Trade ties between Turkey and Japan are growing in number and magnitude this year from single digit e-commerce deals to multi-billion dollar nuclear energy construction projects. In what is becoming classic 'Abenomics' export agreements in an effort to boost export revenues and urge Japan's private foreign investment, Netprice Limited, the corporate venturing unit of Japan e-commerce and incubator Netprice.com, has invested in Turkey-based consumer price comparison site, Akakce.com for an undisclosed sum.

Rocket Internet, the German e-commerce incubator, is heating things up again in Brazil with its latest $2.5m series B investment in Airu, an internet site that hosts independent retailers selling homemade and vintage goods. The latest deal reportedly almost doubles Rocket's investment in the Brazilian company.

Swiss drugs firm funds London-based self-expression platform.

US-based subscription e-commerce site for fashion walks into France and Spain with latest acquisition.

Reports of new fund-raising for e-commerce site, already backed by corporate venturing units including The Times of India Group, value it at $1bn.

Newspaper-backed online shopping company increases total funding to $36m.

German start-up incubator Rocket Internet was joined by European corporate venturing firms Verlinvest and Tengelmann Group in a series C round worth $100m for Zalora.

Cloud content storage manager buys consumer technology start-up for undisclosed sum.

News of the proposed acquisition have boosted shares in Nasdaq-listed AutoNavi by more than 30% since the start of May and stand at about $14.77 per share.

Lewis Trust Group joins investors in backing online retailer The Hut Group.