ST Telemedia led the Hyosung ITX-backed cloud services and software provider's latest round, which included existing investor Legend Capital.

The investment includes a $50m secondary share purchase from Info Edge and values restaurant listings platform Zomato at $1.1bn.

Alibaba invested $146m to lead the round, which more than doubled the valuation of the India-based online grocer inside two years.

The corporate venturing unit's third fund, its second in renminbi, will make investments in artificial intelligence and big data-oriented companies.

Asics, Seino Holdings, Mori Trust and Tosho Printing have chipped in to help venture capital fund Spiral Ventures Japan close its fund.

New Hope Group has led a series B round for Meiliche, the automotive finance spinout of online lender Meili, which included financial management platform Wacai.

A Reliance Industries subsidiary has contributed to the Indian venture firm's $39.3m 3one4 Capital Fund II, which will invest up to $2m per deal.

Venture capital firm Stellaris Venture Partners is targeting $100m for its first fund and has attracted Cisco, SAP and Infosys as limited partners.

The social game developer will invest in growth-stage digital entertainment and consumer internet companies through its Playtika Growth Investments fund.

The pharmaceutical development technology provider has received funding from investors including Google and series A backer Tencent.