SBI Investment, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment and Shinsei Corporate Investment chipped in to help take the funeral services provider's total funding to nearly $31m.

Business banking services provider Aspire has disclosed that Kasikornbank-owned Beacon Venture Capital took part in the $32.5m series A round it announced last month.

The cloud security platform developer, valued at more than $1bn, is eyeing an offering that will take place after 2019 and give NTT a chance to exit.

Logistics service provider ElasticRun is in talks with the corporate to raise $50m to $55m in a round that would value it at about $250m.

The SoftBank, NEC, Salesforce, Mitsui, NGK Spark Plug and Dentsu-backed IoT orchestration software provider is reportedly seeking a valuation higher than $270m in the offering.

Taiwan Life has provided capital for Bessemer Venture Partners' Century Fund, one of a range of fund investments it has made in 2019.

Mahindra & Mahindra has agreed to buy a 55% stake in BCC-backed Meru Cabs for $14.5m, in a deal that could reach more than $28m in total.

The fashion-focused e-commerce and media brand raised $40m in a round that was led by corporate-backed existing investor EV Growth.

Alibaba has reportedly put a temporary halt to deals in India to focus while it waits to achieve its first exit in the country.

SoftBank Vision Fund, Naspers Ventures and potentially Tencent are in line to invest in fantasy sports platform Dream11 at a valuation of up to $2.5bn.