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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.

The fund will provide capital for MIT-founded Gingko's own spinouts and has attracted LPs including Viking Global Investors, General Atlantic and Cascade Investment.

The $350m fund will provide capital for Gingko spinoffs and has attracted limited partners including Viking Global Investors, General Atlantic and Cascade Investment.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments has returned for the cross-border e-commerce platform's latest round, having backed a series C round of equal size in early 2018.

First Round's inaugural cohort includes a manga comic translation tool developer and a company working on synthetic options for creating salmon.

Ant Financial is in discussions to lead the round, which could boost the online restaurant portal's valuation to $4bn and its stake to nearly 29%.

Joyoung-backed online grocery platform Benlai has received $200m in a series D1 round led by SF Express-owner Mingde Holdings.

Emtek and Shinhan Financial Group helped e-commerce marketplace operator Bukalapak close a series F round of undisclosed size at a valuation topping $2.5bn.

Google returned for a funding round that valued Dunzo at up to $200m, and the on-demand delivery service now plans to form new partnerships to expand.

Our analysis shows that venturing rounds at most stages have grown their median dollar size. Later-stage rounds have experienced a much more pronounced growth.

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