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Sompo comes to Israel with investment plans

The Japan-based insurer will partner TransLink Capital for sub-$5m investments and participate in larger deals itself, branching into areas like blockchain, IoT and healthtech.


Nov 1, 2018

Commerce Bank finds time for SixThirty partnership

Commerce Bank has established a strategic partnership with fintech fund SixThirty that will give it the chance to invest in the latter's portfolio companies.

Oct 31, 2018

KakaoPay lends support to PeopleFund for $11m round

Peer-to-peer lending marketplace PeopleFund scored $11m in a series B round led by Kakao's mobile payment subsidiary that also featured Dayli Financial Group.

Oct 31, 2018

Volvo Financial Services hits accelerator

Volvo's financial services subsidiary has launched an accelerator with L Marks dubbed iLabX in order to access technology from startups.

Oct 31, 2018

Monzo successfully mounts $108m fundraising effort

The digital bank, whose shareholders include Orange and Stripe, has added $108m to its coffers in a round led by General Catalyst that valued it at almost $1.3bn.

Oct 31, 2018

Coinbase puts $300m in its coffers

The NYSE, BBVA, USAA and NTT Docomo-backed cryptocurrency trading platform and wallet developer is now valued at $8bn after a Tiger Global-led series E round.

Oct 30, 2018

Pintec lends itself to public listing

Sina invested $5m as online financing platform Pintec, which also counts Xiaomi as an investor, went public in a $44.3m initial public offering.

Oct 30, 2018

Wukongbao claims series B funding

Guohua Life Insurance and 58 Group supplied series B funding for online insurance platform Wukongbao, adding to $15.3m in pre-series A funding in 2016.

Oct 29, 2018

StoneCo IPO tops $1.2bn

The Brazilian payment and commerce services provider floated above its range and raised an extra $100m from Ant Financial through a private placement.

Oct 29, 2018

CIC joins Japanese banks for $1.8bn fund

Nomura Holdings, Daiwa Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial and Mizuho Financial will aim to raise up to $1.78bn for the fund, in partnership with China Investment Corporation.

Oct 29, 2018

Brazil fintechs gain momentum

Brazil-based fintech companies have been on the news in recent times, showing the potential of the South American country’s ecosystem.

Oct 29, 2018

Corporate venturing deal net: 22-26 October 2018

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

Oct 26, 2018
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