Sinar Mas and AirAsia have backed the communication platform's global expansion plans by joining its series B round.

The Animoca Brands-backed accelerator will share information and invest alongside SoftBank's artificial intelligence-focused Deepcore.

Al Sanie-backed HolidayMe is set to merge with fellow travel agency Tripfez after it raised $16m in a series C round.

Legend Holdings has backed the insurance brokerage whose existing shareholders include Fosun and Tsinghua Holdings.

Cisco and Susquehanna International Group were part of a consortium that supplied $60m in series A capital to business management platform Deskera.

Red Star Macalline Group has co-led a $60m series A round for artificial intelligence company Aibee that also attracted Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group.

PLDT and Tencent-backed Voyager Innovations has secured an additional $40m in funding from International Finance Corporation to bring its total to $215m.

Drugmaker Strides Pharma Science has invested $15m in the first close of a series B round with a $100m target, bringing the first tranche to $35m.

Text automation business Data Grand has taken its total funding to more than $28.8m with a series B round that included Legend Holdings.

Legend Capital has put its weight behind Shanghai Cell Therapy’s $39.6m series C1 round, two years after leading a $26.6m series B.