Financial

Line Ventures led an $18m round for the female-focused microlending marketplace that included fellow corporate VC vehicle UOB Venture Management.

Siam Commercial Bank’s $100m Digital Ventures fund may become a new standalone company, as it considers spinning off subsidiaries.

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

Fintech-focused venture firm MiddleGame Ventures has secured S&P Global as a limited partner for an early-stage fund expected to close at $165m next year.

Alibaba's financial services affiliate is looking to raise $1bn for a vehicle that will make strategic investments in emerging markets.

Tencent and SoftBank co-led a $150m series C round for financial services app developer Ualá that increased its overall funding to $194m.

Pan-Southeast Asia payment processing service 2C2P secured the funding having previously been backed by two subsidiaries of internet company GMO.

Asset data and management software provider Lixiangjia has raised series D-plus funding having reportedly already begun IPO preparations.

Eight months after reports of the round first surfaced, Paytm has raised $1bn in series G funding at a $16bn valuation from investors including Ant Financial and SoftBank.

A second US-China Green Fund equipped with $350m to $400m is expected to launch later this year with the backing of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

As we are about to close our current annual survey, we take a peek at some of the insights provided by last year’s survey.