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

Thailand-headquartered GogoPrint has bought Indonesia-based counterpart Prinzio, enabling a third printing services provider, Raksul, to exit.

Naspers Ventures is leading a funding round for Byju’s already sized at $322m, with a $400m target, that is valuing the online learning platform at $3.6bn.

Kaust-founded solar panel cleaning technology developer Nomadd Desert Solutions has gained funding and a strategic alliance with grid project developer Cepco.

The facial and body recognition software developer is lining up a round that would value it at between $3.5bn and $4bn, with existing backer Alibaba a possible investor.

Novel and existing investors PayPal and Qualcomm Ventures all contributed to a round for Toss owner Viva Republica that valued it at $1.2bn.

The smart device developer, which counts SEB and Xiaomi as backers, has raised tens of millions of dollars in its third funding round this year.

Ecovacs Robotics invested in the emotion-recognition technology developer as part of a series B round, participating as an existing backer.

Mitsui and Dai-ichi Life have backed a $22.9m investment round led by 31Ventures Global Innovation Fund that will fund the launch of Axelspace's latest satellite.

KDDI, Airbus, Global Logistic Properties, JTB and Maeda Industry all chipped in as the experiential robotics startup raised an undisclosed amount.