Schibsted spinoff MPI is among the limited partners for Stride.VC, which has closed a $65.5m fund that will concentrate on UK-based seed investments.

Datum Invest has led a $15.3m round for educational game platform Kahoot, which is the result of research at Norwegian University of Technology and Science.

Datum Invest has led a $15.3m round for the Microsoft-backed educational game platform that tripled its valuation from its last funding round in March.

XTX Ventures participated in a series A round for blockchain technology developer Clearmatics that was led by Route 66 Ventures.

Cybersecurity technology developer Garrison has received $5m from IP Group after being backed by Touchstone in 2015 and 2017.

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

Tokio Marine Insurance and Oddo BHF invested in Simplesurance as part of a round that took the total raised by the Allianz and Rakuten-backed insurance provider to $60m.

Oxford spinout Covatic has now raised $2.1m in funding for a software platform that enables media broadcasters to tailor mobile content and marketing to the habits of specific users.

Payment technology provider Klarna will power fashion retailer H&M's new loyalty scheme in a deal that involves the latter investing $20m.

Christoph Lymbersky, a partner at corporate venturing unit M2P Venture & Capital Partners, has co-founded investment bank Global Ventures.