Bertelsmann vehicle BDMI was among the investors that helped push the overall equity funding for charity crowdfunding platform Omaze past the $50m mark.

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

UChicago has returned for a $35m series B round for Kin Insurance, co-founded by an alumnus of the university’s Booth School of Business.

CSAA subsidiary Avanta Ventures returned for a round that will help the home insurance provider expand across the United States.

Munich Re Ventures co-led the first round to be disclosed by the fleet insurance provider, with Qualcomm Ventures also participating.

Tencent is buying $160m of shares in the real estate platform's initial public offering, which also provides an exit for SoftBank Vision Fund.

MassMutual, Axa, Wanxiang, Principal Life, Aflac, Wells Fargo and Transamerica are all set to exit the insurance automation platform developer.

Canapi Ventures led a $75m series F round for Salesforce Ventures-backed Blend, valuing the digital lending platform at almost $1.7bn.

SBI co-led a $45.5m round for the mortgage services provider that hiked its overall funding to more than $78m as it looks to broaden its product range.

Seven Bank has invested $10.6m in the Adways and Freakout Holdings-backed prepaid debit card provider to push its overall funding to almost $42m.