Services

The sales readiness software producer added SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to an investment base already containing Qualcomm Ventures at a reported $500m valuation.

The home improvement services provider increased its overall funding to more than $38m in a round led by Comcast Ventures.

IQM Quantum Computers, a Finland-based quantum computing spinout of Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre, attracted a €39m ($46m) series A round from investors, including internet group Tencent.

The private equity firm's investment valued McKesson, Sealed Air and RB-backed e-commerce fulfilment service Pharmapacks at $1.1bn.

Sovereign wealth fund led a series D2 round for livestreamed education provider Aixuexi Education Group almost a year after an investment by Tencent.

The $55m Next Unicorn Fund has a mandate to participate in pre-series A to series B rounds for startups based in South Korea and eventually in Southeast Asia.

Salesforce Ventures returned to help the virtual event software provider hike its valuation to $2.15bn in its third round this year.

China-based financial services provider Ant Group, spun off by e-commerce group Alibaba, intended to float on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets.

Ant Group, the financial services subsidiary of China-based e-commerce group Alibaba, was due to raise a targeted $37bn in a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong but the mega-initial public offering was unexpectedly blocked by an intervention from financial regulators in Beijing at the eleventh hour.

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

New Oriental returned for the educational product developer's series C round, which was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.