Financial

Santander Holdings USA was among the participants in a round valuing the online automotive finance provider at almost $700m.

CSAA participated in the first close of a series D round for Kin Insurance, which is part of the broader insurtech space, which has enjoyed the attention of corporate venture investors.

Carbon-to-diamond technology developer Aether raised $18m in a Helena-led round while healthcare fintech startup Lynx emerged from stealth with $17.5m from investors including Commonwealth Care Alliance.

Fitness app developer Keep filed for a Hong Kong IPO while construction data software provider OpenSpace secured $102m and Snowflake agreed an $800m acquisition of data technology producer Streamlit.

CSAA took part in the first close of a series D round for Kin Insurance, one of several companies using big data to cover higher-risk policies.

Q&A with Basil Darwish, managing director, fintech and enterprise IT lead, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital

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

Subsidiaries of Lennar and JLL helped provide $400m for homebuilder Veev while Sinar Mas is supplying $200m for digital wallet developer Dana.

South Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange Valr and healthcare operations software developer Qventus each raised $50m in corporate-backed rounds.

The fintech venture firm, which counts Commerzbank as its sole limited partner, announced its $335m Fund III today with an increased focus on climate technology.