Educational app developer Byju's has increased a round now revealed as a combination of primary and secondary shares to $540m, with Naspers Ventures leading.

The JD Logistics and GLP-backed trucking services platform secured the funding in a round co-led by Bank Of China Group Investment and Matrix Partners China.

The transport optimisation software provider has closed a series B round that included Alibaba and existing investor Verizon Ventures.

The Thailand-based energy company plans to allocate the capital to international biotechnology and cleantech developers over a five-year period.

Blockchain technology developer Orbs has added some $15.4m in cryptocurrency to the $118m it raised in May, and expects the funding to last seven years.

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

Qualcomm Ventures, Syngenta Ventures and NeoPlux all contributed to a $34.7m round that took the farm-to-restaurant food sourcing platform's equity funding to more than $48m.

Grab has increased its latest round to $2.85bn with a $150m investment by its latest strategic partner, Yamaha Motor.

Nichirei Corp led Licious' series D round, three months after the online meat and fish delivery service raised $25m in a separate round led by Bertelsmann.

Next47 associate Rachel Zhong has taken a position at CR Capital, which manages a $16bn fund on behalf of conglomerate China Resources Group.