Minus has raised $8m from investors including IDG-Accel, in order to develop and improve its chatroom messaging app, which has 12 million users.

Men's fashion retailer Menlook has secured $29m in a round in which Allianz-backed IDinvest Partners and BPfrance became shareholders.

Corporate JV Bharti Softbank has acquired a 36.5% stake in media company ScoopWhoop through BSB Portal, which is also backed by Yahoo.

Hepatitis treatment developer Myr raised the cash from High-Tech Gruenderfonds, which previously invested in 2011, and Russian government-backed Maxwell Biotech Fund.

The broadcaster provided the capital to 1 Mainstream, an automated platform for online video distribution, through a convertible loan.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals has purchased a 49% share of drug manufacturer Adwiya Mami, which will be renamed Alembic Mami.

Smart home start-up Revolv has been acquired by Nest for an undisclosed amount, giving an exit to American Family and Liberty Global.

Samsung and AMD are both backers of the semiconductor technology developer, which has 250 employees and plans to license out its technology.