Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
JD.com invested an undisclosed amount in Xiamen Jianfu Chain Management, the China-based operator of convenience store chain Fook, on Tuesday. The deal gave it a 20% stake in the company according to EqualOcean, and its earlier investors include venture capital firm Sequoia Capital China.
US-based business communications software producer Simpplr secured $10m on Tuesday in a series B round led by VC firm Norwest Venture Partners that included Salesforce Ventures, the corporate VC vehicle for enterprise software provider Salesforce, VentureBeat…
