Keren Primor Cohen has been promoted to CEO of Tel Aviv University’s TTO as the successor to Shlomo Nimrodi, who has departed after seven years in the post.

SoftBank Vision Fund has led a $152m first tranche for financial comparison service ETechAces’ latest funding round, which also included fellow corporate Info Edge.

The conglomerate's strategic fund will invest up to $10m in Southeast Asia-based companies at series A and B stage, and already has three portfolio companies.

Nabard’s food, agriculture and rural development-focused investment vehicle, Nabventures, has reached its first close and has a ceiling of nearly $100m.

Telkomsel's newly formed Telkomsel Mitra Inovasi vehicle has launched a $40m fund in partnership with sister unit MDI Ventures and fellow corporate venturer Singtel Innov8.

JD.com has secured CICC Capital, Baring Private Equity Asia and CPEChina Fund for a series A round expected to value its healthcare spinoff at $6.9bn.

Qihoo 360 spinoff Beijing Qianxin Technology has received approximately $542m from China Electronics Corporation at a valuation of $2.4bn.

Samurai Incubate Fund VI, backed by corporates such as Keikyu, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Seino Holdings, is set to start accepting applications for the second edition of The First Movers program.

Midea Real Estate and Red Star Macalline helped Orvibo raise $18.8m of series C capital, taking the smart home technology supplier’s total funding to almost $48m.

Myeg helped increase the AR goggles and software developer's series B round to $32.4m, adding to a $14.9m first tranche backed by Meitu in 2017.