The customer engagement software provider raised its latest funding at a valuation of more than $1.3bn, the investors including Salesforce Ventures.

With campuses shuttered in the pandemic, society needs to find solutions quickly to continue education and avoid a lost generation of skilled workers.

The Microsoft and Disney-backed educational game portal pulled in $28m as investors also bought $62m of secondary shares.

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

Boston Consulting Group returned with the rest of Journera's series A investors to provide $11.6m for the travel data exchange service.

Corporate venturing units SMDV and Saison Capital were among the participants as the retail inventory services startup secured $10.5m.

Xiaomi and co-led social dating platform Yidui’s latest round with Sky9 Capital, investing alongside new and returning backers.

Applications are open for Shogakukan and ShoPro’s accelerator scheme, co-run by 01Booster, which will focus on education, entertainment and health technology.

The owner of online travel platforms Ctrip, Skyscanner and Qunar, has committed $14.1m to its in-house investment fund, Xiecheng Entrepreneurship Investment Company.

Siemens and Scania-backed Sennder has merged with fellow on-demand logistics provider Everoad to seize a larger chunk of the European marketplace.