Samsung Next has bet on secure telecommunications platform developer SignalWire in an $11.5m round that will support work on its newest product.

Shinji Asada on Salesforce’s engagement with the Japanese SaaS ecosystem.

Facebook provided $25m for the social commerce marketplace as part of a Naspers-led round that has been set to value it at up to $650m.

Insurance group MS&AD Holdings has boosted the size of its corporate venturing unit eight months after its launch, having reportedly made in excess of 20 investments.

Shannon Lee Chaluangco has left her position as investment manager for C31 Ventures to join MDI Ventures as an investment director.

Ofer Global, NTT Docomo, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, Intel and Go4It all signed up to a round that brought sports content management platform WSC's total funding to $39m.

Time and CyberAgent-backed Lazy Books collected $14.2m in a series C round that will enable the audiobook and podcast platform to expand its content.

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

Qualcomm Ventures-backed bicycle sharing platform Bounce has reportedly raised $120m of a $200m round expected to be mostly funded by existing investors.

JD.com provided $142m for the lift-based advertising screen provider, nine months after it received $302m in funding from Baidu.