Travel agency Ctrip has co-led a $300m round for holiday home platform Tujia, two years after the corporate contributed to a series D round of the same size.

The Tencent-backed Southeast Asian online services provider is set to raise between $596m and $695m from its US initial public offering.

Reuters has ranked the top 100 universities across the world, putting Stanford University at the top and naming KU Leuven as the most innovative institution in Europe.

The digital health platform has raised $6.5m in a round backed by Al Rashed and Sons unit Rimco Investments, and will use the funding for regional expansion.

Nippon Life-backed Nissay Capital has returned to back a $6.6m round for Lifestyle Design, the operator of custom fashion e-commerce platform LaFabric.

UK-based GoCompare has made its first strategic investment outside its home country, in a $14.5m round for Middle East price comparison platform Souqalmal.

University of Tokyo's investment unit and financial services provider Shinsei Bank have backed the fund, which will support local spinouts and startups.

Nippon Life and Kaga were among the participants in a $6.5m round for connected sensor technology developer Skydisc, which will use the cash for hiring.

Spice Mobility will pay $5.25m for the 10.8% stake in mobile services provider Spice Digital acquired by fabless semiconductor provider MediaTek in 2011 for $20m.