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

Forest Partners and Activant Capital have invested $11m in the SoftBank-backed agriculture trading hub.

The dairy cooperative was among the investors in a $16.3m round that will help nutrious drink brand YFood expand further into Europe.

Condé Nast was among the returning investors in a round that will fund the luxury fashion e-commerce platform's expansion into Korea and Japan.

Several corporate investors backed the latest $250 round raised by data management platform developer Cohesity at a valuation of $2.5bn. The deal is part of the dynamic broader space of big data technologies which have captivated the attention of corporates over the past decade.

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

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Family office Perwyn led a round that will help Unilever-backed Gousto deal with increased demand for its meal kit delivery service.

M12 and Salesforce Ventures have returned for a $100m round for the identity verification technology provider, which is also backed by University of Oxford.

SoftBank Vision Fund could hypothetically invest up to $200m if Zomato goes through with buying grocery delivery service Grofers in an all-share deal.

Hedge fund manager Coatue Management invested $50m in the Gojek, Sistema and Northwest Industrial-backed cloud kitchen operator.