The online finance provider is closing in on $103m in series C funding, having previously raised a total of $120m from investors including CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund.

The mobile banking platform developer lured National Bank of Canada's venture capital unit to an $18.8m round led by Drive Capital.

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

Animo Ventures has rebranded from Magnetico Ventures and launched with a $60m debut fund that has secured Techint as an anchor investor.

USF and Florida Funders have tapped angel investment for a seed fund set to nurture research from Florida's public universities and the wider state ecosystem.

Alphabet and its Sidewalk Labs unit have each committed $10m to a smart city-focused venture fund on the proviso that Sidewalk's development on Toronto's waterfront is approved.

Palo Alto Networks is set to pay $150m in cash to buy Aporeto, which had raised nearly $35m from investors including Comcast, Symantec, Telia and National Grid.

The retail and hospitality management platform developer raised $60m in a Goldman Sachs-led round that took its total funding to at least $105m.

Fintech-focused venture firm MiddleGame Ventures has secured S&P Global as a limited partner for an early-stage fund expected to close at $165m next year.

The Slack-backed enterprise video messaging platform took its total funding to $45m with a Sequoia-led round that will fund product development.