Nan Fung Group has backed the esports tournament operator’s series B-plus round, which will go toward product development and global expansion.

Singapore Exchange and Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings both took part in a series A round for iStox, owner of a digitised security offering trading exchange.

The institution’s $970,000 Kaishi Angel Fund will target undergraduate student entrepreneurs.

The digital media company is planning to step up its venture capital investments in the Japanese market.

MOL Plus will deploy nearly $40m on behalf of its Japan-headquartered parent company, MOL.

The Baidu and Legend Holdings-backed intelligent vehicle technology developer pulled in over $62m of funding last year across two rounds.

Salesforce has made a strategic investment in the HR software developer, which has increased its total funding to $35m.

Susquehanna International Group and Hupu returned to back a $23.2m round for the men’s grooming brand after previously supplying it with capital in 2020.

SIG and Hupu have returned to take part in a $23.2m round for the men’s cosmetics provider, having respectively backed its series A and A-plus rounds last year.

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