NGP Partners led retail analytics software provider Celect's series C round, which included Fung Capital and existing investors Activant Capital and August Capital.

Convenience store management software provider XianLife has raised an eight-figure sum from investors including Megvii and SBI Investment.

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

GV was among the participants in a series B round that boosted the artificial intelligence-equipped bassinet developer's total funding to $33m.

Two former managing directors of Shea Ventures have raised $80m from limited partners including JF Shea for Calibrate Ventures' inaugural fund.

The tea product supplier has become the fourth business backed by University of Maryland Momentum Fund.

The car retailer invested $50m to lead Vroom's series G round, becoming its first corporate backer and helping increase the online car retailer’s total funding to $440m.

The fashion e-commerce platform has agreed to buy Stadium Goods less than two years after its $4.6m series A round, handing exits to LMVH and Chernin Group.

SoftBank Vision Fund and Alibaba have co-led a $1.1bn round for the e-commerce marketplace that also featured Softbank Ventures Korea.

Airbnb and Slack are considering following in the footsteps of Spotify by exploring a direct listing rather than going the traditional route through Wall Street.