Rakuten has scored an exit from digital invoicing platform MakeLeaps after Ricoh agreed to buy the company for a reported eight-figure amount.

Workday Ventures has exited recruitment matchmaking platform Simppler in an acquisition by Teamable two years after it invested in the company.

TAL Education joined conglomerate Fosun and VC firm Shunwei Capital in a round for parenting app developer QinBaoBao sized in the eight-digit dollar range.

Amazon, Eon and Čez Group have backed a $50m funding round for smart thermostat manufacturer Tado that nearly doubled its equity to $102m.

Bristol Myers-Squibb, Merck Group and Novo all took part in a $90m series C round for Galecto Biotech, which is commercialising research from Lund and Edinburgh universities.

Quark Venture and GF Securities have invested $1.9m in Sitka Biopharma, a spinout of University of British Columbia and Centre for Drug Research and Development.

Bristol Myers-Squibb, Merck Group and Novo all took part in a $90m series C round for Galecto Biotech that was co-led by Ysios Capital and OrbiMed.

Small-molecule therapy developer Xgene Pharma has received $20m in a Ping An Ventures-led round that also featured a subsidiary of Sinar Mas.

Jebsen Capital co-led a round that boosted the total raised by computer vision technology developer EyeSight, whose backers include Kuang-Chi, Ceva and Mitsui, to $50m.

Intel, Axa and Reinsurance Group of America all invested in K4Connect, the developer of an operating system for connected household devices catered to older and disabled users.