MS&AD Ventures has contributed to a round for i2x, which offers an enhanced speech recognition product that provides automated coaching tips to improve business phone calls.

Qualcomm's corporate venturing unit has taken part in the Centerview Capital Technology-led round, which will ramp up the company's 5G networking services.

Visa has contributed to an $85m funding round in BillDesk, despite reports last year that suggested the corporate could provide as much as $300m.

The neural interface-tracking technology developer has increased its overall funding to $67m following a GV-led funding round that included Amazon's Alexa Fund.

Accenture has formed a partnership with Splice Machine and invested in a $16m round that increased the predictive analytics software developer's overall funding to $58m.

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

Cargo shipping services platform Flexport is now valued at $3.2bn following a $1bn round led by SoftBank Vision Fund that will go to technology development and hiring.

Schibsted has increased its stake in Bynk to 32% in a $54.4m round that included LMK Industri, and which valued the Swedish mobile lender at about $215m.

Tepco Power Grid and Jera, both of which represent Tokyo Electric Power, have provided $32.3m in funding for the battery storage provider.

Telstra Ventures has led a $25m growth round for the Dell-backed cloud file storage provider, which has now raised $145m altogether.