Illumina Ventures was among the returning investors for the round that will help Kallyope prepare a weight loss treatment for clinical trials.

Lilly Asia Ventures, an investor in the cancer drug developer since its series A round, returned to back a series C that doubled its overall funding to $140m.

Cisco Investments and Workday Ventures contributed to a round that boosted the total raised by the AI-equipped hiring platform developer to more than $48m.

The urban airborne vehicle spinout of TU Munich closed more than $240m in funding, in a Tencent-led round reportedly valuing it at up to $1bn.

The urban airborne vehicle developer closed more than $240m in funding, in a Tencent-led round reportedly valuing it at up to $1bn.

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

Insurance technology developer InsGeek, whose shareholders already include Tsinghua University-linked THG Ventures and TusStar, has added $25m in series C funding to its coffers.

Susquehanna International Group co-led a series C round for insurance technology developer InsGeek, whose shareholders already include Legend Holdings and Fosun.

The industrial management platform developer, which counts Zhongyeda Group as an early investor, pulled in $14.2m through a round led by Jiafu Asset Management.

Mitsubishi Corporation and Dell Technologies Capital helped AI software provider Noodle.ai boost its total funding to $72m.