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Near approaches $100m round

Cisco and Telstra-backed mobile advertising company Near has secured $100m from Greater Pacific Capital to bring its total funding to $134m.

Investors subscribe to Patreon series D

Patreon has collected another $60m in funding, adding to $107m in capital previously supplied by backers such as CAA and UTA.

Graduway honours $60m investment

K1 Investment Management has provided funding to Graduway just over a year and a half after Susquehanna International Group injected $12.7m.

Flybits takes off with $35m series C

Mastercard, Citi, Westpac and TD Bank Group have all participated in a $35m series C round for Flybits that was led by Point72 Ventures.

Orum opens up to $30m series B

CHA Medical Center-backed Solidus Investment Company has returned for a $30m series B round in Orum Therapeutics, which is targeting cancer and rare diseases.

Amal advances to $365m acquisition

Boehringer Ingelheim will pay a total of up to $365m to acquire its venture fund’s portfolio company Amal Therapeutics, an immunotherapy spinout of University of Geneva.

BigID validates $50m investment

BigID, whose backers include Comcast Ventures and SAP.io Fund, has added $50m to its coffers thanks to commitments from nine undisclosed investors.

Orchestra BioMed composes $34m series B1

Orchestra BioMed has confirmed Temuro’s participation in a $34m series B1 round, a month after the corporate entered into a strategic agreement that had it invest $5m of equity.

Raisin accounts for $29m

Goldman Sachs has put $25m of funding into Raisin to drive an expansion into the US and into two additional European markets.

Corporate venturing deal net: 8-12 July 2019

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

Luminar lights the way to $250m

Corning, Cornes and Volvo have invested in Luminar, which has emerged with more than $250m in funding, including a $100m round closed recently.

DTCP signals interest in $177m Signavio round

Signavio has raised $177m in equity financing from Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and Apax Digital to further develop its business process management software.

Minerva Project designs $57m series C

Tal Education Group, which contributed to Minerva’s series B round five years ago, has returned for a series C led by Bytedance.

NewsCred broadcasts $20m story

Dentsu was among the backers of a $20m series E round for NewsCred, which has now raised more than $100m from investors also including Verizon and Digital First Media.