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Adler-Chomsky-backed Namogoo has developed a cybersecurity software platform that prevents unauthorised ads popping up in the online purchase process.

Citi Ventures contributed to a late-stage round that will support the upgrading of data integration platform developer Datameer's sales and engineering resources.

The Southeast Asian venture firm has reached the final close of a third fund, in which Cisco Investments is among the limited partners.

The cloud networking services provider increased its overall funding to $76m in a round that included existing investor Liberty Global Ventures.

University of Oxford held its inaugural artificial intelligence-focused conference last month, bringing together investors and the world’s foremost researchers in the area.

Academic research towards quantum computing and other quantum technologies is beginning to pay dividends, but continued progress will rely on strong cooperation between academic, industry and government partners.

Existing backer Robert Bosch Venture Capital chipped in as machine vision technology producer Prophesee closed a round that took its total funding to $68m.

Qualcomm's corporate venturing unit will invest up to $200m in 5G-related technology developers through the newly minted 5G Ecosystem Fund.

The big data platform Databricks raised $400m reportedly at $6.2bn valuation, with the backing of Microsoft. The company forms part of the broader big data tech space, in which corporates have been heavily investing over recent years.

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

Intel Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund and National Grid Partners are all set to exit the edge computing technology developer in a purchase of undisclosed size.