KDDI and SMBC have returned to back a $10m round for artisanal e-commerce platform Creema alongside fellow corporates Japan Post, Mixi, SBI and Mitsui Fudosan, almost doubling its overall funding to $21m.

The CAA and Management 360-backed digital avatar technology developer has now raised more than $39m altogether,

A range of investors have agreed to provide about $40m for the Prof-Media-backed online video host to ramp up its original content provision.

Twitter is expected to lead the Xiaomi-backed round with an investment of more than $50m, valuing the social networking platform at up to $650m.

SoftBank backed online lender Creditas, a company from the alternative lending space, which does not seem to have experienced exponential growth in valuations.

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

NTT Docomo Ventures took part in a $12.4m round that will help the emotion recognition platform developer to expand into additional verticals outside marketing.

The Time Internet-backed online content platform has increased its total funding to more than $20m with a round led by venture firm Qiming Venture Partners.

Tencent returned to reinvest in the AI chip developer through a $43.4m round that comes in the wake of a larger round last August.

The delivery services platform secured $100m in a round led by returning investor SoftBank Vision Fund, while another SoftBank fund considers adding $50m.