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The Brazil-based educational services firm has reorganised its structure and intends to create a corporate venturing arm called Cogna Ventures next year.

SoftBank could reportedly acquire a controlling stake that would value the troubled workspace provider below $10bn, less than a year after it raised money at a $47bn valuation.

Slack-backed employee engagement platform developer Lattice has added $25m in series C financing to its coffers just six months after closing its $15m series B round.

Ericsson Ventures contributed to a series A round for environmentally-friendly logistics technology provider Einride that will support US growth.

Innovative region: New York

In mid-October there were six Global Corporate Venturing stories on life sciences startups raising capital.

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

Online real estate marketplace Fangdd has filed for a $150m initial public offering that would allow Shanying International to exit.

The Vantage Ventures incubator will aim to realise West Virginia University's goal of making West Virginia a startup powerhouse.

Hankyu Hanshin Properties was among the investors that provided $20.6m for the first tranche of smart lock developer Bitkey's series A round.

Tencent has led a series E round for VIPKid that reportedly could have been sized at as much as $500m, with the corporate in line to invest $150m.