Airbnb and Comcast both supplied a share of the funding, which the temporary accommodation provider raised at a $205m post-money valuation.

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

Grupo Globo and Rival contributed to a $21.7m round for the online ticketing platform, whose past investors include Qualcomm and MercadoLibre.

Wag has agreed to buy back almost 50% of its shares from SoftBank, who invested $300m last year but which is selling at a loss.

Sweetome has acquired corporate-backed short-term accommodation platforms City Home and iYoujia, with Tencent, Alibaba, Tujia and Trip.com scoring exits.

Gree-backed Streem has been bought by Frontdoor, which will integrate its augmented reality-based remote home services technology into its own offering.

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

Rogue Venture Partners-backed Streem has been bought by Frontdoor, which has plans for its augmented reality-based remote home services technology.

Fung Capital-backed cross-border services business Flow won the backing of American Express Ventures in a round that will fund platform development and hiring.

Language teaching app Duolingo has received series F funding from existing backer CapitalG and is now valued at $1.5bn.