Bridgestone will target mobility investments with the venture firm, whose corporate backers include Valeo, Orange and Publicis as limited partners.

Line Ventures, SMDV, Digital Garage, Triputra Group and Ovo all taken part in the retail technology developer's series B round.

Brainbees Solutions, the owner of mothercare store FirstCry, has received an initial $150m from SoftBank Vision Fund as part of a previously revealed $400m funding round.

Lionbridge has acquired the online translation platform, which counts Intel, SBI Group, Mistubishi, Allied Architects, Recruit and Libertad as investors, for an undisclosed sum.

The yoghurt producer has completed a $25.6m co-led by Danone's Manifesto Ventures subsidiary that increased its overall debt and equity financing to more than $46m.

Smart car maker Byton seeks to raise another $500m after having raised a $500m corporate-backed rounds last year.

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

The Meituan Dianping spinoff, which is also backed by Enlight Media and Tencent, has set the range for its Hong Kong initial public offering.

SoftBank is exploring a $400m direct investment in Brainbees Solutions, the owner of childcare product retailer FirstCry, to take a 42% stake in the business.

Go-Jek has invested a reported $72m in Naspers-backed fintech developer Coins.ph, acquiring a majority stake in the process.