The Asia-based mobile video streaming company wins backing of SingTel Innov8.

India-based online e-classified company, Info Edge, has invested $0.9m in return for a 25% in gift company Happily Unmarried Marketing.

Itochu Technology Ventures and SMBC Venture Capital help the parent company manga shopping website Mangazenkan.com top up its total raised to about $3.3m.

Venture firms Highland Capital andVentech also participated in the round backing the China-based mobile phone magazine publisher, Marbridge Daily said.

Investment firm WFA Investments backs India-based personal finance company, as it is also reported to be in talks with a US-based hedge fund.

China-based online video company iQiyi was launched in April 2010, with Baidu and Providence investing that year, when it was known as Qiyi, before changing its name in November 2011.

The acquisition looks to have marked a big return for CyberAgent on the partial divestment, after it started the maker of popular game Rage of Bahamut last year with Y50m ($616,000)

Nagakura says his brief is to "identify, analyse, recommend and execute possible investments and alliance deals which would have a strategic fit with TransCosmos Japan".

BlueRun Ventures and Softbank China Venture Capital have invested in China-based fashion e-platform Tianpin.com