Corporate venturing units YJ Capital, Cyber Agent, KDDI and Mitsubishi join $3m investment in Skype-based English language education business Rarejob.

Russia-based online fashion retailer raises $130m funding led by Access Industries and joined by Tengelmann Ventures

Google-backed online marketplace for crafted goods raises $18m.

At the end of last year, Unilever committed a further $450m to its corporate venturing unit for its third fund to help it expand in Asia and North America from Europe.

In April last year, Wittlebee raised $2.5m in its seed round from Google Ventures and venture capital firms Crosslink Capital and Rincon Venture Partners.

Japan corporate venturing players, Itochu Technology Ventures and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, have come back to invest in a series B round valued at $3.4, to help accelerate the growth of Japan-based VIP flash fashion sales site, Muse & Co.

Voyage Ventures, the corporate venturing unit and incubator service of Japan online commerce service company Venture Group, has invested an undisclosed amount of capital into Japan e-commerce and celebrity product endorsement site, Box2You, through its parent company Grow!