Consumer

Nasdaq-listed HomeAway joins Ctrip.com International, an online travel service provider in China also listed on Nasdaq, and venture capital firms, Lightspeed China Partners and CDH Investments, in Tujia's financing.

Based in India, Mehra will run L Capital Asia's operations.

Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE), backed by mutual fund manager Fidelity's balance sheet, led the round, and was joined by return backers, venture capital furms Index Ventures and Greylock Partners.

Macy's said it would sell a selection of its private-brand merchandise to Chinese consumers through a Macy's section on Omei.com.

Edipresse backs online clothing company.

The Bank-backed investment fund buys into the pub chain, which runs 15 sites.

The audio technology company emerges with $750,000 of angel funding less than a year after entering the incubator.

The craft e-commerce website raises funds from Germany-based media group Hubert Burda Media as well as venture firms Union Square Ventures, Accel Partners, and Index Ventures.

Innovacorp's Greg Phipps said the graduate job hunter-targeted site bridges a gap between the professional networking of LinkedIn and the "purely social networking of Facebook".

LVMH's Asian corporate venturing unit has its eye on hooking up with a big Chinese wedding photography business.

Japan-based internet retailer Rakuten joins Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, and FirstMark Capital, backing the fast-growing social network