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SoftBank co-led a series B round for the cell-based meat developer that included Cargill and Tyson Foods, with the cash to go to a pilot manufacturing facility.

Fulltime System, Goodpatch, Hankyu Hanshin Properties, Mitsui Fudosan and Shinsei Bank chipped in as the smart lock startup closed its $31.4m series A round.

Livestreaming platform Joyy and its VC offshoot, Engage Capital, both invested in e-commerce tool provider Shopline, which will put the money into hiring and geographic expansion.

Zomato is acquiring Uber's local Uber Eats business in a transaction that involves it giving a sizeable equity stake to the ride hailing platform.

The online convenience store raised $750m six months ago, in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund, it has emerged.

Visa is to acquire one of its portfolio companies, financial data network operator Plaid, in multi-billion-dollar transaction, which comes only four months after its latest commitment to the company along with its peer Mastercard.

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

March Capital has led a round that boosted the overall funding for the Stanford-backed enterprise data management platform to $75m.

Greenleaf Foods invested $5m in the fish substitute producer as part of a series B round that included General Mills' corporate venturing subsidiary, 301.

Opt, NTT Docomo, Lilfull, Japan Best Rescue System and Proto Corporation could exit the classified listings platform, which has received approval for a Tokyo IPO.

The cross-border e-commerce marketplace has received an undisclosed eight-figure renminbi amount from Weibo, which will help boost its livestreaming capabilities.