Jolly Pharma has backed a funding round for cancer immunotherapy developer Carsgen Therapeutics through its Jolly Innovation Ventures unit.

Intel Capital has invested in big data technology developer GigaSpaces for a third time, and the funding will go to innovation, sales and marketing.

The virtual reality headset maker has attracted funding from investors including film studio Huayi Brothers, which participated as an existing backer.

Sandisk is set to exit Altair Semiconductor, just over a year after it invested an undisclosed sum in the company, which had already raised about $125m.

SoftBank has followed a reported $70m investment in 2014 with another $14.8m for the online realty portal, also backed by Qualcomm.

The series B round closed by Ping An-backed Lufax is the biggest deal so far in what has been a bumper month for China's online finance sector.

In November, Jugnoo raised $3m in a B round provided by mobile payment company Paytm.

In May 2014, Rakuten led a $1m seed round for ESTmob.

In May, GMO Venture Partners, the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based internet group GMO, invested Y300m ($2.5m) in ChatWork.

Artificial intelligence-driven healthcare analytics startup iCarbonX is raising $106m for a series A round that values the company at $760m.