YouTube has bought BandPage, an IDG-backed company that helps musicians sell tickets, merchandise and other products, for approximately $8m.

The landscaping company, together with investment firm Hejun Zhengde, has launched a virtual and augmented reality fund that is targeting a $15m first close.

The mobile game studio raised $14m from Link and Motivation and Globis in 2014 and is now looking to go public in its home country of Japan.

The social media curation platform has received additional funding from Inkef Capital to boost its Singapore Press Holdings-backed series A round to $7m.

GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, has exited health coaching app Rise, acquired for $20m by One Medical after a $2.3m seed round.

Rabbit Internet, a joint venture between mass transit group BTS and investment firm Alpha Founders, has raised $9.1m that will go to building its consumer internet offerings.

The virtual reality network operator has now accumulated almost $40m in financing, and attracted Samsung, HTC, Orange, Madison Wells and Digital Garage as backers.

Marketing automation company Upsight has bought gaming ad monetisation platform Fuse Powered, giving an exit to Blackberry spinout Relay Ventures.