Tencent has led a series E-plus round for Taimei as part of a capital influx totalling $212m, with SoftBank's SBCVC unit also among the investors.

The global positioning technology producer, which was co-founded by Alibaba and Norinco, secured the cash at a $1.84bn valuation.

TDK Ventures has taken part in a round for electric bicycle rental startup Wheels sized at more than $50m, nine months after it raised $37m.

Oxford Nanopore is reportedly eyeing a $2.1bn private placement that could offer an exit to Woodford Investment Management.

The customer service analytics provider, which counts StepStone and Salesforce as investors, has now raised $116m altogether.

Bloomberg and Cisco-backed risk intelligence software developer Flashpoint has received $6m in equity financing together with $28m of debt.

Drone services provider Aerodyne won the support of Axiata Digital Innovation Fund in a round that will fund hiring and research and development.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Mitsubishi Electric, Hyundai, Toyota AI Ventures and Omron Ventures all contributed to an $11.7m round that will fund an increase in the Duke spinout's headcount.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.