Osaka University and Kyoto Institute of Polymer Science have both put money behind automated patent investigation platform Gold IP, taking its funding to $4.6m altogether.

Lisa Suennen has joined law firm Manatt Phelps & Phillips two months after leaving GE Ventures, and will head its corporate venturing fund.

Call centre software provider Talkdesk has formed a $10m investment fund partially based on one of its investors, Salesforce Ventures.

American Family Ventures and GV have exited property rental platform developer Cozy in a $68m acquisition by CoStar that followed about $18m in funding.

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

Siemens' Next47 subsidiary has participated in a series B round led by Mubadala Ventures that boosted the collaborative shipping platform's overall funding to near $100m.

University of Minnesota is part of a list of limited partners that provided $150m for Brazil-based venture firm Monashees to close its eighth fund.

Emergency services data provider RapidSOS took its total funding to $65m in a series B round backed by existing investors CSAA and M12.

Patrick Murphy, who headed Universal Music's corporate venturing activities for three years, will head Web Summit's newly formed fund, which is targeting a $50m close.

SEI Ventures will invest in seed-stage companies and give startups the opportunity to pilot their technologies across the privately-owned Strayer University and Capella University.