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SoftBank Vision Fund 2 supplied $119m of equity funding for the temporary staffing platform developer alongside nearly $99m in debt financing from BlackRock.

Soravia has backed the short-term apartment provider in a $23.8m round that came 19 months after its $6m seed round.

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

Metro Group is among the shareholders set to exit the employee management platform developer in an acquisition by accounting technology producer Xero.

Q&A with Neda Blocho, principal and head of Studios, and David Li, principal, Avanta Ventures

Seek Group, Times Internet and Laureate Education are all in line for exits when the Stanford University online education spinout lists on the New York Stock Exchange.

The workforce management software developer has been valued at more than $1bn in a $100m series C round backed by Workday.

Seek has returned to lead the human resources management software provider’s $34.8m round, which featured Salesforce Ventures and returning investors.

Ping An and Alphabet-backed health insurer Oscar priced an upsized offering above its range to raise $1.44bn. The offering is part of the broader health space, which has seen many exits in the past years.

Marshall Group has exited the provider of anti-money laundering and identity verification software provider in a purchase by AML RightSource.

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