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

Publishing group Axel Springer's Aviv subsidiary has reportedly picked up a 20% stake in real estate marketplace Housell by leading a $13.6m round.

Dundee-founded drug discovery company Exscientia has entered into a collaboration agreement with GT Apeiron, whose parent GT Healthcare invested in the spinout’s series B round.

Aedhmar Hynes, former CEO of digital communications agency Text100, will join IP Group as an independent director on August 1.

Spinouts are in line to receive a share of the government funding to advance quantum applications spanning computing, imaging, sensors and communications.

The venture capital firm’s inaugural early-stage fund, Crane I, has reached its $90m hard cap with contributions from LPs including MassMutual Ventures, with which it has established a strategic alliance.

Volkswagen, BMW and Folksam were among the investors in a $1bn round for lithium-ion battery developer Northvolt that will support work on its first factory.

Erganeo is the new moniker for regional tech transfer office Satt IDF Innov, which has invested $30.5m over the past seven years and is adopting an increasingly deep tech-led focus.

National Grid Partners invested in sound recognition technology developer Audio Analytic's $12m series B round, which will fund product development.

French regional TTOs Satt Conectus, Satt Nord and Satt Sayens hope to source skilled business leaders and management for their pipeline of deep tech spinouts.