Vark and Willbox have both raised funding, while Cisco has decided to buy Kenna Security and Guru Capital has purchased Oval Money.

Sector report: Media

Kyocera, Mitsui Fudosan and Japan Post hepled satellite technology developer Axelspace complete its series C round while PayPal is buying portfolio company Happy Returns.

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

Short-term accommodation provider Cohabs secured more than $70m in a round led by AG Real Estate, while Stampli, Impress and Tarana Wireless each raised $50m.

Tencent owns almost half of the social media platform developer, which had revealed its intentions to go public earlier this year.

Human resources software provider Legion and edge cloud services provider Zenlayer each received $50m while Intel is exiting Sedona Systems in a $100m acquisition.

Kyoto University and University of Tokyo both participated in a series B round for the artwork-focused blockchain technology developer.

Bertelsmann helped crypto financial service provider Babel Finance close a $40m series A round while Blind raised $37m from investors including Cisco.

The SK Telecom-backed app advertising and monetisation service provider is set to be bought by Zynga following $21m of venture funding.