Unternehmertum’s VC affiliate co-led the deal for i2x, which offers an enhanced speech recognition product that provides automated coaching tips to improve business phone calls.

The SenseTime and SBCVC-backed advertising technology developer has landed an investment from secondaries firm Tr Capital.

Russian Academy of Sciences spinout PM&HM has signed up a second government-owned vehicle to help commercialise its digitally-enabled inhaler for tuberculosis, cancer and HIV.

VoiceAI Technologies collected funding from investors including Hong Kong X Technology Fund after launching a research collaboration with Hong Kong University of Science Technology.

Based on OSU research, Pellucere Technologies is to begin selling its soil resistant solar panel coating having previously disclosed a $3m equity investment in November last year.

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

Credit Suisse has added an extra $70m to its Entrepreneur Capital fund and invested an undisclosed amount in drone developer Perspective Robotics.

SetSquared-affiliated health test kit supplier Forth has procured capital from investors including Development Bank of Wales, adding to a crowdfunding campaign in 2017.

Ant Financial has joined existing investor Legend Holdings in a series B-plus round that adds tens of millions of dollars to the car leasing platform provider's overall funding.

The energy supplier's corporate venturing subsidiary has put an undisclosed sum into Oxford's smart water boiler spinout Mixergy.