Dentsu was among the backers of a $20m series E round for NewsCred, which has now raised more than $100m from investors also including Verizon and Digital First Media.

Fidelity International has provided more than $11m to the skills trading platform operator backed by Sumitomo Mitsui, Nippon Life and Voyage Group.

Singapore Post-backed logistics network operator Rivigo has increased its series E round to $65m following a second close co-led by Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners.

VTC Innovation Fund contributed to a series B round for weather forecasting satellite constellation developer PlanetIQ, with the cash set to help it launch 20 microsatellites by 2021.

Tencent and Naspers-backed education platform Byju’s is targeting an expansion into the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand following the $150m funding round.

GV-backed marketing platform Signpost has added $52m to its coffers following a series D round, bringing its total funding to more than $87m.

WeWork Labs will launch new early-stage and growth-stage accelerator streams in Thailand focused on foodtech in partnership with Thai Union Group, National Innovation Agency and Mahidol University.

Siemens’ Next47 unit has led the series B round, which will enable 15Five to accelerate business growth, bolster sales and marketing efforts and drive technology development.

Law firm Anderson Strathern has launched AS Capital to invest in early-stage startups alongside Equity Group, having invested an undisclosed amount in Synaptec.

The legal outsourcing provider has launched Bright Mind Capital Partners to make early-stage investments in artificial intelligence, blockchain and big data startups.