Existing investor Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Liando U Valley were among the latest investors in robotics and internet-of-things technology provider MegaRobo.

Dai-ichi Life, Dentsu, DG Ventures, Mitsubishi Estate, Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate, NTT Data and Watanabe Pipe were among 20 investors in a $17.7m round for the online mortgage portal.

Former Korbit CEO Tony Lyu has joined the SoftBank unit as a venture partner and will contribute his entrepreneurial knowledge and experience to its portfolio.

Flipkart has acquired Mech Mocha having supplied seed funding for the mobile game developer five years ago.

The e-commerce marketplace has reportedly recruited Microsoft and Emtek for a round with a $200m target that could value it at up to $3bn.

United Media FOFs was among the participants in the antiques e-commerce platform's fifth round, which will fund platform development and human resources activities.

Zego, a video conferencing platform developer backed by a former Tencent executive, has recruited the corporate to lead its latest round.

The fresh fruit provider has selected Barbara Guerpillon to head corporate venturing unit Dole Ventures after five years leading Unilever's Foundry Asia business.

Daikin and Nippon Life are the latest LPs for the vehicle formally called Kansai Innovation Network, whose investors already include corporates Eneserve, Hankyu Hanshin, Iwatani, Rohto and Shionogi.

Peking University-incubated Genskey provides high-sensitivity pathogen testing services in more than 20 Chinese provinces and municipalities.