MEC Ventures, which was co-founded by Al Salam Bank-Bahrain, will target financial technology among other areas as it invests in the Middle East and North Africa region.

The carmaker’s trading subsidiary has backed a financing round for electricity trading platform operator Digital Grid Corporation that brought its total funding to over $12m.

Cemex Ventures has set a trajectory to Chinese dealmaking in partnership with local construction industry services firm Glodon and venture capital firm Interdream Ventures.

Amadeus Ventures will expand into the Asia-Pacific region early next year, roughly six years after being founded by its Spanish parent company.

Cancer data platform operator MedBanks raised the capital in a series D-plus round led by Tencent, also a contributor to its series D in January.

Digital Garage, SoftBank Ventures Asia, SBI Group, Beenos and Kasikornbank all backed consumer goods marketplace Sendo, with the cash to go to product development.

The property renovation services platform is set to raise $36.8m in an NTT-backed round that will encompass primary and secondary investments in addition to debt.

Home diagnostics test provider Healthians collected $11.8m from investors including two Digital Garage vehicles to help broaden its technology, services and geographical presence.

The Trip.com spinoff has raised a nine-figure amount from investors including Tencent and Baidu Capital as it looks to grow its hotel and technology business.

The news aggregation app plans to close the Japan Post-led round next month at a $1.2bn valuation and has now raised $182m altogether.