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

Brazil-based charter bus booking service Buser has raised an undisclosed amount in a series B round led by telecommunications and internet group SoftBank, Reuters reported on Monday. The round also featured mass media group Grupo Globo, Valor Capital, Canary and Monashees, the latter three having contributed to a series A undisclosed size for the company in November 2018.

Japan-based artificial intelligence software developer Araya has increased its latest funding round to ¥1bn ($9.3m), adding $4.2m from undisclosed investors to a…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.