Givaudan and Grupo Bimbo are among the limited partners in foodtech investor Blue Horizon Ventures' debut venture fund.

The corporate launched Amazon Global Selling Propel with venture capital firms and a government-backed scheme to support emerging India-based consumer brands.

Rick Prostko's roster of deals at Comcast included Identified (acquired by Workday), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever) and Instacart (now valued at $13.7bn).

Erin VanLanduit, a GCV Powerlist 2020 award winner during her time at Tyson Foods, is Cargill's new head of corporate ventures.

The Amazon-based food delivery app developer bumped its valuation up to $7bn in a series H round co-led by Fidelity and Durable Capital Partners.

Burda Principal Investments returned for a series D round that lifted flower delivery service Bloom & Wild's total funding to at least $130m.

Jeff Housenbold was a former GCV Rising Star award winner having joined SoftBank as a managing partner for its Vision Fund almost four years ago.

Dave Smith was a former GCV Powerlist award winner at Corning and sat on the board of X Display and Versalume.

Bilibili’s esports spinoff has secured $27.8m through a round led by the corporate-backed Zhejiang Chuangxiang Culture Fund that included B-Ray Media.

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