Temasek is set to invest $500m in a round that will include existing corporate investors Alibaba and SoftBank at a valuation of up to $9bn.

Returning investor Qualcomm Ventures contributed to a round that increased the electric scooter rental service's overall funding to more than $194m.

Fulltime System, Goodpatch, Hankyu Hanshin Properties, Mitsui Fudosan and Shinsei Bank chipped in as the smart lock startup closed its $31.4m series A round.

ClalTech returned to back a series B round that brought speech-to-text transcription platform developer Verbit’s total funding up to $65m.

Livestreaming platform Joyy and its VC offshoot, Engage Capital, both invested in e-commerce tool provider Shopline, which will put the money into hiring and geographic expansion.

Dongfeng Motor, Alibaba, MediaTek and SAIC Motor-backed AutoX has gathered tens of millions of dollars in pre-series B funding led by Jumbo Sheen Group.

Sony Innovation Fund has led a $30m investment for the car rental service as part of a series D round targeting a $100m final close.

Nippon Life returned to help the listings portal raise a $36.4m round featuring Globis, Sony and Zenrin DataCom, which will be used to promote brand awareness and talent acquisition.

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

Zomato is acquiring Uber's local Uber Eats business in a transaction that involves it giving a sizeable equity stake to the ride hailing platform.