The Alibaba and SoftBank-backed peer-to-peer e-commerce platform is looking to close $1bn to $1.5bn in funding early next year.

SoftBank Innovation Fund led a $140m funding round for the retail management software provider, whose previous investors include Naspers.

Novartis, Bayer, Evotec, Merck Group and Alexandria Real Estate Equities all invested in Longwood Fund-founded cancer immunotherapy startup Immunitas Therapeutics.

Amperex, SDK, Cabot Corporation and BASF Venture Capital all invested, as the battery materials developer disclosed funding that will be used to beef up manufacturing.

The furniture rental platform has confirmed it recently raised series B funding from investors including WeWork, HNI and JLL Spark.

Biomedical materials firm Haohai Healthcare put up $14m for Recros Medica, which is commercialising a new plastic surgery technique for improving the smoothness of skin.

IIH Healthcare was among the investors in a series A round raised as Lucence prepares to launch its first precision medicine screening test for cancer.

The healthcare data analysis platform developer has secured $10.4m in a round featuring corporate backers Miraca and Digital Garage.

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.