Brand standardisation platform developer Akeneo took its total funding past the $60m mark with a round featuring existing backer Salesforce Ventures.

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

CAA Ventures-backed department store Neighborhood Goods has added $11m of series A capital to bring its total funding to $25.5m.

Tnuva and Tempo Beverages have teamed up with OurCrowd and Finistere Ventures to launch a foodtech incubator called Fresh Start with an expected $284m in funding.

Jason Hu, who held executive roles at Cathay Capital and CDH Investments for more than a decade, has joined JD.com as head of strategic investment.

E-commerce search technology developer Syte secured $21.5m from its existing investors, which included Line, Naver and the corporate-backed KDC Ventures.

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

Consumer goods portal Zhuan Zhuan will bolster its coffers with funding from controlling shareholder 58.com and existing investor Tencent.

Huimin, an online goods and services portal targeting community-sized retailers, has now raised some $520m altogether having been backed by Fosun Capital in its latest round.

Furniture rental service CasaOne has added co-working space operator WeWork to an investor base that already included JLL Spark.