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The theme park operator launched a $27.4m fund to back domains including talent acquisition, children-centred learning and intelligent urban infrastructure.

Tencent is among the possible participants in a round that could reportedly double the online learning service provider's $510m valuation.

SoftBank led a $500m round for the driverless vehicle software spinoff of the ride hailing company Didi Chuxing.

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

TSE’s Mothers Market has approved an IPO for the engineer-oriented staffing services provider that would enable Crooz, InterWorks, MyNavi, Sega Sammy and Vector to exit.

Mori Trust and NEC Capital Solutions joined the programmer training school’s latest round, which was led by Fidelity's Eight Roads Ventures Japan unit.

Gene sequencing corporate spinoff MGI Tech closed a $1bn series B round backed by IDG Capital and CPE Capital. The company offers an array of products, some of which have been used for Covid-19 detection and forms part of the promising space of genetics tech.

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

The oil and metals producer’s accelerator program has announced five startups for its second edition and hosted the demo day online.

After five years at Salesforce, the former head of Salesforce Ventures Japan has departed to become a co-founder of a new venture capital firm.

BOCG Investment was among the participants in a round that will fund technology and strategic investments for the Haier-backed logistics service.