JLL Spark has appointed Eric Wittman, former chief operating officer of Figma, as chief growth officer to help develop its portfolio of proptech startups.

Frederic Hanika, formerly head of M&A and corporate ventures at Software AG, will lead industrial IoT technology developer Wind River's corporate development team.

Equity asset management and services provider Carta has secured funding in a Goldman Sachs-backed round, at a $1.7bn valuation.

The Indonesian state-owned bank has set up a corporate venturing team and will reportedly provide $70m to $100m for investments.

Steve McGrath, who headed Shell Ventures' Asia Pacific activities for two years, has joined Mach49 as a Singapore-based managing director to help corporates in the region launch venture capital funds.

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

M12 founding member and principal Priya Saiprasad has departed to boost venture capital firm Mayfield Fund's business-to-business investment activities.

The Hiscox-backed insurance brokerage platform has received $20m in a Menlo Ventures-led round that increased its overall funding to more than $30m.

The Mastercard and Keolis-backed transport ticketing software provider will use the capital to fuel an international growth drive.

Riverwood Capital led the banking technology developer's series C round, which came five years after its Intel Capital-backed series B.