Andreas von Richter had previously been partner of Aster Capital among other venture roles over the past decade.

Lee had left IDG Ventures Korea in early 2016 and has spent the past near-two years as managing partner of Cognitive Investment.

Rothe had spent five years at Capnamic, which includes Axa, Cewe, Cisco, Defacto, Euroweb, Gauselmann Die Spielemacher, Hahn Air, Helaba, MGO Digital Ventures, Muellermedien, NWZ Digital, Rheinische Post, Universal Music Group and DuMont Digital as its corporate limited partners in its funds.

Ola has acquired Times Internet-backed public transportation app developer Ridlr in an all-stock deal reportedly worth almost $50m.

Purdue-born Spensa recently detailed how its live insect phenology model could help farmers predict how insect populations develop.

SalesLoft has raised a total of $76m in funding after securing $50m in a series C round that included LinkedIn.

Accolade has raised $50m from a consortium of investors that included McKesson Ventures, which previously injected $22.5m in 2015.

Zhongnan has contributed to the series B1 round, having previously backed a series A, as co-working spaces provider Mixpace prepares to expand into additional cities.

China Taiping Insurance has backed a series A round for Alisports, the sports affiliate of Alibaba that revealed the deal at the same time as its acquisition of wearables maker Ledongli.