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JD.com subsidiary JD Logistics has formed a strategic partnership with the logistics services platform in connection with a $54.7m investment.

Advance Venture Partners has returned to led another round for children’s activity marketplace and education software tool publisher Sawyer, increasing its funding to almost $20m.

MassMutual Ventures SEA, MDI Ventures and Central Capital Ventura have participated in the insurtech provider’s seed round sized at more than $1.5m.

A member of NYU's Future Labs incubator network, virtual receptionist developer Bowtie.ai has been acquired by wellness services software developer Mindbody.

36Kr’s co-working spinoff, Kr Space, has added $145m to its coffers, from investors including IDG Capital, Gopher Asset and Yixing Capital.

Mobile payment platform PayPay raised $419m in funding from SoftBank. This is a deal from a space that has seen much growth in terms of the corporate-backed deal flow in 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.

Prologis took part in a round for the warehouse rental service that was co-led by Activate Capital and Tiger Global, boosting its funding to more than $63m in total.

Sales productivity software platform Ciara has won the backing of TUM-allied venture firm UVC Partners in a round that will support continued development of its software.

TUM automated legal analysis spinout Rfrnz has secured backing from Unternehmertum-operated Initiative for Industrial Innovations, HTGF and unnamed additional investors.

OpenTable will offer Venga's customer analytics software to its restaurant clients following the acquisition, which will allow Big Red Ventures to exit.