Nova University Lisbon has established chemicals producer Des Solutio with the support of Frontier IP, making it the second spinout launched in Portugal by the commercialisation firm.

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

Aikucun has added $110m in series B-plus funding to its coffers, just three months after raising $87.5m in a Legend Capital-led series B round.

Media holding company WndrCo is among the investors in a series A round that helped eSports and lifestyle brand 100 Thieves take its total funding to $25m.

Scythian Biosciences is investing $88m directly in Verano and will sell its subsidiary 3 Boys Farm to the cannabis producer in return for another $100m worth of shares.

August Capital led a $40m funding round for e-commerce network Shoprunner that came four years after a reported $206m round led by Alibaba.

Tengelmann-backed Emil Capital will exit meal kit service Chefs Plate in an acquisition by HelloFresh sized in the mid-eight figures.

Global Logistic Properties took part in a $14.4 round for business-to-business food supplier Dingding Fresh Food, adding to its portfolio of logistics-orientated businesses.

The online travel agency is reportedly seeking $1bn from an initial public offering in Hong Kong that would provide exits to Tencent, Ctrip and Dalian Wanda.

The plant-based food producer has completed a round led by General Mills subsidiary 301, which also co-led its last round in mid-2016.