Trading bourse SGX has picked up a 20% stake in foreign exchange trading platform BidFX, with the pair entering an alliance to support SGX trades using BidFX’s software.

Alibaba is investing $50m in the grocery e-commerce platform at a $1.2bn valuation to retain its position as the company's largest shareholder.

Tencent invested $6m as educational app developer Byju's raised $31m to boost its overall funding to more than $820m.

Qualcomm and Inven Capital co-led a round that boosted the infrastructure-focused cybersecurity software provider's total funding to $48m.

The SoftBank´s Vision Fund participated in a $300m round of robotics tech provider CloudMinds. This is a deal in the wider robotics and drones space, which has seen much growth in recent years

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

Alibaba and Tencent have reportedly supplied $77m in funding for Baiwang, though the electronic billing software producer has disputed the size of the round.

The corporate-backed online pharmacy is in discussions with SoftBank over a $100m round that would potentially value it at $400m.

Facebook is in talks to back several India-based content startups, including women-focused online community provider PopXo.

The lidar technology developer has followed a $27m series A round by adding $60m from investors including existing backers Cox Enterprises and Exelon.