The $250m investment made by Sony in July was rolled into the Fortnite developer's latest round, which valued it at $17.3bn post-money.

Wenge Tech, a CAS-owned data analytics business targeting media applications, has attracted Cash Holdings and CAS Star for its latest round.

Access Industries was among the returning investors in a $75m round that brought marketing platform Yotpo’s overall funding to $176m.

Kakao Page and SoftBank Ventures Asia co-led a $63.2m round for the serialised fiction platform that will fund an increase in headcount.

The corporate-backed financial news and data provider secured $71.5m from backers including Xu Hui Guo Tou and China Internet Investment Fund.

The football club will match up to $5.3m in FundBox investment for startups in the form of expertise and resources.

Springer, Nikkei and The New York Times have exited curated news provider Blendle, which has been purchased by peer Cafeyn.

GE Ventures has divested stakes in 16 companies including Carbon, Desktop Metal and Proterra to venture firm 40 North Ventures.

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

The creative studio and 01Booster’s four-month joint venture will help grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Japanese city of Fukushima and environs.