The gas utility firm and Persol Innovation’s Auba unit have opened the application window for Toho Gas Accelerator Program 2020, which will run from January to March next year.

Shogakukan and ShoPro’s joint accelerator initiative, co-formed with 01Booster in June, has chosen 10 startups for its maiden cohort.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Baidu Capital co-led a $182m round for the agricultual drone developer that will support research and development.

The videoconferencing platform developer secured $60.4m in a Qi An Xin-led round that came just over 18 months after an investment by Tencent.

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

Allana Group has returned to back a $17.6m round for the dispensary chain owner, five years after its contribution to a $3.2m round for the company.

The voice analytics software provider has reportedly been bought by Snap after raising about $6m from investors including American Express Ventures.

The unmanned aerial vehicle developer is set to launch a $9.5m vehicle next month that will invest in startups working on areas related to its main business.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments led a round sized at tens of millions of dollars for the protein-based food manufacturer, investing alongside Fosun RZ Capital, Houwei Capital and Microidea.

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