Investors

Netacea, an early-stage bot detection and mitigation firm, has inked $12m from a Series A funding round.

Spanish invoice finance firm Arex Markets has bagged $8.8m in a Series A funding round that has enabled it to accelerate its launch in the UK and Spain.

Payment stack consolidation startup Primer has bagged £3.2m in a seed round led by Balderton Capital, the investor behind companies like GoCardless, Revolut and Darktrace.

Reech Corporation Group Odysseus Investments and Seed Founders have partnered to launch a new tech investment firm Odysseus Alternative Ventures.

Columbian FinTech Plurall has raised $20m in a round of debt financing from UK-based Fasanara Capital.

Branded payments company Imprint has secured ?38m from a Series A funding round backed celebrity James Corden and payment giant Stripe.

Brussels-headquartered InsurTech Qover has closed a $25m Series B funding round led by Prime Ventures.

Canadian private equity house Novacap has hit a C$260m first close for its debut fund focused on financial services investment – just a couple of week after raising C$940m for its latest ‘industries’ vehicle.

Venture Capital investors Gobi Partners has reportedly held a first close on its new Meranti ASEAN growth fund, hauling in $50m, a quarter of the way to its $200m target.

Australian venture capital firm Reinventure has reached a close for its second $50m fund to continue investing in Australia and New Zealand-based FinTech startups.