The Gojek and Sistema-backed cloud kitchen operator is seeking between $100m and $150m at a $1bn valuation, nearly double the valuation it fetched just six months ago.

Yahoo Japan, Uzabase, Orico and Nihon Unisys all chipped into a $16.4m round for the corporate information database operator, which will spend the cash on technology development and marketing.

Sources have told the Wall Street Journal the fund is set to raise less than half the $108bn in MOUs SoftBank received, with the corporate supplying most of that capital itself.

General Atlantic has put up a reported $200m for the educational content provider's latest round, following the same amount from Tiger Global last month.

Pidilite Industries led a $40m round for Pepperfry that included existing backer Bertelsmann, lifting the furniture retailer's overall funding to $235m.

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

SoftBank Vision Fund doubled its participation in the childcare retailer's series E round to $300m, with a further $100m expected early next year.

HKT, Telefónica, Singtel and Deutsche Telekom all contributed to the first round disclosed by telecoms payment platform developer Clear.

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

Aldi Adrian Hartanto has been appointed vice-president of investments to help pivot the unit's focus to a multi-fund strategy that incorporates external LPs.