The e-commerce space was given enormous boost by the covid-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders around the globe.

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

Sony and Pksha Technology helped the vertical strawberry farm operator raise cash that will go to increasing production and widening its product range.

The Novel Group and CAA-backed wholesale marketplace platform developer has taken in funding from investors including Brighton Park Capital and Imaginary Ventures.

SoftBank Vision Fund is scoring an exit from the Korea-based online marketplace, which is going public in 2021's largest IPO so far.

Deutsche Post is in line for an exit from the cross-border e-commerce platform through a prospective $100m initial public offering about a year after investing.

Duke University's contactless security system developer agrees to list through a reverse takeover, providing an exit to OUP.

The vegetarian food brand has closed an $18.3m round co-led by Vorwerk Ventures and backed by fellow corporate investor Gaydoul Group.

Vorwerk Ventures and Blue Horizon Ventures have co-led a series A round for the ETH Zurich spinout selling plant-based meat products.

Telstra Ventures returned to help the mobile commerce platform developer close a round co-led by Inovia Capital and Lion Capital.