The Max Group and TVS-backed beauty product retail platform has reportedly increased its valuation to $724m in an investment by TPG Growth.

Online tutoring service Vedantu received $5m from TAL Education as part of an $11m series B round in November, the corporate has disclosed.

The Southeast Asian ride hailing service aims to add $2bn to a $4.5bn round that includes SoftBank Vision Fund, Toyota, Hyundai, Ping An and Microsoft.

The Reliance Industries subsidiary has paid about $34m to buy out the conversational AI company's investors, including BCC, and will invest the rest in the business.

WM Motor, Fosun and Bertelsmann Asia Investments have reportedly exited app-based bicycle rental platform Hellobike as it gears up to raise money.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's MUFG Innovation Partners unit will target Japanese and Southeast Asian fintech startups, and its first portfolio company is Moneytree.

SMBC, Shinsei Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ and Kyoto Chuo Shinkin all backed cancer therapy developer Chordia Therapeutics’ latest round, which follows a Takeda-backed series A.

Hindustan Times and Singapore Press Holdings could both exit the business media platform in a purchase by Financial Times expected to close this month.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The cloud application security technology provider has now raised more than $100m altogether, having secured cash in an M12-backed series C round.