The employment agency's AI.Accelerator has revealed its latest batch of AI technology developers in tandem with a call for applications for its 14th cohort.

UBS has led a $17.5m round for the trader communication platform developer that was also backed by Barclays and JP Morgan.

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

The classified listings group is putting up about $46m for Info Edge Venture Fund and expects to mobilise external backers to hit a $100m target.

The bank is now part of a $17m series A round for the financial investigation software developer led by Index Ventures last November.

Progressive Insurance has invested in Varo Money as the latter prepares to become the first digital bank to be awarded a national bank charter.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

MassMutual Ventures now has $450m under management across five funds, with its third main fund to invest in North America, Europe and Israel.

Kobayashi and Daikin Industries are among the limited partners for the investment firm’s latest fund, which has a target of about $74m for its final close.

Yahoo Japan’s YJ Capital unit was among the investors in a $27.9m round for the blockchain technology provider that will go to improving its products and hiring talent.