Genomics bioinformatics platform developer PierianDx, a Washington University in St Louis spinout, has raised fresh capital to advance its business strategy.

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

University of Pennsylvania returned for a series B round that boosted its immunotherapy spinout's overall funding to $231m.

Gilead Sciences and Be The Match BioTherapies returned for a series B round that boosted the immunotherapy developer's overall funding to $231m.

PayPal Ventures was among the investors in an $83m series C extension for the consumer credit provider secured alongside $60m in debt.

Mastercard and RBS are two of the strategic investors that have supplied $77.8m in capital for newly launched cloud payment technology startup Pollinate.

Corporate VC unit Prosus Ventures led the last-mile logistics provider's latest round after recently evolving from Naspers Ventures.

The IoT platform developer almost doubled its overall funding with a series C round co-led by returning investor Qualcomm Ventures.

Adler-Chomsky-backed Namogoo has developed a cybersecurity software platform that prevents unauthorised ads popping up in the online purchase process.

Lululemon contributed to a series B-1 round that boosted the total raised by the home fitness system provider to $72m.