Tencent and existing investor Nan Fung Life Sciences have helped the ophthalmology drug developer complete its series B round.

Prakit Worawattananon has been moved from head of Siam Cement Group's director of deeptech innovation to become an MD at its AddVentures unit.

Chief strategy officer Katsunori Sago joined SoftBank in 2018 and had since helped to expand its investment strategy.

Pegasus Tech Ventures will manage a fund that will help television shopping operator Japanet build Stadium City in Nagasaki.

The $126m first close of Ascent Fund II comes after BCG-backed B Capital secured $820m for its second growth-stage fund last year.

Krafton has invested $22.5m in the esports event promoter, which counts Nazara as its majority shareholder.

CommerzBank, Monex Group, Coinbase and Digital Garage are set to exit the digital wallet provider in a Paypal acquisition reportedly sized below $200m.

Existing investor Deppon Express was among the participants in a round for the robotic forklift developer sized at roughly $15m.

Dell Technologies Capital returned for a round that took the cancer diagnostics technology developer's overall funding to $52m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.