The probiotics developer secured an undisclosed amount as Cargill co-led the first close of a series D round with a $55m target.

Permira led the Mannai-backed work experience software provider’s latest round, the funding being raised at a valuation of $1.1bn.

Today's deal net contains news from Nexthink, Metalenz, Grapheal, CellulaRevolution and Astrata.

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

Ascential has invested in Hudson MX for the second time, as part of a $63.5m round that will fund the growth of its media purchasing and accounting platform.

Rich’s and Alphabet subsidiary GV took part in a round that more than doubled the online food retailer's overall funding as it prepares for expansion in California.

SIG, Gojek and Telstra helped mobile gaming platform developer Mobile Premier League roughly double its valuation to $975m.

Chart Industries and existing backer Chevron Technology Ventures helped the carbon capture system developer push its total funding past $150m.

PreSeed Ventures-backed Vivino runs a wine recommendation platform and has raised $155m in a series D round after adding 21 million users in three years.

Salesforce Ventures has returned to back a $168m round for OwnBackup, valuing the data backup technology provider at $1.4bn.