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Ten Israel-based startups have joined the third batch of Intel Ignite as its corporate sponsor prepares to export the concept internationally.

The University of Oslo sensor software spinout has started trading on the Merkur Market, part of the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Bixin Ventures is investing in crypto technology developers and has just co-led a $10.9m round for light blockchain developer O(1) Labs.

DataBank had previously acquired Zayo Group's zColo data centres and has now invested in co-located data centre provider EdgePresence.

Alibaba´s financial subsidiary Ant has received approval from regulators which will allow a dual listing on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges and enable it to raise up to $35bn at a reported valuation of $250bn.

Singtel subsidiary NCS has acquired 2359 Media, the first portfolio company of its corporate venturing subsidiary, Singtel Innov8.

Xinchao Technology was among the participants in a $15m round for the semiconductor technology provider.

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

The managed cybersecurity demand and response services provider boosted its valuation to $1.3bn in a series E round backed by Deutsche Telekom subsidiary DTCP.

The telecommunications company's newly formed Telefónica Tech Ventures will carry over nine portfolio companies and invest in 15 over the next three years.

Intel Capital returned for the application development platform provider's series B round, hiking its overall funding to more than $60m.