Existing investor SBI led the financial comparison platform's series B round, with SIG Asia Investments also investing.

The Sinar Mas and Yahoo Japan-backed EV Growth led the beauty e-commerce platform's latest round, which included existing backer iStyle.

Tel Aviv University’s TTO has set up a business called Nemis Technologies in partnership with BioSynth to develop pathological bacteria detection technologies powered by chemiluminescence.

Data from GCV Analytics and Pitchbook showed corporate venturers are increasingly opting for larger deals, consequently reducing the total number of deals.

Medicine development startup Brii Biosciences has launched with funding from investors including the WuXi AppTec-backed 6 Dimensions Capital.

Existing investors in the on-demand ride provider include Didi Chuxing, Rakuten, Saudi Telecom, Al Tayyar and Daimler.

The investment brought the total raised by the fast-charging battery developer, which is also backed by Samsung and Daimler, to $146m.

SoftBank's Chinese VC unit, SBCVC, has co-led a $21.1m round for autonomous service robot developer Cowarobot, with the funds to go to R&D.