Takeda's R&D park is accepting membership applications for Japan VC Consortium, a life sciences-focused venture capital and corporate venturing engagement centre.

Xiaomi and co-led social dating platform Yidui’s latest round with Sky9 Capital, investing alongside new and returning backers.

Abhi Kumar is heading up a newly opened Indian office for Microsoft's corporate venturing unit, which has already begun investing in the country.

Applications are open for Shogakukan and ShoPro’s accelerator scheme, co-run by 01Booster, which will focus on education, entertainment and health technology.

Existing investor Septwolves returned as the IoT semiconductor maker secured about $28m that will fuel research and development.

New investors HDI and Nationwide Ventures took part in a series B round that boosted the total raised by the insurance underwriting technology developer to $28m.

LY.com's group buying grocery spinoff raised the money in a Joyy-led round also backed by existing investors including Bertelsmann Asia Investments and Legend Capital.

The cancer immunotherapy developer's latest round included pharmaceutical producers and co-founders Juno Therapeutics and WuXi AppTec.

The Legend Capital-backed auto parts e-commerce marketplace boosted its total funding to $110m in a $56.6m round led by Huaxing Growth Capital Fund.

The owner of online travel platforms Ctrip, Skyscanner and Qunar, has committed $14.1m to its in-house investment fund, Xiecheng Entrepreneurship Investment Company.