Retail Investing & Trading

Acorns, a micro-investing app, has closed an undisclosed round of funding from TPG global investment fund.

Real estate investment technology platform Skyline AI has raised $18m in its Series A led by Sequoia Capital and TLV Partners.

Itiviti, a Swedish provider of trading software for banks and trading firms, has agreed to buy ULLINK from HgCapital.

Cryptocurrency investment solution Omniex Holdings has secured $5m in a seed financing round led by Wicklow Capital.

aCommerce, which provides end-to-end e-commerce solutions for retailers, brands, and manufacturers in Southeast Asia, has closed a $65m Series B round.

Stock trading app Robinhood is confirming its $1.3bn valuation and announcing a $110m Series C round. Alongside the capital and valuation, the company is revealing a new milestone in having passed two million users globally.

Irish investing app maker Rubicoin has secured a €1.4m funding round from Enterprise Ireland and investment advisor Motley Fool.

Stocks trading app Robinhood is the latest FinTech startup to reach a $1bn-plus ‘unicorn’ valuation after raising a fresh round of funding.

Digital asset management firm LIQID has secured €4.5m in a new round of growth capital from Berliner Volksbank Ventures and existing backers.

IGM Financial pumped an initial $50m into the company in May with a further $25m dependant on the company reaching a growth milestone by the end of Q2 2017.