Property crowdfunding platform Brickowner has exceeded its funding round target, pulling in up to £125,722.

P2P short-term lender Welendus has surpassed its initial crowdfunding target, with it pulling in £178,331, so far.

Australia-based Waddle has reportedly raised $50m in debt funding, after its has doubled its lending volume.

Crowdfunder UK has closed its own crowdsale on £1.2m from 1136 contributors on Crowdcube. This capital was raised at a £16.8m company valuation, and stormed past its initial target of £750,000. Investments to the campaign were at a minimum of £10. Crowdfunder is a rewards-based crowdfunding platform that has helped more than 80,000 charities, businesses and community projects to raise capital,...

RegTech 100 company Skyhigh Networks, a provider of cloud security and enablement, has been purchased by cybersecurity giant McAfee.

Singapore cryptocurrency exchange Kryptos-X has raised $1m in a seed funding round from Fatfish Internet Group.

Ireland-based P2P mobile lending platform Flender has raised over half of the capital for its funding round, pulling in around £1.2m, so far.

Fortress Investment Group is reportedly investing $120m into consumer lending platform MoneyMe.

Lendable, a UK-based online lending platform, has landed up to £300m from specialty lender Castle Trust Capital.

Mobile payment technology provider Jack Henry & Associates has acquired the entire equity of California-based Ensenta Corporation.