Paytm Mall is seeking an investment of $500m to $600m and has approached SoftBank about serving as lead investor in the round.

Unilever Ventures has committed $10m to the IDG Ventures India Fund, with the money going towards startups operating in the consumer and digital spaces.

University of Oxford has generated its 150th spinout, 6Degrees, as its technology transfer office celebrates its 30th birthday today.

Itochu, KDDI and SBI Holdings have all invested in the cross-border mobile commerce platform to increase its total funding to $109m.

The food producer's corporate venture capital unit joined Powerplant Ventures and Cleveland Avenue to invest in the healhy vending machine supplier.

Danone Manifesto Ventures has invested in bottled ocean water brand Kona Deep in its fifth deal since launching in September last year.

Blu1877 will invest in innovations related to pasta products, and will invite startups to its pilot plant to test out their concepts.