Salesforce and First Data participated in an $11.2m series A round that increased the total raised by the student debt repayment service to almost $16m.

Argentina’s Ministry of Production and Labour will provide grants for blockchain technology portfolio companies of Binance Labs and the LatamEx-backed Founders Lab.

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

Digital insurance startup Friday has pulled in funding from majority shareholder Baloise as well as SevenVentures and German Media Pool.

Commercial partner Sirius has reinvested in the worker's compensation insurance startup as part of a series B round that will fund geographic growth.

Alicia Irurzun-Lafitte has departed from a principal position at M Ventures for a partner role at another pharmaceutical firm's corporate venturing fund, UCB Ventures.

University of Tokyo’s Utec has extended its foray into Indian VC investments by starting an accelerator in partnership with local venture fund Blume Ventures.

The Salesforce-backed online insurance platform is reportedly valued at nearly $1bn having raised funding from investors including CreditEase.

Cemex Ventures founding member and adviser Pedro Irujo left the unit in December 2018 after two years, and 13 years at its parent company.

Northwestern Mutual-backed digital bank Chime is now valued at $1.5bn following a series D round led by DST Global.