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Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 11-15 May 2015

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

 

Fundraising

Corporates help MPM close $400m fund

MPM Capital has closed an oversubscribed $400m life sciences venture fund that counts Novartis and Astellas among its limited partners.

Square raises cash for small business funding

The payment services company plans to advance hundreds of millions of dollars…