Warsaw Stock Exchange subsidiary GPW Ventures has teamed up with Poland’s National Centre for Agricultural Support for a fund that will manage an initial $6.6m.

The second quarter total is up from $185m the previous year and $392m quarter-on-quarter despite coronavirus-driven pressures.

The autonomous drone provider secured funding in a round led by existing investor Siemens Next47 that included NTT Docomo Ventures.

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

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

Continental Grain-backed Perfect Day has raised a further $160m for a round that increased the vegan dairy protein developer's overall funding to more than $360m.

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

The robotics technology provider, a spinoff from automotive manufacturer Chery, plans to float in a Shanghai offering that will also allow Midea to exit.

Xinjiang Communications Construction Group and New World Strategic Investment both contributed to a $21.4m round for the satellite system developer.

Colin Steen, one of Syngenta Ventures' managing directors, has departed from the unit after more than two years for a chief executive role elsewhere.