Financial

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

Following regulatory approval, SoftBank has led a $125m series B round for the digital lender that was first announced earlier this year.

Yuan Gao, formerly head of strategic investments, has ascended to head of corporate strategy and investments, almost five years after joining the parent company.

Financial services provider Reyl and Cie has spun out Alpian in a bid to claim what it views as the market opportunity for a digital Swiss banking firm.

Visa has participated in a series D for Nium, the international remittance service formerly known as Instarem, with earlier reports suggesting a $75m to $100m round size.

The mobile payment terminal supplier booked $5.8m from its IPO and is now lining up an acquisition to expand its business.

Citi-founded shareholder communication portal creator Proxymity has raised an initial $20.5m sum to expand its software and target additional markets.

The blockchain software deployment service has raised $21.6m to follow a series A round last year that included contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Ideo Colab Ventures and Ripple's Xpring.

Robinhood fetched an $8.3bn valuation thanks to a $280m series F round featuring a range of existing backers, though it is unclear if Alphabet and Roc Nation were among them.

Deutsche Bank and Axa Innovation Campus featured in a $29.2m round that brought enterprise book-keeping app developer Zeitgold's funding haul to approximately $57m.

The cash account marketplace lured the return of Moneysupermarket in a series B round that brings its funding total to $29.2m.