The Hut Group has paid an undisclosed amount to acquire Rocket Internet-backed cosmetics subscription service Glossybox in a deal that will help it grow geographically.

Smithfield Foods provided $25m of the cash for the ingredient delivery service's latest round, investing alongside Campbell Soup Company and Fresh Direct.

Birchbox, the beauty product subscription service that has raised $87m in financing from backers such as Comcast, has reportedly begun talks with retailers including Walmart over an acquisition.

Access Technology Ventures has invested $100m to lead a $300m round for smartphone maker Essential Products that included Tencent and Amazon Alexa Fund.

The fund has invested an amount reported to be at least $2.5bn in e-commerce marketplace Flipkart as part of a round already sized at $1.4bn.

SoftBank and its Vision Fund are reportedly set to combine for a $1bn investment in Fanatics that will value the sporting merchandise seller at $4.5bn.

Corporate-focused food ordering platform Meican, which counts Nokia and Meituan-Dianping as investors, has raised cash in a Goldman Sachs-led round.

Revolution Growth led the item location technology developer's series B round, which included corporate venturing units Amazon Alexa Fund and Docomo Capital.