Walmart will absorb Polymorph's native advertising technology following an acquisition that will involve Rakuten and MDC Partners exiting.

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

Pearson has launched a $50m fund called Pearson Ventures to invest in innovative educational technology, as a successor to its Affordable Learning Fund.

Hindustan Times and Singapore Press Holdings could both exit the business media platform in a purchase by Financial Times expected to close this month.

The content publisher and events planner has launched Informa Ventures to invest in startups focused on information services.

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

New York Times has promoted its director of M&A and investments, Jacob Smilovitz, to executive director of corporate development and financial planning and analysis.

Alibaba-backed social influencer network Ruhnn floated in the middle of its range in the US, with Weibo buying $8m of shares.

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

Robert Bahns has stepped down as technology partner at IP Group to become chief financial officer at one of the firm’s portfolio businesses, WaveOptics.