Crimson Education, which helps students submit university applications, has raised cash in a series C round in which Chow Tai Fook Education put up half the money.

Returning investors including MassMutual Ventures have added $12.7m to the $26.5m they helped to invest in the real estate management software developer three years ago.

The SoftBank, Samsung and Megastudy-backed maths tutoring app developer secured $14.5m in a round led by Legend Capital.

The Brazil-based educational services firm has reorganised its structure and intends to create a corporate venturing arm called Cogna Ventures next year.

SoftBank could reportedly acquire a controlling stake that would value the troubled workspace provider below $10bn, less than a year after it raised money at a $47bn valuation.

Slack-backed employee engagement platform developer Lattice has added $25m in series C financing to its coffers just six months after closing its $15m series B round.

Ericsson Ventures contributed to a series A round for environmentally-friendly logistics technology provider Einride that will support US growth.

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

Online real estate marketplace Fangdd has filed for a $150m initial public offering that would allow Shanying International to exit.

The Vantage Ventures incubator will aim to realise West Virginia University's goal of making West Virginia a startup powerhouse.