Japanese investors including Marubeni, SMBC and ABeam Consulting have collectively provided $180m for Vertex Master Fund II, which has a $770m target.

The automotive e-commerce and services portal was reportedly valued at $700m in a series D round led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund's first Indian deal.

Qualcomm Ventures contributed to a $60m round for last-mile delivery service Shadowfax that was led by Flipkart at a $250m valuation.

The AI technology developer has now secured about $175m in total, and has added Chow Tai Fook to corporate backers including Lenovo, K11 and Red Star Macalline.

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

Cisco Investments returned to reinvest in the sales analysis platform developer in a round that almost doubled its overall funding.

The Indian subsidiary of the consumer goods conglomerate has set up a $27.9m vehicle to invest in sustainable technology developers.

Half a dozen startups will make up the 11th batch of staffing services firm DIP's 12-week AI.Accelerator initiative.

The short-form video platform is raising $3bn in a round set to include $2bn from Tencent, which will boost its stake to nearly 20%.

The e-commerce credit provider closed a $90m round co-led by the Naver-backed Asia Growth Fund that included Telkomsel Indonesia and Singtel, at a $500m valuation.