Investment banking firm RM Global has raised $30m for the first close for a fund that will back startups developed by Johnson & Johnson and Takeda-backed incubator FutuRx.

Gree's corporate venturing unit has closed its second fund at $67m and is expanding its focus from Japan and Southeast Asia to Japan.

The co-working space provider, which counts several property developers as backers, has pulled in $58m of funding from undisclosed investors.

Existing investor SIG returned for the mobile communication app developer's series D round, which was led by a China Construction Bank unit.

Digital marketing technology provider From Scratch has raised $28.4m in a Rakuten Ventures-backed round that took its overall funding to more than $40m.

Bupa's Blue Table accelerator is one of a range of corporate startup initiatives to be launched in the past month, including those by Rabobank, Bosch, HPE and Sunway.

Online video platform YY has spun out livestreaming subsidiary Huya with a $75m series A round led by Ping An Insurance.

WuXi PharmaTech's corporate venturing arm will merge with VC firm Frontline BioVentures to create an investment firm with $800m of assets under management.

Softbank has committed $28bn to its Vision Fund, including $8.2bn through the transfer of a 24.99% stake in its chip design subsidiary Arm.