Allegion Ventures will invest between $250,000 and $5m in physical security technology developers on behalf of its parent company.

Bose Ventures has been formed to support the audio equipment maker's newly launched augmented reality platform.

State Street Corporation has invested $38.5m in Bertelsmann-backed e-commerce platform Pepperfry, taking its total funding to almost $200m.

Amazon Alexa Fund made its second investment in the smart thermostat developer, which has now raised $146m altogether.

The pet food and health product maker has formed a corporate venturing fund called Companion Fund and an accelerator dubbed Leap.

Existing investor Hearst Ventures returned to back the home design platform's latest round at a $600m post-money valuation.

Chorus, which had raised seed capital from Chernin Group and UTA Ventures, has elected to shut down its group fitness app shortly after its launch.

The BeeEdge accelerator, formed by Panasonic and Scrum Ventures, will launch startups based on underutilised Panasonic technologies.

Existing investor Qualcomm Ventures has contributed to a $6.2m round for the online ticketing platform that will support partnerships and acquisitions.