MIT grid battery spinout Form Energy has secured capital from investors including The Engine and Eni to bring its funding haul to nearly $50m.

The fund, set up to support the development of the Algorand blockchain, has secured backing from Wibson, Rokk3r and NGC Ventures.

Accor, Hilton, IHG and Marriot provided a total of $50m for the event-booking management platform, which will use it to beef up engineering, sales and marketing.

Circle is aiming to raise $100m for its equity crowdfunding platform, SeedInvest, and is currently recruiting a general manager for the fund.

Dell Technologies Capital has co-led a $15m series A round for Remediant, marking the first time that the six-year-old cybersecurity software provider has raised external funding.

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

HubSpot Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and existing backer Slack Fund contributed to a $12.5m round that increased Crossbeam's overall funding to nearly $16m.

The workspace operator has now raised more than $220m altogether, following a round featuring Equinox, TF Cornerstone and Granite Properties.

Microbiome drug developer Finch Therapeutics has collected investments from SymBiosis and SIG among others to push its total funding to near $95m.

Royal Bank of Canada was among the investors in a $44m series B round that brings the customer loyalty app developer's total funding to more than $71m.