The Japan-based investment firm has partnered Mizuho Financial Group to set up The Fund, which will back later-stage, pre-IPO companies.

SBI Investment and Shinsei Bank were among the investors in the $16.8m equity portion of a $23.3m round for the business finance provider.

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

The fund will focus on logistics technology developers and boasts JD Logistics, parent company JD.com and unnamed additional corporates among its limited partners.

Sino-Singapore Healthcare Fund will back businesses in Southeast Asia, and Sinopharm has also taken part in a $20m series B round for one of its other partners, Novena Global Lifecare.

Limited edition sneakers trading platform Nice has secured tens of millions of dollars in a series D round led by the SoftBank-backed TPG-SV China Ventures fund.

Südzucker, Singha and Royal DSM have contributed to a $22m series B round for DouxMatok, which is working on a sugar-based sweetener.

Real estate developer Greenland Holdings has invested $29m in Qualcomm-backed LTE technology producer Baicells and $22.6m in Intel Capital-backed facial recognition software provider Reconova.

The online questionnaire platform developer, which counts Legend Star and LeFund among its past investors, has received $20m in new funding.

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