Several corporate venturers have backed IoT company Terminus Technologies in a $283m series C1 round. This nine-figure round comes to confirm an upward trend in valuations of such enterprises we have been observing for years.

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

Twitter has led a $100m series D round for social media app ShareChat that valued the multilingual social network operator at $650m.

Tokyo Stock Exchange has approved an initial public offering for enterprise communication platform Chatwork that will enable GMO Venture Partners to exit.

Sichuan Changhong Electric contributed to a $14.2m round that brought financial services-focused anti-fraud product developer Fudata's total funding to $39m.

VR streaming technology creator Vreal has reached the end of the road having previously raised money from Intel Capital and Akatsuki Entertainment Technology Fund.

Conversational software developer Uniphore has confirmed a $51m series C round backed by Sistema, though it did not verify reports of National Grid’s involvement.

Legend Capital led a $14.2m round for cargo delivery services platform Yungehuo, which has earmarked the funding for further business expansion.

MDI Ventures and Rakuten Capital contributed to a $20m round for mobile payment technology producer QFPay, which has now raised at least $36.5m altogether.

JD.com, iFlytek and Wanda Group have thrown their weight behind Terminus Technologies, backing a $283m series C1 round led by China Everbright.