Financial

Santander's newly-spun out venture capital arm Mouro Capital has joined the investor consortium of Europe-focused startup loans provider Uncapped.

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Chime has increased its valuation nearly tenfold in 18 months and is worth $14.5bn following a $485m series F round that included existing shareholder Access Industries.

Data management software provider Snowflake, which counts Salesforce among its backers, has gone public and its price doubled on the first day of trading.

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

Higashi-Nippon Bank was among the investors that added $19.3m to a round for the microfinance services provider that now totals $41.5m.

The online insurer took its total valuation to $500m in a round led by Munich Re Ventures and backed by fellow corporate investors Amazon and Intact Financial.