Bollywood's Salman Khan joins Intel Capital as an investor in India-based travel site Yatra.

Qualcomm Ventures reportedly backs the Taiwan-based event ticketing company founded last year.

The India-based advertising network backed by the corporate venturing unit of local media company Network 18 sells to Bertelsmann's publishing division

The Indian risk capital industry had investments of $9.3bn in 2011. But it is feared the taxation proposals in Budget 2012 will create roadblocks to future growth. This piece, first published by The Economic Times of India, explains why the right policy framework can boost risk capital inflow to $200bn by 2020.

Intel Capital has invested $650m in 100 companies in China.

Alibaba has also created AliVenture, another corporate venturing unit with a team of 16 to 20 investment professionals, according to news provider Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ).

The Phillippines' Globe Telecom launches incubator Kickstart Ventures.

The US-based medical diagnostics company has spun off a plastics company with in partnership with a Chinese province, which its chief executive says could be a $1bn opportunity.

Neiman Marcus, which is owned by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and TPG, is investing $28m in Glamour as its first move into China's luxury market.

Anaphore said it acquired RuiYi for an undisclosed amount to gain access to its biologics drug discovery platform targeting G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs).