The online science community has raised $20m in a series C round led by education technology developer TAL which also featured returning backer IDG.

Mitsui Sumitomo, Dentsu, GMO and Sourcenext all contributed to the online accounting service's series B round, raised just over a year after its series A.

The confectionery company will fund startups producing relevant technology for its industry.

Travelogue app Breadtrip has raised $50m in a Tencent-led round that increased its overall funding to $62m.

K Venture Group is being formed to diversify the holdings of the $9.4bn Korea-based internet company, formed through a merger in October.

Shanghai-based apartment finding service Mogoroom has completed a $25m IDG-backed series B round that will be used to expand the size of its network.

The India-based company has now raised more than $1.9bn in 2014, and has filed to go public in Singapore.

Flipkart has exited payment platform JiGrahak and in the process upped its stake in parent company Ngpay to almost 66%.

Novartis has taken a 12.8% stake in pharmaceutical company BiolineRx as part of a partnership agreement.