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

Lego Ventures and Collab+Sesame were among the investors disclosed by The OK Company, as it launched its lead product, a children's activity app.

UT Southwestern-linked CNS disease drug developer Taysha has filed to raise up to $100m in an IPO, just weeks after its $96m series B.

The solid-state battery developer, which has raised $300m from Volkswagen since 2018, will list on the New York Stock Exchange through a reverse merger deal.

The Harvard-aligned firm surpassed its $100m target in a signal it has moved beyond the management rift that almost derailed its precursor.

The CNS disease drug developer has filed to raise up to $100m in an initial public offering, just weeks after raising $96m from investors including GV.

Stanford spinout QuantumScape is set to merge with NYSE-listed Kensington Capital Acquisition in a $700m deal that will value the combined company at $3.3bn.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Telstra, Liberty Global, Kraft Group and 32 Equity are set to exit esports competition platform Skillz in a deal valuing it at $3.5bn.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $100m series C round for the healthcare data analytics provider that included existing investor MassMutual Ventures.