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

Microsoft, Bridgestone and Qualcomm all contributed to a series D round for MIT spinout ClearMotion, which emerged from stealth earlier last year with $130m in funding.

Microsoft and existing investors Bridgestone and Qualcomm all contributed to a series D round that follows a $100m series C two years ago.

An affiliate of Ant Financial has taken a 30% stake in the campus information platform operator, a spinout of Newcapec Electronics, following a $36.5m investment.

MIT molten metal production spinout Boston Metal has drawn funding from the Engine in its first publicly disclosed funding round.

Ant Financial is considering a commitment to a forthcoming round for instalment buying and lending platform Akulaku as a strategic investor.

University of Cambridge flow sensor spinout Flusso was previously backed by the university’s Cambridge Enterprise tech transfer office in June 2017.

Genomics data management and analysis platform DNAStack has secured a follow-on investment from Facit, building on the commercialisation unit's initial commitment in 2017.

University of Bristol Enterprise Fund has returned with more cash for irrigation system developer Lettus Grow, founded by Bristol graduates and students.

Existing backer Steadview Capital has provided another $74m for ride hailing platform Ola, whose shareholders also include Tencent, SoftBank and Didi Chuxing.