Henry Choi has left Korea Investment Partners to lead global investment endeavours for Hana Ventures, the first corporate venture capital vehicle launched by a South Korea-based financial services firm.

Flexible display manufacturer Royole is seeking $1bn in funding as it prepares for an initial public offering that could provide an exit to Yuexiu Group.

Star India and Star US have injected $153m into Hotstar, a video streaming subsidiary of the former that is set to debut its first slate of original programming this month.

Tencent and Meituan Dianping-backed consumer goods trading platform Yijiupi has added $100m from Warburg Pincus to its coffers in a series D-plus round.

The Ola-backed point-of-sale technology developer has received a further $31.5m from some of its existing investors, according to regulatory filings.

Line's corporate venturing unit, Line Ventures, will invest $20m through its ScaleUp post-accelerator, which targets Thailand-based startups.

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

Amazon and Intact Financial Corporation both contributed to a series C round that reportedly swelled the auto insurance provider's valuation to about $300m.

The medical research services provider collected funding from investors including Cash Capital, an investment arm of CAS which previously backed a series A.

Singtel Innov8, MDI Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia, Humanica, Fuchsia Ventures, HSBC and the IMC-managed Heritas Venture Fund all invested in the benefits software developer.