Employee benefits and payroll services provider BenefitMall has named its former president Scott Kirksey as the new CEO.

FundPlaces, a blockchain-based real estate investment platform, has received a $2m investment from Global Yellow Pages.

SALI Fund Management, a turn-key solution developer for insurance dedicated funds, has received an undisclosed growth capital investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners affiliates.

Online security insurance provider Coalition has collected $10m in its Series A round. Contributions to the round came from investors including Vy Capital, Ribbit Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Y Combinator president Sam Altman, and Softbank Vision Fund senior managing director Deep Nishar. Coalition offers cyber insurance products which are supported by global insurers Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Argo Group. The...

Child-focused personal finance platform Current has raised an additional investment to its Series A round from Fifth Third Bancorp, bringing the total funding to $10m.

Techstars-powered 2018 Barclays Accelerator has announced the next 10 companies to join its London programme.

Global payroll software provider Payslip has collected a €1m investment led by Frontline Ventures and AIB. Other participants to the round include Tribal, Bloom Equity & Enterprise Ireland. Ireland-based Payslip offers payroll management software to help finance teams manage their data and workflows, internally. The system automates payroll and pay-run setups, compiles all payroll information in real-time, reporting, and vendor network...

Splunk, a San Francisco-based data analytics providers, has agreed to buy security company Phantom Cyber for around $350m.

Workforce health management company Collective Health has closed a $110m round of funding to support expansion of its technology platform.

Digital payments ring developer Token has closed a $5m Series A round to support its go-to-market efforts. Participation to the round came from firms including New York Ventures, Blockchange Ventures and the venture capital fund of Neo. Alongside these, Token’s original seed investors also contributed to the Series, including FuturePerfect Ventures general partner Jalak Jobanputra. Following the transaction, Code.org CEO and...