The African IT recruitment platform has closed a series D round featuring existing investor GV that boosted its total funding to $180m.

The service provider marketplace operator has increased its total funding to $172m with an investment from SoftBank Vision Fund that valued it at almost $1bn.

The parking space provider has raised $17m in a round led by AccorHotels that included existing backer Keolis and fellow corporate Groupe ADP.

Adelaide's ThincLab and University of New England's SRI AgTech incubators will receive $357,000 and $229,000 of government funding respectively.

The home renovation software developer has raised $33m in a round co-led by Redfin, Goldman Sachs and WestRiver, taking its total funding to more than $50m.

Lionbridge has acquired the online translation platform, which counts Intel, SBI Group, Mistubishi, Allied Architects, Recruit and Libertad as investors, for an undisclosed sum.

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

TAL Education has returned to invest in a $255m series D round for Dada, the online tutoring platform formerly known as DadaABC.

Seed investor Pacifica returned to back the workspace provider in a series A round that will fund its expansion to approximately 50 locations in the next two years.

Adways, Allied Architects, Isetan Mitsukoshi, Line and Fuji TV scored exits after Pocket Menu, the owner of restaurant reservation app Pocket Concierge, was acquired by American Express.