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Several corporate investors backed the latest $250 round raised by data management platform developer Cohesity at a valuation of $2.5bn. The deal is part of the dynamic broader space of big data technologies which have captivated the attention of corporates over the past decade.

Chinese Academy of Sciences vehicle Cash Capital provided up to $42.4m for the iris recognition technology developer, following a Gree investment in September.

The business-monitoring software developer secured new funding in an Intel Capital-led series C round also featuring SoftBank Ventures Asia and Samsung Next.

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

Paypal, DTCP and Hewlett Packard Pathfinder helped the cybersecurity software provider push its overall funding past the $50m mark.

GCV Emerging Leader Pratima Aiyagari has left Cisco Investments’ parent company after almost a decade to join venture capital firm Paladin Capital.

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

Telecoms innovation and management veteran Bill Payne has become science and technology lead at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The flash storage system provider secured series C funding from investors including Siemens, Dell and Mellanox, valuing it at $1.2bn.

The traffic analysis-based cybersecurity software developer took its total funding to near $80m in a Liberty Global-backed series C round.

GV has contributed to the $30m in funding revealed by on-demand cloud network service Alkira when it emerged from stealth this week.