Müller Medien-backed Inkitt has secured series A capital that will support technology development and the addition of 10 languages to its crowdsourced publishing platform.

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

Existing backer Tencent has reinvested in the mobile comic marketplace, taking its total funding past the $350m mark.

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

Rovio supplied $3m of the capital as game-focused venture investor Play Ventures closed a fund that was oversubscribed by $10m.

Naspers is exploring a $100m secondary investment in the fantasy sports platform, though corporate backer Tencent does not appear to be among the likely sellers.

Lego's corporate venturing unit has contributed to a $22.3m round for MMO developer Klang as it prepares to release its second title.

Woodford Investment Management has reportedly reaped $24.1m on its 20% stake in University of Bristol's Ultrahaptics.

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

Twitter has led a $100m series D round for social media app ShareChat that valued the multilingual social network operator at $650m.