Services

The hospitality data software provider received series B cash from Providence Strategic Growth to add to earlier funding from backers including Comcast and Amazon.

Salesforce Ventures and returning investor Slack Fund helped the virtual event provider add series A funding to the seed round it closed four months ago.

SoftBank Vision Fund made its first investment in Baidu's online education spinoff as part of a series E round reportedly set to value it at $6.5bn pre-money.

Mastercard will buy financial data technology provider Finicity in a deal that could reach $985m, giving Experian an exit. This is yet another large exits in this space this year after the acquisitions of Plaid and Credit Karma earlier.

The corporates are extending a partnership that stretches back to their investment in recruitment startup TalentEx two years ago.

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

The short-term apartment provider raised the funding at a $1.3bn valuation and is seeking another $30m to close the round at $200m.

Northwestern Mutual and RBC invested in a $62.5m round for eal estate services platform Ojo that funded the acquisition of Mitsui Fudosan-backed Movoto.

GV and Citi Ventures have helped the customer service platform developer nearly double its total funding to $100m by returning for a series C round led by Sapphire Ventures.

Saudi Arabia-headquartered online learning platform developer Noon Academy has received pre-series B funding in an STV-led round.

One vaccine developer, CureVac, has received a generous backing from Germany’s government-owned development bank KfW, while another – Vaxcyte – went public raising $250m.