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

The retinal disease gene therapy developer has secured $52.8m in a round co-led by UPMC Enterprises that will go toward further developing its drug pipeline.

Rheinische Post Mediengruppe has taken part in a $2.3m round for the podcast marketing platform a year after it was founded.

Airbus Ventures’ first portfolio company raised the cash from Mirai Creation Fund II, a vehicle backed by Toyota and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

The diagnostics technology developer picked up Jemincare and Haier Biomedical for its second funding round since spinning off from parent company 3D Medicines in 2018.

Liberty Latin America Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures joined the investors in Tarana Wireless which is preparing to launch its residential broadband service.

The short bowel syndrome therapy developer has added $110m to the $35m with which it emerged from stealth in January.

TDK Ventures and Sony Innovation Fund took part in a series A round that will support the distribution of Agility's warehouse robots.

The stock trading platform operator previously called MyBanker has secured fresh funding from returning investors including SoftBank.

US-based vegetarian food producer Livekindly Collective closed $135m in funding from investors including food ingredient developer Griffith Foods.