Funding Rounds

Dubai-based supply chain financing startup Invoice Bazaar has secured new funding from former Citigroup Asia-Pacific CEO Shirish Apte.

Bitcoin peer-to-peer lending platform for SMEs Bitbond has closed €5m in debt financing to fund loans on its platform.

Aviva has bought a majority stake in to robo-advisor solution provider Wealthify, for an undisclosed value.

Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners has acquired a majority stake in online real estate marketplace Ten-X, in undisclosed deal.

Employee benefits financial wellbeing business SalaryFinance has secured a £40m investment led by Legal & General and Blenheim Chalcot.

California-based real estate investment platform Roofstock has closed a $35m Series C funding round led by Canvas Ventures.

Massachusetts-based Clearsurance has closed a $4m Series A funding round to continue service development.

Washington DC-based Worker compensation insurance business Pie Insurance has raised a $4.3m seed funding round.

Core banking-as-a-Service company Finxact has secured $12m in one of the largest FinTech Seed funding rounds to date.

Incentive compensation software-maker Iconixx has landed $4.2m in a new round of funding. Existing backers Ballast Point Ventures, Harbert Growth Partners, S3 Ventures and the firm’s own management team led the round.