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Jason Hu, who held executive roles at Cathay Capital and CDH Investments for more than a decade, has joined JD.com as head of strategic investment.

E-commerce search technology developer Syte secured $21.5m from its existing investors, which included Line, Naver and the corporate-backed KDC Ventures.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Consumer goods portal Zhuan Zhuan will bolster its coffers with funding from controlling shareholder 58.com and existing investor Tencent.

Huimin, an online goods and services portal targeting community-sized retailers, has now raised some $520m altogether having been backed by Fosun Capital in its latest round.

Furniture rental service CasaOne has added co-working space operator WeWork to an investor base that already included JLL Spark.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs and Ikea franchisee Ingka were among the participants in flexible furniture provider Ori's series B round.

MIT-founded robotic interior design developer Ori found support from Sidewalk Labs and Ingka Group as it looks to deliver full robotic interiors in partnership with architects and property developers.

Sales team-focused voice analytics software developer Cogito, an MIT spinout, attracted investors including Salesforce, New York Life and Goldman Sachs to bring its overall total to $100m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.