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CureFit had held discussions with SoftBank Vision Fund over a $200m investment, but Unilever Ventures has instead stepped up as part of a $120m round.

The fast fashion retailer has invite banks to apply for roles in the offering, having raised its first external financing in a Tencent-backed round last year.

CureFit had held discussions with SoftBank Vision Fund over a $200m investment, but Unilever Ventures has instead stepped up as part of a $120m round.

Booster, a fuel delivery service backed by Stanford-StartX Fund, has collected $56m in series C funding from investors including Enterprise Holdings and Total.

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

Industrial e-commerce platform Zhenkunhang raised a $160m corporate-backed series D round, which forms part of the emerging e-commerce space

Limited edition sneakers trading platform Nice has secured tens of millions of dollars in a series D round led by the SoftBank-backed TPG-SV China Ventures fund.

Südzucker, Singha and Royal DSM have contributed to a $22m series B round for DouxMatok, which is working on a sugar-based sweetener.

Condé Nast-backed premium second-hand marketplace Vestiaire Collective has lifted its funding tally to $176m with a $45.2m round co-led by BPIfrance.

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

SoftBank is reportedly considering an investment of between $200m and $350m in CureFit, whose existing investors include the University of California-backed UC-RNT Fund.