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As well as IDG Capital, Yiji's $20m series B round also included venture capital firms Trust Bridge Partners and Hong Kong firm Big Profit.

Giant's investment by the end of December will be made through an investment in Yunfeng E-Commerce Funds, which is managed by Yunfeng Capital, a China-based venture capital firm co-founded by Alibaba chief executive Jack Ma and Shi Yuzhu, president of New York-listed Giant Interactive.

The social media monitoring service has pulled in series A funding from Credit Agricole at the same time as it acquires American competitor ReviewAnalyst.

Textbook rental company Chegg will acquire Zinch, with a view to creating a fuller and more wide ranging service.

Secondaries venture capital firm W Capital Partners led the round, which included Time Warner Investments and SAP Ventures, and took Tremor's total to $115m.

Multinational dating website Match.com has established a toehold in the Chinese market by acquiring a stake in the dating and matchmaking service.

Global opportunity with other top-tier partners gives the China-based media and internet conglomerate an edge to maintain its local dominance.

Turnover of corporate venturing professionals in media has been relatively high compared with that in other sectors, but attempts are being made to encourage diversity, according to Global Corporate Venturing data.