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Immunotherapy spinout Annexon Biosciences collected funding from Novartis Venture Fund in a series C round that brought its total funding to $154m.

Grab has raised $2.85bn this year, most of which came from corporate investors, but could potentially receive up to $1.5bn more from SoftBank Vision Fund.

4Paradigm has now won backing from a host of corporates for its technology, which helps clients build AI apps for purposes including financial services.

Synspective has been backed by a University of Tokyo VC vehicle in its bid to launch a constellation of 25 small Earth observation satellites powered by synthetic aperture radar.

4Paradigm has now won backing from Tsinghua University Science Park for its technology, which helps clients build AI apps for purposes including financial services.

The round reportedly valued the online food ordering platform at $3.3bn and was led by $660m from Naspers, while Meituan Dianping and Tencent also invested.

Tencent reportedly owns more than 30% of online brokerage Futu Securities, which has confidentially filed to go public, targeting a $2.5bn valuation.

Brand Capital contributed to a $35m round for the AI-based examination preparation app, which raised the money at a valuation of up to $200m.