Itochu-Shokuhin has provided $23m to the media company known for its video recipe platform, Delish Kitchen.

Chernin Group-backed newsletter publisher Substack collected $15.3m in the Andreessen Horowitz led round, which featured Y Combinator.

Cisco and Telstra-backed mobile advertising company Near has secured $100m from Greater Pacific Capital to bring its total funding to $134m.

The AI-powered music software creator has sourced commitments from Sony, Shure, Warner Music Group and Slaight Communications in the series B round.

Blackstone has agreed to buy the in-app advertising platform, in a reported $750m deal that will see Alphabet and Verizon exit.

Lupa Systems has invested $20m in the VR entertainment experience provider, which is backed by Qualcomm, Verizon, Walt Disney, Pickled Entertainment, Cinemark, UTA and Genting Malayisa.

The game developer has received an undisclosed amount from NetEase Games, a few months after Gaea Interactive acquired a 20% stake.

Matterport is set to buy the special effects software developer for an undisclosed amount, handing exits to SoftBank and Dentsu.

Messaging platform Snap has chosen 10 digital content and story-sharing platform operators to take part in its in-house accelerator program.

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