Take-Two Interactive has led Proletariat's latest round, which will support the progress of the multiplayer game studio's next title.

The news aggregation app plans to close the Japan Post-led round next month at a $1.2bn valuation and has now raised $182m altogether.

The iQiyi-incubated VR and AR tech developer has raised $14.2m in an Addor Capital-led series A round that will be used to boost its product offering.

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

Sinclair Digital joined an affiliate of MediaMath to back in-car interactive content provider Octopus Interactive, which is aiming to enhance its advertising technology.

Ant Financial and Nikkei-backed 36Kr has raised just a fifth of its original IPO target and shares took another 10% hit on the first day of trading.

Ucaidao has raised $40m in all having won the backing of Tencent, SoftBank, Alphabet, K11 and Agricultural Bank of China for its latest round.

Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund has contributed to a $30m round for Pops Worldwide, whose existing shareholders include WarnerMedia.

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

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