Financial

Clerkie, Ketos, MedHaul, Perch, Shift, Superpedestrian and Vyv have all received funding from the banking group’s $200m Impact Fund.

Transamerica, Aegon and Reinsurance Group of America have exited the inheritance planning platform developer in a purchase by National Guardian Life.

University of Zurich has generated 143 spinouts since 1999, 75 out of which were founded in the past decade.

The American Express and Salesforce-backed billing settlement platform developer has bolstered its valuation to $1.3bn through the latest round.

Singapore Exchange and Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings both took part in a series A round for iStox, owner of a digitised security offering trading exchange.

Before the commercial release of Rivians’ electric vehicles (EV) this year, Amazon has returned to back the company in a round valuing it at $27.6bn. The EV space is among the hottest in the automotive business and valuations have remained high despite the cyclical nature of demand for vehicles.

Wells Fargo Strategic Capital led the financial analysis software provider’s latest ound, investing alongside backers including Capital One Ventures.

Government-focused advisory Decisive Point has set a $10m target for the corporate venturing fund it is raising.

The accelerator has been set up by the banking software provider to back underrepresented minority founders.

FinLeap and Talanx Ampega have returned to back a $30.4m round for their joint venture, which helps wealth managers digitalise business processes.

S&P Global and Snowflake have invested in a round that boosted the financial risk management software provider's overall funding to more than $74m.