Tobacco maker Altria is said to be seeking an expanded footprint in the e-cigarette market through a proposed investment in Juul.

Legend Holdings has backed the insurance brokerage whose existing shareholders include Tsinghua Holdings and Fosun.

IP Group is among the investors in x-ray technology developer Ibex Innovations’ latest round after backing a $3m round for the company in 2014.

Cambridge Enterprise-backed Fluidic Analytics' third funding round will help fund the launch of its first microfluidics-based protein analysis machine.

Legend Holdings has backed the insurance brokerage whose existing shareholders include Fosun and Tsinghua Holdings.

Tiger Global and DST Global have invested $21m in the mobile wallet developer, which already counted Telkom Indonesia unit MDI Ventures as investors.

Aviva has agreed to buy a majority stake in home protection platform provider backed by its own corporate venturing fund as well as Munich Re.

Axa has backed a $26..2m round for the patient gifting platform, which now plans to expand into Germany, the UK and Switzerland.

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

Uniseed has upped its investment in probiotic drink maker Perkii after leading the Queensland spinout’s first $3m round in 2016.