Gaming voice app producer Discord, formerly game developer Hammer & Chisel, has raised $20m from investors including existing backer Tencent.

Student loans marketplace College Ave Student Loans took its overall equity financing to $40m in a Comcast-backed round.

The staffing services company has formed a corporate venturing unit called Temp Innovation Fund that will fund HR technology in Japan and internationally.

The online marketplace, a joint venture of SK Planet and XL Axiata, has boosted its total funding to about $110m with $50m from its founders.

Novel Group's corporate venturing unit returned to back True Fit, which supplies personalised shopping software for clothing retail brands.

Corporate-backed VC fund Shift Invest has provided an undisclosed amount for GreenA, which plans to commercially launch its biodegradable polymer this spring.

WeBank, a financial services affiliate of internet company Tencent, is raising its first external funding at a $5.5bn post-money valuation.

Northwestern University backs Solovis, a portfolio management software developer, following its becoming a customer of Solovis for its endowment last year.

Stellenbosch University's tech transfer office Innovus invests in Custos Media Technologies to bring its bitcoin bounty anti-piracy technology to more customers.