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John Doherty, a GCV Powerlist award winner, becomes CFO as Walter Delph heads business.

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.

Medical transcription technology provider Abridge has emerged from stealth with seed and series A funding.

Nanopareil employs nanofibre membranes to separate chemical compounds for the purposes of purifying biopharmaceutical candidates.

Big Hit Entertainment, the Netmarble-backed talent management agency and record company, priced its initial public offering at the top of its range.

University endowment-backed Will Ventures aims to unlock sports-related innovation across markets such as fitness, media and gaming.

UC Investments has backed cancer cell therapy developer A2 Biotherapeutics, bringing the company's total funding to $136m.

Returning investor SoftBank Vision Fund came back for a round that valued the consumer product delivery platform at $3.9bn.

The Comcast, American Express and Amazon-backed grocery delivery service increased its valuation to $17.7bn in a round co-led by Valiant Peregrine Fund and D1 Capital Partners.

Oncology therapy developer A2 Biotherapeutics raised $71.5m from investors including Hartford HealthCare Endowment to take its funding to $136m altogether.