Japan Post Capital led a series E round that increased the valuation of the news aggregation app developer to $1.1bn, and its total funding to $116m.

Walmart is set to invest $50m in the fresh fruit and vegetables supply chain operator, joining the likes of Qualcomm, Syngenta and Doosan among its investors.

SmartNews, co-founded by University of Tokyo researcher Ken Suzuki, is valued at $1.1bn following a $28m series E round led by Japan Post Capital.

Legend Capital and Xiamen C&D have contributed to a nine-figure renminbi round that will fund international growth and R&D for dentistry services provider Bondent Technology.

GMO Venture Partners returned to contribute to a $11m round for the industrial-focused e-commerce marketplace that was led by Eight Roads Ventures.

Managing partner Dai Watanabe discusses the unit’s strategy and how it will work with entrepreneurs and DeNA’s employees.

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

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

The food delivery platform, which has expanded significantly this year, is reportedly close to pulling in $350m or more from Naspers as part of a round valuing it at $4bn.

Sony and JA Mitsui helped provide $15.8m for the Daiwa House-backed logistics technology developer to enhance its AI and robotics-powered supply chain and e-commerce technology.