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The notification software startup received backing from strategic investors Twilio, Slack and SendGrid in a $10.1m round that will fund hiring and product development.

Schlumberger returned for the first close of the round, helping the emissions monitoring technology developer take its total funding to $55m.

University of Stuttgart has scored an exit with the acquisition of nFrames, a 3D mapping technology spinout also backed by Vector Informatik.

Vector Venture Capital has exited nFrames, a developer of 3D surface reconstruction software that has been bought by Esri for an undisclosed amount.

State Farm Ventures and existing investor Bloomberg Beta helped the call centre technology provider close a round that will support R&D and hiring.

SoftBank emerged in the news last week with its sizeable bets in the equity derivative markets in the US. Despite some recent challenges, the telecoms conglomerate has been very active in large venturing deals this year as well.

Black Founders Development Fund will make early-stage investments to drive Accenture Ventures' engagement with black entrepreneurs.

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

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

IBM has hired former Accenture Ventures senior principal Pramila Mullan as partner and director of ecosystems and ventures.

Huawei’s venture capital arm Hubble Technologies is in line for an exit less than nine months after it invested in fabless semiconductor maker 3Peak.