Peloton, whose home fitness service combines a high-grade exercise bike with software, has closed a series E round that added Comcast NBCUniversal to its investors.

Alibaba and Ant Financial, which invested $1.25bn in the food delivery service in April 2016, are reportedly set to lead a round that will value it at up to $6bn.

Comcast Ventures joined three more returning investors for a $20m series B round that will support the luggage e-commerce player's expansion into media and live stores.

Target had reportedly offered $1bn to buy Casper but will instead lead a large-sized round for the online mattress seller, which has so far raised $70m.

SoftBank, already a 33% shareholder, has reportedly acquired the stakes of three other Snapdeal board members, and Flipkart has signed a term sheet to buy it for a price that could be under $1bn.

Tencent, JG Summit and Uni-President Enterprises are set to record exits as Sea, the internet services firm formerly known as Garena, files confidentially to float in the US.

Bupa's Blue Table accelerator is one of a range of corporate startup initiatives to be launched in the past month, including those by Rabobank, Bosch, HPE and Sunway.

Danone's corporate venturing arm, Danone Ventures, has contributed to the second fund for AccelFoods, which was expanded to $35m in March.

The Tencent-backed location technology developer has now raised a total of $59m, and will put the capital toward building out its community.