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Qualcomm-backed video conferencing platform Zoom is gearing up for an initial public offering that would reportedly value the company at several billion dollars.

GV has exited autonomous driving software developer Blue Vision in an acquisition by Lyft that was reportedly sized at $72m.

The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien spinout has secured a six-figure sum from state-owned fund aws Gründerfonds and Segnalita Ventures.

UniServices has committed $2m to a targeted $20m series B round through the Inventors Fund, with investors also including Daimler Financial Services.

Yellowbrick Data has raised $48m in a round led by Siemens' Next47 unit, adding to the $44m from investors including GV and Samsung Next it disclosed two months ago.

Brazil-based fintech companies have been on the news in recent times, showing the potential of the South American country’s ecosystem.

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

Jebsen Capital co-led a round that boosted the total raised by computer vision technology developer EyeSight, whose backers include Kuang-Chi, Ceva and Mitsui, to $50m.

Neural network processor developer Syntiant has attracted Intel, Motorola, Robert Bosch, Applied Materials and Microsoft to a round that follows an Intel-led series A in May.

Warburg Pincus provided the entirety of Assent Compliance's series C round, adding to more than $43m previously supplied by investors including OpenText.

Walmart, Airbus, Softbank, Moody’s, Dimension Data, Nokia, Munich Re, Scotiabank, Barclays, M12 and Cisco Investments have all backed the cybersecurity company builder.