The short-form video platform is raising $3bn in a round set to include $2bn from Tencent, which will boost its stake to nearly 20%.

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

Bertelsmann India Investments has exited user-generated media platform Roposo in an acquisition by InMobi Group estimated to be $20m in size.

NetEase has led a series B round for the game developer reportedly sized at up to $30m and will now help it expand into China.

University of Arizona's tech transfer office generated 11 spinouts during the past financial year sealed 96 licence and option agreements.

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

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Blue Planet Software has participated in a $40m series C round for mobile gaming product developer N3twork, which had secured $12m in a GV-backed round six years ago.

Sport media brand The Players Tribune has agreed to be acquired, after raising $58m from investors including GV, most recently at a $140m valuation.

Akatsuki, Dentsu, GMO Internet and Nippon Broadcasting System chipped in as the livestreaming platform raised $28.6m in a round in which DeNA sold some of its shares.