as head of corporate development.

SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund took part in blockchain payment network Paystand's $50m series C round while Flipkart co-led consumer brand builder G.O.A.T Brand Labs' $36m series A.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 has backed the life insurance platform developer at a $2.7bn valuation, taking its overall funding to over $400m.

Goldman Sachs' digital wealth management spinoff has six other banks as backers and has reached a WestCap-led first close of its series B round.

Branding services provider Tailor Brands raised $50m in a GoDaddy-led series C round while Orix is set to exit hiring software developer PandoLogic in a $150m acquisition.

The NFT marketplace, which counts Stanford-StartX Fund as an investor, has raised series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.

BNP Paribas, SBI Group, Siam Commercial Bank, GV and Rakuten are set to exit the cross-border payment platform in a $963m acquisition by Visa.

Coupa’s recently launched venture capital fund has contributed to a series D round for FloQast that valued the accounting software provider at $1.2bn.

First American Financial invested in the repossession real estate marketplace through a series C round increasing its overall funding to more than $132m.