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The property developer has contributed to an $11m round for peer-to-peer space rental platform Peerspace, bringing its financing to about $18m.

The round, which reportedly included Alphabet's CapitalG unit, boosted Airbnb's overall equity funding to $3.4bn and values it at $31bn.

The property letting service, which counts Northern & Shell as an investor, has raised $5.5m from venture capital fund GFC.

The grocery delivery service has secured series D funding at a $3.4bn valuation despite none of its corporate backers reportedly participating in the round.

Novel's venture capital arm has taken part in a funding round for the employee management app developer that included Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Founder Collective and Blumberg Capital.

The media provider, also an investor in Buzzfeed and Vox, extended its online and mobile media access by buying a 2.1% stake in Snap when it went public last week.

Urjanet, a Georgia Institute of Technology spinout, has obtained $20m in series C funding led by Oak HC/FT.

The space-sharing provider has attracted capital from GIC and Kaifeng Culture Tourism Investment Group.

The software company has set aside $20m to invest in startups and will move some of its human resources staff to manage the new corporate venturing subsidiary.

IFC previously committed $10m to the round in January and has now been joined by investors including Sands Capital, which in turn has also promised $10m.