The corporates are extending a partnership that stretches back to their investment in recruitment startup TalentEx two years ago.

The banking firm joined Future Venture Capital for a $2.8m joint investment venture to back startups based in Japan’s Oita prefecture.

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

The SIG-backed video communication software provider priced its shares above the range and will go public later today.

Insurer Great Eastern invested in Axiata Digital’s e-wallet platform at a $320m valuation, with the proceeds to go to expanding the latter's presence in Asia.

The regional streaming service has been bought by Tencent for a reported eight-digit sum, enabling Hearst, JTBC, Liberty Global, MNC, PLDT, Sky, Yoshimoto Kogyo and Zain to exit.

Alibaba and Sistema VC returned for a $39.4m round that took the total raised by the data analysis platform developer to more than $76m.

Asset manager Altshuler-Shaham led a round for the sporting highlights generator also backed by existing investors that would have included Baidu.

The $27.7m series E included CapitalG and it boosted the microlending platform's overall funding to in excess of $95m.

A vehicle for conglomerate Yoma Holdings is reportedly investing $76.5m in a deal that will give it a majority stake in Wave, which is also backed by Ant Financial.