Investors

The WealthTech and cryptocurrency FinTech sectors were among some of the winners of the investment rounds recorded last week.

Gaorong Capital, the Chinese early stage investment house which rebranded its UK name from Banyan Capital six months ago, has raised at least $450m for its fourth US dollar-denominated fund

Palo Alto-based FinTech investor Ribbit Capital is on the hunt for a new fund. The Wealthfront, Avant and Funding Circle backer is looking for $300m, according to an SEC filing.

Bags, a small business loan discovery and management platform, has closed a seed funding round on $3m.

German corporate expense management platform Circula has raised ?12m from a Series A funding round as the expenses management market continues to heat up.

New Zealand-based buy now pay later firm Laybuy has closed a A$35m capital raise to further its push into the UK market.

From bigger investment rounds to more insurers adopting the latest tech, many things are rapidly changing in the InsurTech space.

European private equity house Nordic Capital has raised its biggest fund for a decade by holding an above target ?4.3bn final close for its ninth flagship vehicle.

BlockSec, a blockchain security startup, has bagged $8m in a seed funding round co-led by Vitalbridge Capital and Matrix Partners.

Personal money app Ziglu has cleared the ?5m investment milestone on its eighteenth day of crowdfunding on the Seedrs platform.