Marui Group has invested an undisclosed amount in tailored clothing e-commerce platform Fabric Tokyo in connection with a strategic partnership.

Mars has partnered Jerusalem Venture Partners in a venture that will involve them investing in Israel-based developers of food, agriculture and nutrition technologies.

Hyundai-backed industrial security drone developer Percepto secured funding in a USVP-led series A round that boosted its overall equity financing to nearly $28m.

Pixie Dust Technologies, which promotes university-derived technologies from Japan, has received $34.7m in a round that included KDDI, Kansai Electric Power, NEC, Toppan, Dai-ichi Life and Dentsu.

Pixie Dust Technologies, which promotes university-derived technologies from Japan, has received $34.7m in a round that included KDDI, Kansai Electric Power, NEC, Toppan, Dai-ichi Life and Dentsu.

Tencent Investment's Jeffrey Li, number one on the GCV Powerlist this year, spoke to Michael Redding of Accenture Investments about how he approaches investing.

Wangdiantong has received a $14.5m capital injection from the $300m China Ventures Fund I, established last year by SoftBank Ventures Korea and TPG Growth.

Baidu and China Citic Bank-owned AIBank is looking to raise up to $1bn in the coming months, adding to the $576m in capital provided by the corporates so far.

The travel information and services platform raised $250m in a Tencent-led round also backed by General Atlantic, Qiming Venture Partners and Yuantai Investment Partners.

The data and key findings from the JVCA/GCV survey reveal an open, innovation-oriented community.