REA Group and parent company News Corp are reportedly paying $70m for a controlling stake in online real estate portal and portolio company Elara Group.

Salesforce and Telus both backed TechSee, which has built an augmented reality-based platform that facilitates remote technical support for consumer devices.

Marui Co-Creation Pitch 2021 will be made up of early-stage developers of sustainability, customer service and inclusive finance technology and products.

In 2017, property listing startup Hipflat raised an undisclosed amount from Japan-listed internet company Aucfan

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

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

Tencent, Hengan International and Lenovo Capital helped the offline-to-online retail platform's series C round, which will fund research and development work.

Pfizer was among the participants as the Asia-focused cancer and cardiorenal drug developer raised $310m in crossover financing.

Lilly Asia Ventures returned for a round that will fund clinical development of Gracell Biotechnologies' immuno-oncology drug pipeline.

ORI Healthcare Fund II has a target of $400m and pharmaceutical firm Hepalink could potentially provide up to $80m for the vehicle.