Consumer

Saudi Arabia-based group's corporate venture capital fund will invest in disruptive technologies and opportunities in the food and retail space.

Coupang is reportedly looking to achieve a $50bn market cap following a planned listing that would offer an exit to both SoftBank and its Vision Fund.

Hyperconnect is being acquired for nearly $1.73bn by the Match Group, giving an exit to SoftBank, which was one of the early investors in the company.

9Unicorns is also backed by OPG Group, MBG Group, Parakh Foods, Qualcon International, UB Cotton and corporate executives.

Break maker's Batch Ventures will announce our second investment later this month.

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

The stealthy consumer device startup took its total funding to $22m in just four months, with Alphabet unit GV leading its series A round.

Marubeni Ventures helped the online fresh food supplier push its overall funding past the $240m mark as it looks to expand further across the United States.

The lottery ticket purchasing app provider said it saw record new user growth last month, as it secured funding from investors including Tegna and Circle K.

Today's deal net contains news from PGDx, Notch Therapeutics, Quell Therapeutics, SpyBiotech, Vision Medicals, Future Meat Technologies, BusUp and Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies.

The Bimbo and Femsa-backed online grocer has now received over $100m in total, having raised $65m from venture capital investors for its series A round.