The catering and facilities management company has launched a corporate venturing unit, Sodexo Ventures, and invested in restaurant engagement platform Wynd.

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The online education provider, a graduate of software provider Microsoft's Beijing accelerator and a portfolio company of the Fosun-backed Kinzon Capital, raised the funds across series B and B+ rounds.

Conglomerate Reliance Group has injected $12m into Square Yards, an online-to-offline marketplace focusing on real estate, adding to $11m raised last year.

Astremedia, Channel 4 and ad-for-equity vehicle German Media Pool VC all participated as new investors, lifting the HR marketplace's total funding to $30m.

Glenmede Trust and the Ontario Pension Board have joined a $30m extension for Hired's Comcast-backed series C round, which is now sized at $70m.