AST SpaceMobile, which exploits research conducted at University of Maryland, has gone public through a reverse merger with New Providence Acquisition Corp.

Stanley Ventures participated in a series A round for Bartesian, which has created an intelligent cocktail maker and which is backed by Beam Suntory.

Delivery Hero's DX Partners was among the investors in a series A round that will support the coffee retailer's Asian expansion.

Prosus Ventures reinvested in the food delivery app developer at a $5bn post-money valuation, pushing its overall funding past $2.4bn.

The social commerce platform developer upped its valuation to $2.1bn in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that included Facebook and Prosus Ventures.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the customer loyalty platform developer’s latest round, which valued it at over $1bn.

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

Several investors exited the SoftBank and Mahindra-backed, infant-focused e-commerce platform in a primary and secondary round valuing it at $2bn.

The Amazon and CAA-backed home fitness technology provider was valued at $1.6bn in a series E round that took its total funding to $450m.

The Amazon-backed food delivery service raised $2.07bn in its initial public offering only to see its shares fall some 25% on its opening day.