Cortex, a developer of big data-powered marketing tools, raised $22.3m in a round led by SoftBank's Latin America fund.

Comcast Ventures and Rich Products Ventures contributed to a series B round for smart oven provider Tovala, whose earlier backers include Gree and Tyson Ventures.

Video messaging platform developer Loom, which counts Slack as an investor, closed a $28.8m round that reportedly doubled its valuation to $350m.

Atom Bioscience will use the capital from the series B round, which was co-led by Livzon Pharmaceutical, to advance its gout treatment into phase 2 trials.

Gene sequencing corporate spinoff MGI Tech closed a $1bn series B round backed by IDG Capital and CPE Capital. The company offers an array of products, some of which have been used for Covid-19 detection and forms part of the promising space of genetics tech.

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 Experian Ventures was among the investors as the text message-based financial education provider raised $12.6m.

BOCG Investment was among the participants in a round that will fund technology and strategic investments for the Haier-backed logistics service.

EDP Ventures and Semapa Next took part in a $50.5m series B round for the AI verification data provider, which counts Amazon, Sony and Mastercard as earlier investors.

Cavallo Ventures contributed to a series B round for the microbial animal feed producer that will fund product development and recruitment.