The education services management platform secured $14.3m in a round led by Tal Education that reportedly valued it at more than $140m.

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

Digtial skills bootcamp operator Springboard almost doubled its funding in a post-series A round that included Pearson Ventures.

AI-equipped career-progression networking platform Gloat took in $25m in a round co-led by Intel Capital and Eight Roads Ventures, hauling its total funding up to more than $34m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

On-demand logistics service Glovo's valuation has topped $1bn in a series E round that included Drake Enterprises, while Mubadala led the deal.

ServiceNow chipped in as human resources software startup Vndly took its total funding to $49m, with the proceeds to support product development and customer support.

JLL Spark returned to reinvest in the business tenant engagement platform as part of a $34.3m series B round that boosted its overall funding to $53m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Lianjia's Tencent-backed online brokerage spinoff, valued at $9.5bn as of July, is exploring an initial public offering that could take place next year.