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Loadsmart has pushed its total funding to $34.7m following a $21.6m series A round co-led by Maersk Growth, Connor Capital and Chromo Invest.

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

LinkedIn-backed business software marketplace G2 Crowd has now raised more than $100m since it was founded and is valued at nearly $500m.

Trade body Association of International Certified Professional Accountants provides participants in its accelerator with up to $25,000 in funding to target either financial information or occupational competency applications.

Alphabet’s GV and Stripe supplied the funding for computer science academy Lambda School, a Y Combinator graduate that trains software engineers for no upfront cost.

American Family Ventures, SoftBank Capital and Verizon Ventures all reinvested in the car repair services provider in a $10.2m round led by Royal Bank of Canada.

Paradise Group of Industries and Gobi Ventures co-led a $9.9m round for working space provider GoWork, which merged with competitor ReWork in February.

Finger received $14.4m in the round, which featured property management firm Greentown Service Group, taking the musical education provider's overall funding to $20.6m.

Flipkart-backed freight shipping marketplace Blackbuck has received $27.3m in funding, with existing backer Sequoia Capital leading the round.

The corporate's Vision Fund is reportedly thinking of buying a majority stake in WeWork for $15bn to $20bn, though the FT places the deal size at up to $10bn.