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Western Australian based fintech company, Fair Go Finance, has announced a $20 million investment from Skybound Capital, which has purchased the majority share (60%) of the business from parent company, Frankfurt-listed MyBucks S.A.

ASX-listed data centre operator NextDC has secured a $300 million debt facility from National Australia Bank as it prepares for future growth and for further developments in its business.

Security company Palo Alto Networks is forming a US $20 million security venture fund to provide early stage capital investments to fuel development of its applications for the next-generation security platform.

The financial web — the digital connection of the services businesses use into their accounting system — promises to deliver better decisions, better access to capital, and better and more secure data, according to New Zealand trans-Tasman accounting software company Xero.

Eftpos provider Tyro Payments has raised $100 million to fund the next stage of its expansion and accelerate new product development.

Knowledge management software provider, Knosys, has raised $4 million in capital in preparation for listing on the ASX on Wednesday.

Tasmanian full service telecommunications carrier TasmaNet has raised $5.3 million from new and existing shareholders to fund further expansion into the cloud services market.

Private investment firm Bain Capital, owners of Australian accounting software company MYOB, has completed the acquisition of enterprise cloud security solutions company Blue Coat Systems.

PayPal has provided Australian small businesses with access to funding to help them grow their businesses with the launch of its new loan product Working Capital.

Hadoop specialist MapR Technologies has closed a $110 million fund raising, with an $80 million equity financing led by Google Capital and a debt facility of $30 million led by Silicon Valley Bank.

Online bespoke tailor InStitchu, has secured venture capital funding to fund local Australian growth and planned expansion into international markets.