JMU Ltd., a China-based B2B online e-commerce platform, acquired Unicorn Investment Ltd.

LORD Corp., Cary, N.C., partnered with Clearpath Robotics, Canada, to bring inertial sensors to the Clearpath research robot platform to enhance autonomous capabilities.

Halla, a Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced a $1.4 million seed round, led by early stage food industry investor E&A Venture Capital, San Francisco, with participation from multi-stage technology investor SOSV, Princeton, N.J.

Providence Equity Partners LLC, Providence, R.I., acquired GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., from The Jordan Co., L.P., New York.

Pentair, Inc., Minneapolis, announced plans to close Urban Organics, the company’s 100% organic aquaponics farm in St. Paul, Minn.

Linx Printing Technologies, UK, built a North American distribution network to expand its product portfolio.

Teledyne e2v, UK; Teledyne DALSA, Canada; and Teledyne Princeton Instruments, Trenton, N.J., announced a new combined office space in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

The second annual joint survey of supply chain executives from JDA Software, Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., and KPMG LLP, Switzerland, details the key innovation investments across retail, manufacturing and logistics in 2019.

Fourth, a Tampa, Fla.-based provider of hospitality operations platform, revealed the findings of its first annual “Truth about Dining Out” survey.

The Cary Co., Addison, Ill., acquired Three Rivers Packaging, Inc., a McKees Rocks, Pa.-based industrial container and packaging distributor.