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Cisco and Susquehanna International Group were part of a consortium that supplied $60m in series A capital to business management platform Deskera.

CyberAgent-backed edtech company Topica has secured $50m in a series D round led by Northstar Group.

Juma Peisong has collected $216m in series C funding from investors including Global Logistic Properties to accelerate its expansion activities.

The Bertelsmann automotive e-commerce platform has priced its shares at the lower end of its range to raise $20m instead of its targeted $150m.

Two large and important deals above the $1bn mark in the e-commerce and e-retail space in East Asia appeared in the news last week. Both deals involved telecoms group SoftBank as a corporate backer.

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

JHU-backed fitness platform operator BurnAlong obtained the cash from investors including Brown Advisory to take its total to $4.7m.

NovaUCD, Vodafone Ireland and Ericsson will start an Ireland-wide accelerator for emerging 5G-related technologies.

The exercise equipment producer has received $20m in series D funding, two years after it secured $45m, with NGP Capital leading the latest round.

Human resources provider AMN Healthcare invested in the on-demand recruitment platform’s series C round, which increased its funding to $60m altogether.

Hospitality shift work platform Qwick’s seed investors include UAVenture Capital Fund, an independent vehicle set up to cultivate University of Arizona’s ecosystem.