The telecommunications firm will kick in more than $240m for the fund, which will be formed with a state-owned investment entity to fund mobile internet companies.

KJS has provided fresh funding for the e-commerce company, also backed by Astro All Asia, to scale up its logistics and delivery capabilities.

IT firm Infosys invests $2m into Carnegie Mellon University air quality monitoring spin-out Airviz.

Filings indicate Legend-backed mobile shopping app provider Wish could have secured up to $545m in series D funding.

Norwest Venture Partners is set to supply $15m to the food delivery startup for its series A round, which will fund expansion across India's urban areas.

The wearable fitness device maker has raised $83m in funding from investors including SoftBank and Qualcomm.

Google-backed Wonder Workshop, which develops programmable robots for children, has now boosted its total funding to almost $16m.

Location-based retail promotion-seeking platform Retale has raised new funding from existing investors including digital publisher Axel Springer.