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Intel Capital has exited the cloud network orchestration and automation software provider, which has been bought by DZS.

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

Lenovo Capital participated in the first round to be disclosed by the artificial intelligence technology developer, which raised an undisclosed amount.

The Axel Springer-backed share trading platform developer secured $30m that will fund platform development and customer acquisition.

The medical examination software provider doubled the size of a round that includes Qualcomm Ventures along with its valuation.

The Aihuishou-backed second-hand electronics platform operator has raked in new financing from an Olympus Capital subsidiary.

Netease has led a $37.5m round disclosed by multiplayer game developer Theorycraft Games as it emerged from stealth.

Immuno-oncology therapy developer Lava Therapeutics has filed for a $100m IPO, having been set up in 2016 to exploit Amsterdam University Medical Centers research.

Versant Ventures, which incubated the cell-based immunotherapy developer based on Harvard and Stanford research, has backed a $160m round.

Salesforce Ventures took part in a round that near tripled the valuation of the virtual events platform developer to $5.65bn in just four months.

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