Investors

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.

HYCU, a company that helps organisations protect their data, has raised $53m from a Series B funding round.

Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Zip has invested $50m into Indian BNPL firm ZestMoney to expand its global grip on the payment market.

B2B payments FinTech Balance has secured $5.5m in seed capital from Stripe, Tal Morgenstern of Lightspeed, and Max Levchin through his SciFi VC.

Union Square Ventures has pulled in more than $428m of new capital across a pair of vehicles.

Early-stage VC and accelerator 500 Startups is raising another $25m FinTech-dedicated fund, according to an SEC filing.