Microsoft, General Electric, Qualcomm, Tata & Sons and HNA Group have joined Tel Aviv University's Ramot and Pitango Venture Capital to form the internet-of-things fund.

Conglomerate Reliance Group has injected $12m into Square Yards, an online-to-offline marketplace focusing on real estate, adding to $11m raised last year.

Autonomous car and robotics technology producer ZMP plans to float in its home country of Japan having received equity funding from Intel and Komatsu.

Imax will use the Imax VR Content Fund to support content developers, and has secured funds from Acer, which supplied $10m, CAA, Enlight Media and WPP.

ZJamp Holding Group led the round, which parking data app builder EZParking will put toward its technology, customer services, and research and development.

Jung Woo Sung, formerly the chief financial officer and head of corporate development at SK Planet and Shopkick, has joined Hanwha Asset Management as CEO.

Legend Capital and the Alibaba-backed Riverhill Fund have invested $20m in seafood trading platform Gfresh, which will leverage their affiliate companies to grow.

The series B capital was provided by undisclosed backers, and follows a $10m series A investment by Baidu in 2014.