Tencent will have to wait a little longer to exit livestreaming platform Douyu, which has decided to delay its initial public offering due to American tariffs on Chinese goods.

The digital cartoon producer has raised $15.3m in a round that was led by SoftBank and backed by Oriental Pearl Media, WingsMedia and Pipilu.

The Raptor Group-backed eSports brand will use the capital from the series A round to launch its audio product line and expand in the US and Asia.

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

Lionsgate and AEG Worldwide both took part in a series B round that came alongside the eSports team owner's rebranding to incorporate a gaming platform.

Raine Group has led a $70m series C round for VideoAmp, nearly two years after the adtech developer last raised capital, from backers including RTL and Mediaocean.

Digital media company Cheddar has agreed to a purchase by investor Altice USA that will also provide exits for Antenna Group, Dentsu, Liberty Global, Comcast, Amazon, AT&T, NYSE and Broadway Video.

Media group Nikkei has bought a controlling interest in corporate-backed financial news publication DealStreetAsia, allowing Singapore Press Holdings to sell shares.

NTT Docomo has invested $280m in Magic Leap through a strategic partnership, bringing the AR technology developer’s total funding to more than $2.6bn.

Disney and NextVR-backed eSports group Axiomatic has now raised a total of $89m in funding, after adding $21.5m from undisclosed investors.