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Xsight Labs, a semiconductor technology developer still in stealth, has secured a reported $80m in an Intel Capital-led round also featuring Xilinx.

Monthly analysis: April 2020

MS&AD Ventures returned for a round that will help data compliance technology provider Dathena beef up its headcount and research and development activities.

US-based autonomous driving technology Waymo, a spinoff from internet conglomerate Alphabet, received $750m in extension equity financing, taking its round to $3bn.

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.

Five years after leading an $83m series B round, Access Industries has returned to also lead a $50m series C round for DigitalOcean that is now valued at $1.15bn.

AVIC invested in the CAS-backed industrial internet-of-things satellite operator Commsat's latest round to bring its overall funding to $68.2m.

Customer communications technology provider Kustomer has acquired chatbot developer Reply, handing exits to Aflac, R/GA and Westfield.

Haier Financial Holdings has backed a $254m funding round for CloudWalk, a spinout of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Haier Financial Holdings has backed a $254m funding round for CloudWalk, a spinout of Chinese Academy of Sciences whose shareholders also include Bohai Capital and PCI-Suntek Technology.