The sales-focused AI training technology developer raised $15.6m from investors including one of its insurance industry customers, AG2R La Mondiale.

Apple paid an undisclosed amount for the mobile photo-enhancement technology developer, which had received nearly $8m in funding from investors including Martlet.

Apple has picked up UEA's camera enhancement spinout Spectral Edge in a deal expected to boost the photography capabilities of its smartphones.

Alphabet’s Waymo has bought Latent Logic, which has developed imitation learning-powered simulators to train autonomous vehicles.

The Martlet-backed graphene technology developer added more than $5m to a series A round that now totals $21.3m and is aiming to boost product development.

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

University of Cambridge's Paragraf has secured Draper Esprit as an additional series A investor after launching its first graphene-based electronics product.

The Polish government-controlled energy utility has set aside more than $25m to invest in growth-stage renewable technology developers.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati was among the backers that contributed to the diversity and inclusion-oriented venture firm's $35.6m first fund.

Markus Jones has sued his former employer Technology Transfer Heidelberg, alleging that his dismissal following the scandal around spinout Heiscreen was unfair.