Financial

Banco Sabadell looks likely to have exited the digital signature software provider after Providence Equity Partners bought a majority stake.

The insurance app developer pulled in $14.5m through a Monashees-led round that included Mercado Libre's Meli Fund.

Q&A with Ore Adeyemi, managing director and head, HSBC SII

ABN Amro Ventures and commercial partner London Stock Exchange Group helped the digital investment platform developer close its latest round.

Several corporates are set to exit the financial services provider in the biggest IPO in history, while parent company Alibaba will buy about $7.5bn of shares.

Bixin Ventures is investing in crypto technology developers and has just co-led a $10.9m round for light blockchain developer O(1) Labs.

The Baidu-backed lending assessment software provider has secured its latest funding from Insight Partners and the cash will go toward enhancing its product.

Alibaba´s financial subsidiary Ant has received approval from regulators which will allow a dual listing on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges and enable it to raise up to $35bn at a reported valuation of $250bn.

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

Alibaba and Lenovo both took part in a series B round for the digital wealth manager incubated at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Long-term backer Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and new investor Lenovo Capital both took part in the digital wealth manager's pre-series B round.