Financial

Arcus, a payment software provider backed by Citi and SoftBank, has been bought by Mastercard having taken part in the corporate's Start Path scheme.

Bent Pixels co-led new media company Hepmil Media's first funding round while dating app developer East Meets East completed a DeNA-led series A.

SBI, Ripple, OKWave and Credit Saison have exited the digital currency trading service in an acquisition by Coinbase.

Online skills platform developer Sanjieke disclosed over $31m in funding from investors including Udemy while gaming guild Avocado Guild pulled in $18m through a round co-led by Animoca Brands.

Mogo and Commonwealth Bank of Australia were among the participants in a round valuing the crypto trading and storage portal at $7.1bn.

Coinbase Ventures contributed to a $55m round for music-focused NFT platform developer Royal while neural search technology developer Jina AI raised $30m in an SAP-backed round.

Marubeni Ventures and UOB Venture Management both contributed to a series A round for the online buy now, play later service.

The purchase of the online insurance comparison service marked an off-ramp for corporate investors Securian, Northwestern Mutual and Cuna Mutual.

Vifor Pharma is snapping up Lundbeck and Baxter-backed vascular drug developer Sanifit for at least $231m while solar project developer SUN Energy closed $25m in funding at a $200m valuation.

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Autonomous driving technology developer MaxiEye bagged nearly $50m in a Desay-led round while software testing technology producer Mabl raised $40m from investors including GV and Presidio Ventures.