The Global Corporate Venturing deal net rounds up investments from across the corporate innovation ecosystem.

Funding

Consumer

Telecommunications and internet group Softbank co-led a $100m seed round on Monday for Neso, a Singapore-based eyewear brand owned by eyeglass group Lenskart Solutions, Inc42 reported yesterday. KKR, Alpha Wave Global and Temasek all co-led the round.

Retailer Carrefour has provided between €60m and €70m ($63.2m and $73.8m) for Germany-based grocery delivery service Flink, valuing it at $5bn, people familiar with the development told TechCrunch today.

Construction

Future Energy Ventures, a VC scheme backed by Germany-based energy utility Eon,…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.