Consumer

David Parfett, who helped Qantas form a CVC unit as head of its Innovation and Ventures team, will do the same for Westfield owner Scentre.

The yoghurt producer has completed a $25.6m co-led by Danone's Manifesto Ventures subsidiary that increased its overall debt and equity financing to more than $46m.

Smart car maker Byton seeks to raise another $500m after having raised a $500m corporate-backed rounds last year.

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

The Meituan Dianping spinoff, which is also backed by Enlight Media and Tencent, has set the range for its Hong Kong initial public offering.

SoftBank is exploring a $400m direct investment in Brainbees Solutions, the owner of childcare product retailer FirstCry, to take a 42% stake in the business.

The seven-digit investment by BE Beteiligungen Fonds will help Salzburg e-commerce search spinout Findologic accelerate its international expansion and introduce new product features.

Plant sciences startups Heliponix and Karyosoft each secured $50,000 investments after winning the fifth cohort of Purdue’s Ag-celerator competition.

Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund has contributed $50m to the latest round for e-commerce platform Bukalapak, whose shareholders include Aucfan, Emtek and Gree.

Led by two former Caixa Capital team members, Indico Capital Partners has raised $47m for the first close of a fund that will target Portuguese and Spanish startups.

The workspace operator invested in a round that will support superfood supplier Laird's product development and acquisitions.