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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.

A subsidiary of Suning has backed the community e-commerce platform's series A round, with the proceeds to fund geographic expansion and enhancement of its supply chain.

L’Oréal’s Muriel Atias has been promoted to chief investment officer of its newly created venturing unit, Bold.

Ant Financial is set to lead a round that could value online restaurant listings and ordering platform Zomato at $3bn, while SoftBank looks to rival Swiggy.

The Novel TMT Ventures-backed online boutique has raised $10.7m of a round slated to close at $15m according to a securities filing.

The beverage producer and retailer was valued at a reported $60m in a seed round backed by Coca-Cola’s Venturing & Emerging Brands vehicle.

We present you three charts that summarise some of the major trends and highlights in corporate venturing from 2018 and years prior

Ogawa and Generali contributed to a series B round for Temi, a consumer robotics spinoff from defence equipment maker Roboteam.

Unilever Ventures co-led an $11.4m round for the social commerce platform that closed five months after its $5m series A.

MIT retail analytics spinout Celect has now raised a total of $25m, having received $15m in an NGP Partners-led round.