Tokyo Century has now invested a total of $175m in Grab, helping to boost the ride hailing service’s ongoing series H round to more than $3bn.

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

UAVC has returned to back UA-founded hospitality staffing platform Qwick after investing an undisclosed sum in November 2018.

The AI-powered driverless vehicle technology developer received tens of millions of US dollars in the Sequoia-led round, which includes re-ups from Bertelsmann and NavInfo.

The trucking services platform has completed a $14.3m round that was co-led by Fosun and Bertelsmann India Investments while Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance also invested.

Based on Oxford and Sao Paulo State University research, Osler Diagnostics is reportedly set to secure $38m to add to the $2.6m it raised in 2016.

Co-founded by an Indiana University graduate, customer behaviour analytics software developer Zio has secured funding from two of the university’s venture funds.

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

Synspective has been backed by a University of Tokyo VC vehicle in its bid to launch a constellation of 25 small Earth observation satellites powered by synthetic aperture radar.

Pypestream took its total funding to $35m in a $15m round led by WR Berkley, whose director of investments has joined the chatbot developer's board.