Naspers has continued its growth-through-investment strategy by paying $423m for a 13.5% share of online food ordering platform Delivery Hero.

The SoftBank-backed round could give the China-based ride hailing company the financial base it needs to compete internationally, where it may well use its CVC investments to forge a path.

Big data software provider Cloudera has gone public, but the gap between its market cap and the valuation at which Intel invested three years ago may be an ill omen for backers of other unicorns.

SoftBank is reportedly set to invest $225m to lead the hotel booking platform's latest round as part of a large-scale Indian online services investment strategy.

The e-commerce company has just closed $1bn in a corporate-backed round but the downgrade on its valuation is likely a sign of the rough time that Indian e-commerce is going through.

The software integration specialist floated above its range on Friday in an offering that could be the first of some hefty returns for Salesforce Ventures' stable of unicorns in 2017.

The streaming service plans a quick geographic expansion after closing funding from Liberty Global, Sky, new strategic partner Zain and founding partners Evolution Media and Catcha.

The media provider, also an investor in Buzzfeed and Vox, extended its online and mobile media access by buying a 2.1% stake in Snap when it went public last week.

Ford has committed $1bn to the software developer over a five-year period in return for a majority stake and the startup's services in developing its autonomous car technology.

A range of corporates invested in the $75m round closed by SoundHound last week, as the company looks to fully establish and grow its conversational AI network.