Investors

World Bank investment arm IFC is aiming to help plug the Series A-plus funding gap in southeast Asia through a commitment to Jungle Ventures $150m-targeting third fund.

PickMyWork, a startup that helps digital firms acquire end customers, has raised $1m from a seed funding round.

Software supply chain security company Cycode has raised $56m from a Series B funding round.

Berlin-based digital asset custody and financial services platform for institutional investors and corporations Finoa closed a $22m Series A funding round.

Element Ventures is the name of a new fund aimed at supporting the UK FinTech industry. Now it has been revealed that Michael Spencer, founder of the NEX Group, has invested ?25m into the new ?100m fund.

AXA Strategic Ventures, the global venture capital firm, is rebranding and will be known as AXA Venture Partners.

Mast, a cloud-native mortgage origination platform, has raised ?1.2m in a funding round headed by Antler VC.

Singaporean FinTech firm Cobo has raised $40m from a Series B funding round to develop what it claims is the first ever DeFi-as-a-service platform.

Canadian FinTech Fraction Technologies has closed a CAN$289m ($226.6m) funding round.

Indian InsurTech Turtlemint has raised $25m in a funding round led by Sequoia India.The long-time FinTech investor was joined in the round by existing...