Merck & Co has contributed to Themis’ series D round after signing a strategic partnership agreement last month to develop vaccines for undisclosed diseases.

Investors including Sistema are adding to the $125m of series D funding the on-demand food provider had secured as of last month.

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

The enterprise software producer paid $300m for a 10% stake in content management platform developer Automattic, five years after the company's last funding.

The cancer care platform developer secured funding in a series D round co-led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and backed by LabCorp.

TuSimple has secured a $120m series D extension from investors including Mando and UPS, bringing the oversubscribed Sina-led round to a $215m close.

Qualcomm-backed rental property portal Quintoandar is now valued at more than $1bn, after raising cash in a SoftBank-led series D round.

Existing shareholder KCK invested $25m to lead a $52m first tranche of the automotive e-commerce platform's latest round, which reportedly has a $100m target for its close.

Credit Saison, Ogaki Kyoritsu and Nippon Care Supply took part in a Denso-led round that increased the automotive loan provider's overall funding to nearly $35m.

The finance management tool provider has now secured more than $140m altogether, following a series D round led by Cuna Mutual unit CMFG Ventures.