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The $15.2m Tencent-led round will help the cloud marketing software provider's plans to launch new products and recruit new talent.

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

Vastai Technologies, a developer of artificial intelligence-focused system-on-chip technnology, has disclosed a series A round co-led by Kuaishou.

Siemens-backed software tracing platform developer Logz.io pulled in cash through a Pitango Growth-led round to bring its overall funding above $120m.

Gree, Opt, NEC and Sony are among the shareholders that will exit the asset management platform operator, which is set to go public in a $26.5m offering.

Property engine developer Homesnap agreed to a $250m cash acquisition by Real estate data provider CoStar Group. This is a notable exit in the space in which corporates have been actively investing over the past five years but there have not been many exits.

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

The mass spectrometry system provider has filed to go public having already raised $70m from investors incuding Saudi Aramco and Schlumberger.

The database software developer will be acquired by long-time investor Dassault Systèmes, providing an exit for fellow investor Temenos.

The real estate data provider has agreed to buy property engine developer Homesnap for $250m in cash following $32m from investors including AH Belo.

The banking cybersecurity technology developer, which counts Washington Trust, Live Oak Bank and Citizens National Bank, as investors, has hit $47m in total funding.