Narbe Alexandrian, previously vice-president of business development at Canopy Rivers, has been promoted to president.

OSU-founded cybersecurity business DatAnchor has officially launched with an undisclosed sum from the multi-university-backed Ohio Innovation Fund, and Dundee Venture Capital.

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

Google, Tencent and JD.com are among the existing backers that have contributed to the first tranche of a round expected to close at $2bn that valued Go-Jek at $9.5bn.

Based on Lund University research, group B streptococcus vaccine developer Minervax has now raised $11.4m from investors including Novo.

Hearst Ventures invested in Geophy as the commercial real estate appraisal platform eyes expansion in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Ant Financial has completed a nine-figure renminbi investment in the point-of-sale device maker in the form of series C-plus funding.

Robert Bosch has joined MediaTek, Tencent, Didi Chuxing, Advantech and Nio Capital to invest in Navinfo's smart in-car system developer.

Purdue’s Trask Innovation Fund has committed $50,000 each to short-term research projects into sodium-ion batteries and a handheld plant scanner, in addition to $21,000 for a data security project.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC has delved into the cosmetics market, leading a series D round for K-Beauty product supplier Memebox, which has raised $190m altogether.