Alibaba’s Electronic World Trade Platform has returned to lead a $100m series D round for KK Group that pushed the online and offline marketplace’s valuation beyond $1bn.

Online food distribution platform developer Lehe Food raised $14.7m in the round, which was led by Meituan Dianping corporate VC vehicle DragonBall Capital.

Femsa Ventures has co-led a seed round for Jüsto, billed as Mexico’s first online-only supermarket, alongside venture capital firms Mountain Nazca and Foundation Capital.

Duke, Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon have put up funding for a China-facing consumer tech fund launched by two former managing partners of Qiming Venture Partners.

Seafood supplier Thai Union’s corporate venturing fund will focus on alternative food proteins, supply chain and functional nutrition technologies.

The customer service analytics provider, which counts StepStone and Salesforce as investors, has now raised $116m altogether.

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

Kraft Heinz-backed Evolv Ventures has contributed to Flowhub's series A round to take the cannabis industry software producer's total funding to almost $27m.

GV supplied a share of the funding for early learning toy producer Lovevery, which will use the proceeds to expand its product range and functionality.

The consumer engagement tool developer has been acquired by Appier after raising $3.2m from investors including Digital Garage four years earlier.