Unilever Ventures contributed to the infleuncer marketing platform's latest round, which was led by growth equity firm TCV Capital.

Alphabet's GV and Munich Re/HSB Ventures both featured in peer-to-peer wireless networking technology producer Helium's latest round, bringing its total funding to $51m.

WR Berkley Corporation led a $12.5m round for the online insurance portal, which counts Fosun, Assurant, AmTrust and Nationwide as existing investors.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC contributed to Artizan Biosciences' series A round while Brii Biosciences invested through a licensing deal.

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

Swisscom Ventures has backed crypto asset security company Fireblocks, which emerged from stealth with a secure digtal-asset management platform.

Publishing group Axel Springer's Aviv subsidiary has reportedly picked up a 20% stake in real estate marketplace Housell by leading a $13.6m round.

National Grid Partners invested in sound recognition technology developer Audio Analytic's $12m series B round, which will fund product development.

Cambridge Innovation Capital backed sound recognition technology developer Audio Analytic's $12m series B round, having previously also supported a $5.5m series A in 2017.

KDDI and SMBC have returned to back a $10m round for artisanal e-commerce platform Creema alongside fellow corporates Japan Post, Mixi, SBI and Mitsui Fudosan, almost doubling its overall funding to $21m.