Mobile game studio Nifty Games secured funding in an Axiomatic and Century Game-backed round as it gets ready to release its first title.

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

Paypal, DTCP and Hewlett Packard Pathfinder helped the cybersecurity software provider push its overall funding past the $50m mark.

Invoice verification software developer Previse has raised at least $20.5m to date, Mastercard leading its latest round with the Kuehne + Nagel-backed Reefknot Investments.

Asset purchasing platform developer OpenInvest lured ABN Amro Ventures to a $10.5m round that pushed its overall funding to nearly $24m.

The intelligent lighting system developer has now received $46m in total, Comcast Ventures leading a round that included existing investor Amdocs.

Zhejiang Heico Holding Group led a round for automotive stock and finance provider Maihaoche that included fellow corporate Kaixin Auto.

Neste Oyj invested $5.7m in the waste-to-oil technology provider through a strategic partnership deal as part of an $11.4m round.

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

GV helped provide a further $600m for the online payment processor as it seeks to keep up with increased demand amid the coronavirus lockdown.