Dollar General, Workday Ventures and NTT Docomo Ventures participated in a round that boosted the staff management software provider's total funding to more than $35m.

Accenture Ventures and existing investor Bloomberg Beta helped the data management platform developer take its total funding to about $40m.

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.