Existing investor Hearst Ventures returned to back the home design platform's latest round at a $600m post-money valuation.

Chorus, which had raised seed capital from Chernin Group and UTA Ventures, has elected to shut down its group fitness app shortly after its launch.

The BeeEdge accelerator, formed by Panasonic and Scrum Ventures, will launch startups based on underutilised Panasonic technologies.

Existing investor Qualcomm Ventures has contributed to a $6.2m round for the online ticketing platform that will support partnerships and acquisitions.

Zomato has received $150m from Alibaba's financial services affiliate, which also bought $50m of shares from classified listings operator Info Edge.

The SoftBank-led series D round is indicative of a startup space where logistics, buying and transport are moving closer together.

Continental Grain was among the investors in the vegan dairy protein developer's $24.7m round, which was led by Temasek.

The business school hopes the partnership will strengthen the ecosystem, leveraging its faculty, program participants and alumni network for the initiative.