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

The round, reportedly $300m in size, featured both SoftBank’s Vision Fund and its Latin America Fund, valuing the gym subscription service at more than $1bn.

Leanna Read, appointed South Australia’s chief scientist in 2014, has joined Uniseed as an independent board member.

SoftBank has selected four senior management members – Chris Cooper, Patricia Menendez-Cambo, Francisco Sorrentino and Lee Bocker – for its Latin America Fund, SBGI subsidiary and new entity SoftBank Tech Hub.

Nubank is in talks with SoftBank to lead a funding round of up to $1bn that could more than double the fintech’s valuation to between $8bn and $10bn as it pursues additional markets.

The delivery services platform secured $100m in a round led by returning investor SoftBank Vision Fund, while another SoftBank fund considers adding $50m.

Argentina-based YPF has set up a corporate venture capital subsidiary, YPF Ventures, and will conduct international and local deals respectively through Argentina Energy Bridge Fund and YPF Early Stage Fund.

Online lender Creditas has raised $200m from SoftBank at a reported $700m post-money valuation, adding to about $84m previously procured from backers including Naspers.

Sally-Ann Williams will leave Google to take the reins at Cicada Innovations, the deeptech accelerator backed by four Australian universities.

Shell Foundation and Engie RDE Fund were among the participants in the biodigester technology provider's first notable round since it was founded nine years ago.