Financial

Ben Luckett has ascended to chief innovation officer of Aviva while Ant Barker will oversee Aviva Ventures' activities.

Reinsurance provider HSCM Bermuda Management co-led a round that doubled the automotive insurance marketplace's total funding.

Jeffries Financial Group was among the participants as the mortgage servicer raised series A funding that will support recruitment.

Digital Garage and Bank of Yokohama’s $28.8m investment vehicle will back companies focusing on financial technology and regional revitalisation.

Clal Insurance, Ayalon Insurance, MS&AD, FWD, Reale Mutua and LB Group were among the limited partners for the venture capital firm's sophomore fund.

A consortium including Intel and several financial services firms have added $31m to the blockchain technology developer’s latest round, increasing its total funding to $90m.

The Alphabet and Roc Nation-backed share trading platform operator reportedly secured the equity funding together with up to $600m in debt financing.

NAB's UBank subsidiary has agreed to buy one of its portfolio companies, banking app developer 86400, at a valuation of approximately $207m.

The New York Stock Exchange, BBVA, Docomo Capital and USAA-backed crypto trading platform operator is changing tack from an IPO to a direct listing.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.