Benesse has injected $50m into Udemy at a $2bn valuation, boosting the skills-building platform's overall funding to more than $220m.
Existing backer SoftBank returned to help the telecommunications data platform developer close a round co-led by four investors.
New investors PepsiCo, Maersk, Verizon and NTT Docomo joined existing backers including Avery Dennison, Amazon Web Services, Merck, Qualcomm and Samsung in the round.
The social media network operator will offer VC Brand Incubator’s latest training initiative to portfolio companies of Sequoia Capital India’s Surge fund.
Astra Mitra Ventura will make early-stage investments on behalf of the conglomerate, whose existing portfolio includs Gojek.
The online exam preparation service was reportedly valued at $400m in a $110m round featuring Facebook that lifted its total funding to $199m.
WuXi AppTec has co-led a $98m series D round for China-focused drug developer Canbridge Pharmaceuticals that also featured fellow corporate Tigermed.
Tencent participated in a $21.5m round for the IoT management software provider, which has now raised about $65m altogether.
The Alphabet startup accelerator has revealed nine AI-focused startup companies that will join the first cohort at its Tokyo campus.
The corporate has provided $2.5bn for Vision Fund, which is struggling to raise external capital but which is reportedly mulling a hedge fund-like vehicle.
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