Samsung Next and Standard Industries unit 40North took part in a round that increased the transcription services provider's valuation to $2bn.

The CyberAgent, Dentsu, FreakOut, Hakuhodo DY, Will Group and Z Holdings-backed adbot developer is set to list on TSE’s Mothers Market on December 23.

The surgical robotics developer received $78.3m in funding from investors including New World Development, Lilly Asia Ventures and Meituan's DragonBall Capital fund.

SBS Holdings and P&E Directions were among the investors that provided $51.7m for the Dentsu, Japan Post, Horipro and MCJ-backed mobile charging station operator.

Telkom Group, Bank Mandiri and Bank BRI have backed Merah Putih Fund’s first close, reportedly sized at a hundreds of millions of dollars.

VKR Holdings is a cornerstone investor of the venture partnership’s Fund 1, which will back early-stage companies developing technologies designed to alleviate climate change.

Sunshine Insurance took part in the eye-focused gene therapy developer's series C round, which pushed its overall funding past $140m.

Coinbase Ventures contributed to a $55m round for music-focused NFT platform developer Royal while neural search technology developer Jina AI raised $30m in an SAP-backed round.

Sumer Juneja, Lydia Jett, Vikas Parekh and Dennis Chang have all ascended at SoftBank Investment Advisers, which runs the corporate's Vision Funds.

The Digital Garage-backed property listings platform developer’s latest round boosted its total funding to $361m and helped it achieve unicorn status.