Itochu, Mitsui and Qualcomm Ventures were among the investors that supplied series D funding to weather nanosatellite developer Spire Global.

The GV-backed recruitment analysis technology provider has now raised about $310m in total, with T.Rowe Price leading its latest round.

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.

Laser project technology company Casiris Technology lured Cash Capital and Cas Star to the table for its series D-plus round.

Sales team-focused voice analytics software developer Cogito, an MIT spinout, attracted investors including Salesforce, New York Life and Goldman Sachs to bring its overall total to $100m.