Saudi Arabia-headquartered online learning platform developer Noon Academy has received pre-series B funding in an STV-led round.

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

Gradient Ventures and Prologis Ventures both contributed to a round that will fund research and development for the logistics management platform developer.

American Express Ventures contributed to a $19.5m round for mobility integrator Splyt that was led by newly minted partner SoftBank.

MIT Media Lab's E14 fund has contributed to a round that will fund research and development for the logistics management platform developer.

MercadoLibre's Meli Fund has helped business lending platform BizCapital increase its overall funding to almost $22m.

The gig worker support service secured $15m in a round led by Recruit Strategic Partners that also featured CMFG Ventures and existing investor Propel Venture Partners.

Slack-backed smart calendar developer Clockwise has now raised $31m altogether, Bain Capital Ventures having led its series B round.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The Aalto University and VTT quantum computer spinout has lined up a potential series A round with an initial $16.9m contribution from EIC Accelerator.