The nutrition and biotechnology company is accepting applications for its five-month Ajinomoto Group Accelerator initiative, which is scheduled to begin in December.

The SoftBank-backed food delivery service hiked its valuation from $13bn to $16bn in a round led by Durable Capital Partners.

The Alphabet-backed smart vending operator is set to close down in the next two weeks having been valued at $100m in its last round.

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

The retail collaboration platform developer has now raised more than $52m in total, existing backer SEB Alliance returning for a $23.9m round.

The shopping delivery app developer, which counts Comcast, American Express and Amazon among its investors, boosted its valuation to $13.7bn in the round.

The SoftBank-backed food delivery app developer is reportedly close to raising new funding at a pre-money valuation in excess of $15bn.

LY.com's group buying grocery spinoff raised the money in a Joyy-led round also backed by existing investors including Bertelsmann Asia Investments and Legend Capital.

E-commerce software provider Sirclo, which counts Sinar Mas Land and Beenos Plaza as investors, has joined forces with e-commerce technology and services supplier ICube.

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