Asset data and management software provider Lixiangjia has raised series D-plus funding having reportedly already begun IPO preparations.

Eight months after reports of the round first surfaced, Paytm has raised $1bn in series G funding at a $16bn valuation from investors including Ant Financial and SoftBank.

A second US-China Green Fund equipped with $350m to $400m is expected to launch later this year with the backing of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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

Property investment management platform Juniper Square, whose shareholders include LeFrak, has added $75m to its coffers thanks to a series C round led by Redpoint Ventures.

CV Starr and Zurich Insurance are set to exit business insurance provider CoverWallet in an acquisition by professional services firm Aon.

MUFG Innovation Partners and existing investors Nationwide, M12 and Citi Ventures contributed to a series F round that increased the small business lender's total funding to $288m.

NFP's corporate venturing unit contributed to $15.2m round for insurance underwriting analytics platform developer DataCubes that will fund recruitment and research and development.

Banco Vorantim has co-led a $95.3m round for digital banking service Neon roughly 18 months after becoming its financial services partner.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) report October 2019