The Japanese recruiter will seek to invest in early-stage overseas companies, and has already funded holiday home search engine Tripping.

The contacts sharing service has closed a round featuring Nikkei, and has now raised $19.5m in total.

The electric vehicle maker has secured $10m in a Mizuho-backed round and will now aim to expand across Asia.

The unit, a subsidiary of social networking and gaming company Gree, is targeting a second close this summer.

The software company has taken a majority stake in MediaV in return for a $100m cash injection.

The new fund will bring the firm's total capital under management to more than $2.2bn.

The DeNA-backed app developer has completed is series C round, and will use the capital to develop its couples app, Between.

Adsame, backed by SIG China, has raised $30m in series C funding to work towards a US initial public offering.