Japan Cloud Capital has received $960,000 in a round featuring railway company Tokyu that represents its maiden corporate venture capital transaction.

Naver has returned to back home interior marketplace operator Bucketplace after previously supplying series B cash in late 2018.

Aderans, DCM Holdings, Dentsu, Hakuhodo, Nippon TV, Nihon Kolmar, Settsu Warehouse, Shima Seiki, Yakuodo and Yodobashi Camera all backed the limestone-based material maker’s $19.7m round.

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

KCK Global-backed automotive e-commerce marketplace Cars24 has secured a unicorn valuation in a round led by DST Global.

Western Union, which already partners the Saudi Telecom spinoff on cross-border money transfers, is acquiring a 15% stake in the digital wallet provider.

Tencent is reportedly injecting more funding into WeChat-powered healthcare insurer Waterdrop ahead of a potential IPO at a projected $4bn valuation.

The truck delivery management service is now valued at almost $12bn, having raised money in a round co-led by SoftBank Vision fund and backed by Tencent.

The equity crowdfunding platform developer has received $60m from newly minted strategic partner and financial services provider Orix.

SoftBank Ventures Asia and Naver helped the mobile financial services provider push its overall funding past the $90m mark.