Fresh.Fund has joined forces with University of Haifa to launch a student-run university seed fund, following up its prior collaboration with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

NYU-founded cognitive skills building software developer Statespace secured investors including Khosla Ventures to bring its overall funding to $19m.

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

Sogou has exited online medical information provider Baikemy in an acquisition of undisclosed size by ByteDance, two years after reportedly investing.

Smilegate's corporate VC firm will launch the firm as a successor to its Kairo Fund, which has invested in four Vietnam-based startups.

Harvest Investments supplied more than $14m for Xi Ping, a developer of smart digital advertising technology backed by Guangzhou Daily and COL Digital Publishing.

Sector analysis: Media

GV and CAA Ventures have exited online GIF database Giphy in a reported $400m deal, sized at approximately $200m less than its valuation four years ago.

NetEase, SoftBank, Time Warner, Madison Square Garden, Dick Clark Productions, Citic Guoan, Founder Group and Comcast have all exited the VR viewing platform at a reduced valuation.

Comcast Ventures has formed an early-stage vehicle to back consumer technology developers, investing between $500,000 and $2m per deal.