Existing investor Qualcomm Ventures has returned to back the apartment rental website's $64m series C round, which will support an expansion into additional cities.

Rocket Internet has returned for a $17m funding round, just over a year after contributing to a $26.4m round, with the money going towards acquisitions of rivals including Move24.

Al Sanie-backed HolidayMe is set to merge with fellow travel agency Tripfez after it raised $16m in a series C round.

Cisco and Susquehanna International Group were part of a consortium that supplied $60m in series A capital to business management platform Deskera.

CyberAgent-backed edtech company Topica has secured $50m in a series D round led by Northstar Group.

Juma Peisong has collected $216m in series C funding from investors including Global Logistic Properties to accelerate its expansion activities.

The Bertelsmann automotive e-commerce platform has priced its shares at the lower end of its range to raise $20m instead of its targeted $150m.

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

JHU-backed fitness platform operator BurnAlong obtained the cash from investors including Brown Advisory to take its total to $4.7m.

NovaUCD, Vodafone Ireland and Ericsson will start an Ireland-wide accelerator for emerging 5G-related technologies.