Grid-scale energy storage developer Form Energy has closed a series B round led by Eni Next that will fund a prototype of its lithium-sulphur battery.

MIT grid battery spinout Form Energy has secured capital from investors including The Engine and Eni to bring its funding haul to nearly $50m.

Existing backer Tencent has reinvested in the mobile comic marketplace, taking its total funding past the $350m mark.

Accor, Hilton, IHG and Marriot provided a total of $50m for the event-booking management platform, which will use it to beef up engineering, sales and marketing.

Dell Technologies Capital has co-led a $15m series A round for Remediant, marking the first time that the six-year-old cybersecurity software provider has raised external funding.

Xiaomi Ventures led two rounds that totalled $11.2m for cat food and accessories provider, investing together with Morningside Venture Capital and Volcanics Venture.

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

HubSpot Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and existing backer Slack Fund contributed to a $12.5m round that increased Crossbeam's overall funding to nearly $16m.

Alpine Quantum Technologies has won $11.1m in a round where the university invested half, in a bid to create a universal quantum computer.

The workspace operator has now raised more than $220m altogether, following a round featuring Equinox, TF Cornerstone and Granite Properties.