Europe-wide venture firm Speedinvest has now assembled $225m for its latest fund, which will target pre-seed and seed investments.

ZZ Ventures will target developers of entrepreneurial education and content that encompass areas such as fashion, retail, tourism and cuisine.

Epco, Hitachi, Hokuriku Electric Power, Looop, Opt, Showa Shell, SK Gas, Sumitomo and Tokyo Gas are all set to exit the energy price comparison portal in an offering on TSE’s Mothers Market.

SAP Concur is set to exit the pricing and merchandising software provider, which will be added to Oracle's Opera Cloud Suite.

AP Moller – Maersk returned in an Inven Capital-led round that lifted the freight management platform developer's total funding to $103m.

Axa Venture Partners led a $14.9m round for the e-commerce fulfilment platform developer, which counts SanomaVentures as an earlier backer.

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

The customer data analytics software operator is scheduled to go public on TSE Mothers Market, allowing Google, Mitsui and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to exit.

Japan Post Capital co-led a $13.8m round for the B2B subcontracting service that included Hakuhodo DY Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SBI Investment and UB Ventures.

Q&A with Suzanna Chiu, head, Amadeus Ventures