BigchainDB pulls in €3m for blockchain database
Scalable blockchain database BigchainDB has raised €3m in a Series A investment. The round comes from Earlybird Venture Capital, Anthemis Group, Digital Currency Group and innogy SE.
Meituan-Dianping buys payments startup Qiandai
Chinese group deals and online-to-offline (O2O) platform Meituan-Dianping has acquired payments startup Qiandai.
Luminance soaks up $3m for AI-driven due diligence
Artificial intelligence-driven due diligence processor Luminance has raised $3m in a new round of funding from Invoke Capital Partners.
SocietyOne ropes in Beyond Bank for $1.5m investment
Australian peer-to-peer lending platform SocietyOne is partnering with Beyond Bank Australia.
Juzhen rakes in $23m in largest Asian blockchain round
Blockchain post-trade startup Juzhen Financials has raised $23m in a Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Wanxiang Holdings.
UangTeman pulls in funding to process more micro-loans
Indonesian micro-lending firm UangTeman has raised an undisclosed pre-series A round in equity funding.
Zoopla leverages partnerships for investment channel
UK online property marketplace Zoopla is pushing into the rapidly growing property investment space with a new peer-to-peer lending and property ISA channel.
Brolly scores seed funding to smarten up insurance
Artificial intelligence-driven InsurTech startup Brolly has raised $13,360 in a seed round of funding. The investment in the London-based startup comes from Entrepreneur First and Innovate Finance.
Skyhigh collects $40m to ‘extend leadership in cloud security market’
Skyhigh Networks, which enables enterprises to adopt cloud services while meeting their security, compliance, and governance requirements, has closed a $40m Series D round.
PE fund backs Kenyan payments firm DPO Group
East African payments processor Direct Pay Online Group (DPO Group) has received an investment from Apis Partners.