Sky Startup Investments & Partnerships has hired Eva Rez, a former investor at Episode 1 Ventures, to assume an investment manager position.

The Cisco and Deutsche Telekom-backed video advertising software provider has received capital from Goldman Sachs that it described as pre-IPO funding.

Cali Group owns a 17.6% in the online gaming platform and eSports tournament operator, whose other investors include Viacom, Axiomatic, DMG and Cinemark.

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

Following reports last month that Alphabet spinout Niantic was looking to secure $200m, the augmented reality game developer has secured $190m.

YouGov has purchased the AI-powered social analytics startup, one of its portfolio companies, to broaden its social monitoring and data science analytics tools.

The Microsoft-backed educational game platform has landed investment from Walt Disney, boosting its valuation from $300m to $376m in two months.

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

The Rakuten-backed social media and e-commerce company, valued at more than $12bn, will select underwriters next month and could go public as soon as April.

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