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

SoftBank has led a $68m series D round for ShipBob through its Vision Fund 2, more than doubling the logistics company’s total equity to over $130m.

SF Holdings has joined forces with Citic Capital’s CCRE China Logistics to form a $308m fund that will focus on the logistics sector.

Tencent and Heyi Group are among the investors in line for an exit as Logicreation files to go public in China.

Delivery Hero and SoftBank-backed Rappi has picked up more than $300m from a group of investors including T. Rowe Price Associates.

Kinnevik has led the LeFrak-backed community housing service provider’s latest round, taking its overall funding in excess of $110m.

Twitter has returned to back the social media platform that provides services in 15 Indian languages, which pushed its total funding to about $264m.

Late September was a buoyant time for the fintech sector.

Comcast Ventures was among the participants that helped increase the companionship service provider's total funding to $31m.

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

Trustbridge Partners has acquired a majority stake in WeWork China, a SoftBank-backed company that was at one point valued at $5bn.