Kaust-founded crop growing technology developer Red Sea Farms secured the capital from Kaust's Innovation Fund and the latter's strategic co-investment partner Research Products Development Company.

JD.com subsidiary JD Logistics has formed a strategic partnership with the logistics services platform in connection with a $54.7m investment.

Cargill Protein, Strauss Group and M-Industry all contributed to a series A round for cell-based meat developer Aleph, based on research at Technion– Israel Institute of Technology.

Booking.com’s annual accelerator has chosen 10 finalists to join its third edition and they will receive monetary grants sized between $110,000 and $450,000.

Game producer Ubisoft has started accepting applications from entertainment services and blockchain-focused startups for its fourth accelerator scheme in France and a new location in Singapore.

MassMutual Ventures SEA, MDI Ventures and Central Capital Ventura have participated in the insurtech provider’s seed round sized at more than $1.5m.

The Recruit-backed supply chain management software provider will use the capital to further expand into the US and Southeast Asia.

SoftBank Vision Fund has led a $200m funding round for Grofers that more than doubled the online grocer's valuation to $1bn.

36Kr’s co-working spinoff, Kr Space, has added $145m to its coffers, from investors including IDG Capital, Gopher Asset and Yixing Capital.

Gree's corporate venture capital unit has reached the first close of its Strive III fund which is targeting a final close in excess of $130m by the end of this year.