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

New Oriental returned for the educational product developer's series C round, which was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Dai-ichi Life, Dentsu, DG Ventures, Mitsubishi Estate, Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate, NTT Data and Watanabe Pipe were among 20 investors in a $17.7m round for the online mortgage portal.

SoftBank Vision Fund returned to reinvest in proximity services provider Reef, which has also launched a $300m real estate fund with fellow backer Oaktree Capital Management.

SoftBank Vision Fund returned in a convertible note round that pushed the total raised by the tourism experience booking service to some $788m.

REA Group and parent company News Corp are reportedly paying $70m for a controlling stake in online real estate portal and portolio company Elara Group.

SoftBank-backed pet product retailer PetLove is joining forces with pet services-focused DogHero, which counts Rover among its investors.

Marui Co-Creation Pitch 2021 will be made up of early-stage developers of sustainability, customer service and inclusive finance technology and products.

In 2017, property listing startup Hipflat raised an undisclosed amount from Japan-listed internet company Aucfan

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