Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group has provided $14.4m in series A funding for the augmented reality module technology developer having also led its last round.

Tencent is in talks to participate in a $1bn round that would enable the mobile payment platform to spinoff from parent company Flipkart at a valuation of up to $8bn.

The carmaker, already a shareholder in Uber and Grab, is considering an investment of about $550m in the Chinese ride hailing app developer.

Tnuva Food Industries and Tempo Beverages are among the partners that will invest up to $100m in foodtech and agtech developers in Israel.

Deepcore, SoftBank's AI investment subsidiary, is planning to raise a second fund that will be larger in size than the $55m vehicle it launched a year ago.

Asahi Media Lab Ventures, So-net Media Ventures, Eltes and Marui were among the LPs that helped venture capital vehicle Reality Accelerator raise almost $7m for its first fund.

Redbud Capital is among the limited partners in Longwater Investment’s advanced materials-focused fund, which also features several corporates.

Monstar Lab took its overall funding to $35m in February, capturing $22m from investors including DG Incubation and SigmaXYZ, it emerged last week.

The eyewear e-commerce platform could potentially be valued at $1.3bn in a prospective deal that would give SoftBank Vision Fund a 27% stake.

SoftBank China Venture Capital and Legend Capital contributed to a round that boosted the cancer screening device maker's overall funding to more than $100m.