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

Irish peer-to-peer payments startup Plynk has raised ?725,000 in a seed round of funding.The capital comes from Delta Partners, Enterprise Ireland, the National Digital Research Centre, Bank of Ireland start-up and emerging sectors equity fund and angel investors.The Dublin-based company app allows users to exchange text and images as with normal messaging apps as well as transfer money to...

Californian FinTech solution for e-commerce Returnly has raised $3.25m in a seed round of funding.

Auto insurance software maker Snapsheet has raised $20m in a Series C round led by F-Prime Capital and IA Capital Group.

Tokyo-based asset management service WealthNavi has raised $15m in a Series B round of funding. The investment comes from SBI Holdings and other backers.

Deal data platform PitchBook Data is being acquired by investment research provider Morningstar for $180m. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of the year.

Payments splitting service Pay By Group has raised $3.4m in its seed round. The San Francisco-based startups is an alumni of 500 Startup’s accelerator programme.

German banking app designed for freelance workers Kontist has raised €2m in a new funding round. The capital comes from Danish seed investors Founders and Vækstfonden.

Lending startup Affirm has secured a $100m credit line from Morgan Stanley as the San Francisco company looks to facilitate more point-of-sale financing.

Cloud9 Technologies, which provides advanced capabilities to leverage compliance, voice analytics and workflow solutions, has closed a $30m financing round.