Each Friday, the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Japan-based international logistics startup Shippio has raised ¥1.06bn ($9.7m) in series A funding from investors including Delight Ventures, YJ Capital, Sony Innovation Fund and Globis Capital Partners, respective corporate venturing subsidiaries of internet companies DeNA and Yahoo Japan, consumer electronics producer Sony and education provider Globis. Development Bank of Japan’s DBJ Capital unit has also participated in the round, as have Anchor Ship Partners, East Ventures, Energy and Environment Investment and Coral Capital. Founded in 2016 as Circle-In, Shippio has…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.