Gakken Cocofump, Medical Care Service and Saint-Care supplied $20m round for the robotics technology developer in addition to helping it move into the senior support business.

Emory University's endowment fund was among the LPs that chipped in for the venture capital firm’s Continuum I fund, which has closed at $56.6m.

Petronas has closed a $250m fund for venture capital subsidiary Piva to strike deals in Europe and North America focusing on future energy, industrial and materials technologies.

Ucomme has formally filed for a $100m initial public offering, confirming months of reports and putting Beijing Xingpai, Dahong Group, Junfa Group, Prosperity Holdings and Yintai Land in line for exits.

Corporate venturing vehicles MDI Ventures and KB Investment have formally announced their Centauri Fund, which has a $150m target for its close.

The co-working space provider picked up $25.2m from backers including Asia Cement and founding investor Aju Hotels and Resorts.

The Japanese government will introduce tax breaks for firms or corporate venturing vehicles backing tech companies to support domestic open innovation practices.

The Hubert Burda-backed second-hand car marketplace has now raised $85m in total, MUFG Innovation Partners and Daiwa PI Partners chipping in for its series C round.

Fintech-focused Central Capital Ventura has received another $14.2m from its parent bank, nearly three years after it was launched with $15m.

Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund was one of five returning backers to reinvest in the online lending platform as part of its series C round.