The textbook publishing house plans to invest up to $48m through the fund, with $200m state fund FRII providing up to $8m.

Innogy has joined existing investors to lead a $14m series B round that will enable Move24 to strengthen its market position in Central and Western Europe.

JLL India Real Estate Technology Ventures plans to invest in up to 15 real estate technology developers over the next 18 months, the first of which is interior design platform Foyr.

Human resources outsourcing specialist Microseer has followed an IDG Capital-backed series A round with a $30m round led by JD.com's financial services spinout.

Walmart supplied the funding as part of a strategic partnership that will involve New Dada providing delivery services from the firm's Chinese stores.

Rental platform Zumper has added Marcus & Millichap to its shareholders following a $17.6m series B round that raised the company's total funding to more than $39m.

Tencent and New Hope Group have invested in Doumi, a recruitment platform that is also backed by 58.com-Ganji.

Dinesh Moorjani has been appointed as managing director based in Santa Monica for Comcast Ventures, having previously run IAC's Hatch Labs incubator.

Ibibo owners Naspers and Tencent will acquire a 40% stake in the combined company as part of the all-share deal, while Ctrip will pick up 10%.