Japanese innovation has long been synonymous with craftsmanship and design excellence, from the Sony Walkman and Nintendo game consoles to hybrid cars, futuristic toilets and high-speed rail.

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

Ping An’s fintech spinoff, OneConnect, has floated in the US having raised $750m from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund and SBI last year.

Naver and CyberAgent are set to exit food delivery app developer Woowa Brothers, which has agreed to be acquired by Delivery Hero.

The pig-breeding software developer has received an undisclosed amount from Baidu Ventures after being incubated within Joyvio Group.

Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and Zhangjiang Hi-Tech all invested in the original design manufacturer as part of a round that valued it at more than $2bn.

Existing investor Advanced MedTech Holdings contributed to a round that moved the portable dialysis machine developer's total funding past $60m.

Autonomous drone developer EHang floated at the bottom of its range in an initial public offering that allowed Lung Biotechnology and United Therapeutics to exit.

Diversified group Sojitz was among the LPs that chipped in for the venture capital firm’s Continuum-I fund, which has closed at $56.6m.

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