
Naver has joined Dynamic Yield’s series D round, which now totals $38m, three months after Union Group contributed to its initial close.
Opera has injected $30m into entertainment-focused social media company StarMaker and secured an option to acquire a majority stake in 2020.
Power Corporation’s Portag3 Ventures has achieved a first close of $150m for its second fund thanks to a range of insurance and financial services investors.
Tencent is contributing $250m to a larger funding round reportedly being raised by online education platform Yuanfudao at a valuation of $2.8bn.
Enterprise Holdings and Google have taken part in a series C round for last-mile delivery service Deliv alongside existing shareholders such as UPS and Macerich.
The corporate revealed it has backed 600 companies, more than 100 of which achieved $1bn-plus valuations, and it will now move further into industry-based deals.
Generation Investment Management has joined a series B round for DeepMap that is at least $60m in size and which already includes Nvidia and Robert Bosch.
Mitsubishi Estate and Koei Tecmo have backed a $50m series D for space junk removal service Astroscale that almost doubled its total funding to $102m.
The property manager and workspace operator has teamed up with venture firm Nippon Venture Capital for a corporate VC fund.
FinUp has returned to lead a $70m series C round for Akulaku, whose other existing shareholders reportedly include Legend Capital.