Clalit Health Services unit Mor Research Applications has backed Aspire Venture Precision Medicine Fund and partnered its Smart Health Innovation Lab.

The CHJ Automotive-backed company plans to put the $14.5m into accelerating the development of its driverless delivery vans.

Shareholders including Japan Post, Salesforce, CyberAgent, Recruit, GMO, Nippon Life and Nikkei are all in line for exits when Sansan floats in Japan next month.

Baidu spinoff Du Xiaoman Financial has injected $65m into Harbin Bank Consumer Finance as part of a collaboration deal that will see them develop a range of products and services.

Bytedance-backed news and literary content aggregation service Dailyhunt reportedly increased its overall funding to $140m, after Sofina invested at a $534m valuation.

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.