Boston Consulting Group returned with the rest of Journera's series A investors to provide $11.6m for the travel data exchange service.

Corporate venturing units SMDV and Saison Capital were among the participants as the retail inventory services startup secured $10.5m.

Xiaomi and co-led social dating platform Yidui’s latest round with Sky9 Capital, investing alongside new and returning backers.

Applications are open for Shogakukan and ShoPro’s accelerator scheme, co-run by 01Booster, which will focus on education, entertainment and health technology.

The owner of online travel platforms Ctrip, Skyscanner and Qunar, has committed $14.1m to its in-house investment fund, Xiecheng Entrepreneurship Investment Company.

Siemens and Scania-backed Sennder has merged with fellow on-demand logistics provider Everoad to seize a larger chunk of the European marketplace.

The real estate services portal increased its overall funding to $37m with a round co-led by SoftBank Ventures Asia that also featured RSquare.

Baidu's online education spinoff is reportedly in talks over a $600m to $800m round set to value it at $6.5bn pre-money.

The theme park operator launched a $27.4m fund to back domains including talent acquisition, children-centred learning and intelligent urban infrastructure.

Tencent is among the possible participants in a round that could reportedly double the online learning service provider's $510m valuation.