Yahoo Japan, NTT Docomo, Credit Saison and Colopl joined existing investors Gree, GMO and Fidelity International to fund Japan-based Kaizen's series B round.

Sesame Workshop, the producer of TV show Sesame Street, has set up an investment arm and created a $10m first fund with the support of Collaborative Fund.

China-based financial news provider WallStreetCn.com, previously backed by Ping An, has secured $15.2m from China Media Capital.

Alibaba led a $793.5m round for the augmented reality company that closed at a $4.5bn valuation with help from Google, Qualcomm, Warner Bros and Legendary Entertainment.

The mobile game developer has received $10m in a series B round that featured AMC, Lionsgate, IDG Ventures and IDG Capital, taking its overall funding to $18m.

Gaming voice app producer Discord, formerly game developer Hammer & Chisel, has raised $20m from investors including existing backer Tencent.

The Hearst, BSkyB and News Corp-backed streaming device manufacturer has boosted its total funding to some $200m, a year after reportedly considering an IPO.

Sky's advertising subsidiary, Sky Media, will work with marketing analytics company DataXu on its Sky AdVance product following the investment.