Mori Trust and NEC Capital Solutions joined the programmer training school’s latest round, which was led by Fidelity's Eight Roads Ventures Japan unit.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments returned to co-lead digitisation technology startup DeepExi's series A-plus round with Sanxia Xintai Investment and GL Ventures.

The SoftBank and Kakao-backed locally-focused e-commerce platform raised the money in a series C round co-led by Goodwater Capital and Altos Ventures.

Yahoo Japan’s YJ Capital unit was among the investors in a $27.9m round for the blockchain technology provider that will go to improving its products and hiring talent.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led a $500m funding round for the driverless vehicle software developer, which is based on work by Didi Chuxing going back to 2016.

The Legend Capital-backed industrial testing technology provider has filed to raise up to $98.8m when it floats on Shanghai’s Star Market.

Cell sorting technology business Thinkcyte has closed an OUVC-backed series A round intended to progress its joint research and unlock an expansion into the US.

Atom Bioscience will use the capital from the series B round, which was co-led by Livzon Pharmaceutical, to advance its gout treatment into phase 2 trials.

Fuyo General Lease and Itochu Technology Ventures both invested as the cell-sorting technology developer completed a $15.3m round.

Gene sequencing corporate spinoff MGI Tech closed a $1bn series B round backed by IDG Capital and CPE Capital. The company offers an array of products, some of which have been used for Covid-19 detection and forms part of the promising space of genetics tech.