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MIT-founded robotic interior design developer Ori found support from Sidewalk Labs and Ingka Group as it looks to deliver full robotic interiors in partnership with architects and property developers.

Sales team-focused voice analytics software developer Cogito, an MIT spinout, attracted investors including Salesforce, New York Life and Goldman Sachs to bring its overall total to $100m.

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

Existing shareholder KCK invested $25m to lead a $52m first tranche of the automotive e-commerce platform's latest round, which reportedly has a $100m target for its close.

ByteDance has revealed it bought online information portal Baike just two weeks after it bought a 22.2% stake in the company.

Fantasy sports platform Dream11 is reportedly aiming to raise a round sized at $500m to be backed by several corporate investors. The company is part of the broader gaming and eSport space which has seen growth recently.

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

Altria-backed e-cigarette brand Juul has added $460m to a convertible note round it plans to close at $800m according to a securities filing.

Qualcomm, NCSoft and Kin Yat Holdings-backed battle robot developer Reach Robotics is closing down according to a statement by its co-founder.

The fashion-focused e-commerce and media brand raised $40m in a round that was led by corporate-backed existing investor EV Growth.

The corporate contributed to a series B-plus round for second-hand goods trading platform Plum that will fund marketing and the bolstering of its services.