Alibaba is in talks to lead the Indonesia-based e-commerce company's next round, which would include existing investors SoftBank and Sequoia Capital.

E-commerce keyboard app developer Chatter Commerce has been acquired by Viber, having raised $1.25m in a round led by parent company Rakuten.

E-commerce firm Infibeam has reportedly bid $700m for corporate-backed Snapdeal, which looked likely to be bought by Flipkart, in a deal that would allow its founders to stay.

Naver joined subsidiaries NHN Investment Corp and Line for a series A round announced at the same time as the launch of Syte.ai's clothing search platform.

Foxconn was among the investors in a $10.1m round that will support hiring, product development and production expansion, as Molekule releases its air purifier to the public.

The battle robot developer has secured $7.5m in a Qualcomm Ventures-backed round that will support commercialisation of its lead product, MekaMon.

Axiomatic, Brit + Co, Savioke and ReplyYes are among the 11 companies that make up the 2017 cohort of Disney Accelerator.

The modular programmable robotics kit developer is in talks with SoftBank over a round that could double its valuation to $400m.

Gatehouse Media and iHeartMedia provided cash and media assets through the round, which will support the mobile lottery platform's global expansion.