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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

Goldman Sachs led a round that valued Flywire at more than $1bn as the digital payment processor acquired American Express-backed Simplee.

ABN Amro Ventures added to a first tranche provided by DXC Technology, in a round that valued the financial services management platform at approximately $800m.

NFA has hired Matthew Williams, formerly director of market structure and strategic investments at CME Ventures, in a managing director role.

Carta Ventures will invest in startups developing technology of strategic interest to its parent, which is preparing for the launch of a trading platform later this year.

Wipro Ventures was given an exit from email security software developer Emailage, which was acquired by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The sizeable exit is part of the wider cybersecurity space, which has received much attention by corporates over the past decade.

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

Square, Ideo Colab Ventures and CMT Digital helped the financial settlement platform developer hike its overall funding to over $22m.

HKT, Telefónica, Singtel and Deutsche Telekom all contributed to the first round disclosed by telecoms payment platform developer Clear.

Canoe Intelligence has received at least $11.8m in a round that included Nasdaq Ventures and will use the cash to strengthen its alternative investment analysis platform.

The Mastercard-backed customer service bot developer took its total funding past $50m with $7m from Napier Park Financial Partners.