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Existing backer Hughes Network Systems has committed $50m to join Bharti Enterprises and the UK government in acquiring the bankrupt satellite internet services provider.

Industrial Growth Platform led the consulting company’s $23.7m maiden round, investing alongside backers including Change, Dentsu, Marshmallow and The Guild.

The online home insurer raised a series E round backed by a host of corporate venture investors.

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

Salesforce-backed customer engagement software producer Talkdesk is now valued above $3bn, having raised $268m altogether.

Existing backers including HSBC and Accenture joined new investors such as ABN Amro in a consortium that injected $64.7m into the data analytics provider.

Lockheed Martin Ventures helped the artificial intelligence-focused cybersecurity startup close a round that will fund R&D and global growth.

Existing investor Unilever Ventures returned for the marketing management platform developer's latest round, following its series B a year ago.

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

The data centre technology provider boosted its overall funding to approximately $335m with a round that included long-term investor Qualcomm Ventures.

Lincoln Property Company, Okta and Allegion helped the keyless access system developer close a round that hiked its overall funding to $63m.