Walmart is set to invest $50m in the fresh fruit and vegetables supply chain operator, joining the likes of Qualcomm, Syngenta and Doosan among its investors.

SmartNews, co-founded by University of Tokyo researcher Ken Suzuki, is valued at $1.1bn following a $28m series E round led by Japan Post Capital.

Legend Capital and Xiamen C&D have contributed to a nine-figure renminbi round that will fund international growth and R&D for dentistry services provider Bondent Technology.

GMO Venture Partners returned to contribute to a $11m round for the industrial-focused e-commerce marketplace that was led by Eight Roads Ventures.

Rounds above $100m tend to be raised by companies based in the US and China. Last year we saw a record number of corporate-backed rounds.

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.

The food delivery platform, which has expanded significantly this year, is reportedly close to pulling in $350m or more from Naspers as part of a round valuing it at $4bn.

Munich Re and, reportedly, Centene, have committed series C capital to Babylon Health, the developer of an artificial intelligence chatbot that diagnoses health issues.

General Atlantic has led a series H round reportedly sized at $300m that boosted the post-money valuation of Legend Capital-backed Wish up to $11.2bn.