A total of $2.21bn was invested in Real Estate Tech companies last year – more than double the funding in 2015 Total Real Estate Tech investments doubled in 2016. This was partly due to two large deals totaling $1.08bn to the Chinese online real estate agency Home Link. Considering only deals valued below $100m, investments in Real Estate Tech...

Online direct loan provider LendingPoint has announced it received up $500m for a credit facility from Guggenheim Securities.

Blockchain bank Bankera has raised around €25m in its pre-ICO round which saw the company sell 2.5bn of its BNK tokens at €0.01 each.

Auto insurance comparison marketplace The Zebra has pulled in $40m Series B round led by Accel Partners.

Gift card e-commerce platform Raise Marketplace has reportedly picked up a $60m Series C round led by Accel.

Digital asset exchange and conversion platform KyberNetwork has closed its ICO having raised 200,000 ETH.

Multichannel e-commerce technology provider Volo Commerce has raised around ?6.2m.

Corporate finance and tax management company Yunzhangfang.com has reportedly picked up a $14m investment from China-based Hillhouse Capital Group.

Payment solution provider GoCardless has received a $22.5m investment from investors including Accel, Balderton Capital, Notion and Passion.

India-based Power2SME has closed a $36m Series E funding round to help with geographic expansion.