Institutional Investment & Trading

Funderbeam has raised $2.6m in a new round of ventures funding from Draper Associates, Thomson Reuters and IQ Capital.

Trader communication provider Cloud9 has raised $30m in a Series A round led by JP Morgan Chase.

Blackmoon Financial Group has raised $2.5m in equity funding to expand its marketplace for balance sheet loan investment. The funding comes from A&NN Group, Flint Capital and Target Global.

Corporate bond platform Trumid Financial, which is backed by billionaires George Soros and Peter Thiel, has now traded more than $1bn worth of securities.

Digital asset trading platform Crypto Facilities has raised $1.5m in a seed round. The funding comes from an AngelList syndicate led by Humminbird Ventures partner Pamir Gelenbe.

Indian investment platform Finvasia has raised an undisclosed round of funding in its pre-launch phase. The investment comes from Indian VC Intrinsic and values the company at Rs150 crore ($22m).

Business intelligence firm Ipreo is expanding its service into private companies as more highly-valued firms choose to hold off IPOs.

Crowdfunded VC investment platform investiere.ch has landed CHF3.5m ($3.6m) in a Series B round of funding from Swiss bank Zürcher Kantonalbank.

Danish online trading tools developer Tradeworks has raised almost DKK 3.5m ($500,000) from Singaporean investors and a local institution.

Cloud-based trading technology and financial services provider TORA has bolstered its sales, operations and IT infrastructure in the US to meet high demand.