SIG helped close a series A-plus round for Jikestar Programming for Children, with some of the cash earmarked for a new AI-powered student support technology.

BAI returned to back insurance services provider Mintbao having previously supplied angel funding in March 2018.

Strive, Yahoo Japan and Itochu are among the backers of the flying car developer’s $13.9m round, which took the company’s total funding to about $18m.

Tencent and Ookbee are both selling shares in their online literature joint venture, with China Literature subsidiary Cloudary investing $10.5m.

The employee transportation manager has raised $10.2m from Colosseum Group and plans to extend its service from three cities to five.

Citi Ventures and RBC Ventures have both backed payment data managment platform Fidel in a series A round that will fund hiring and international growth.

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

Sumitomo and Qualcomm-backed Workspot has now received $32m altogether and will spend the cash on growing its workforce.

Recruit Strategic Partners chipped into a round that startup services provider ZenBusiness will use for expansion and platform development.

Bloomberg Beta supplied follow-on funding in a $10.2m round for artificial intelligence management tool developer Fiddler Labs.