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Cox Enterprises was among the returning investors that helped the digital lidar sensor provider take its total funding to $140m.

Allian X has returned to back the mobile insurance provider in a fresh funding round that included fellow corporate venturing unit CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund.

The Vietnam-focused venture firm’s maiden fund has attracted commitments from limited partners Naver, Sea and Woowa Brothers on the way to a $50m target.

The $14.6m round was co-led by distribution partner Fosun Pharma and also featured existing investor Baidu Ventures,

The farming automation technology producer received $11.2m in a round co-led by Rabobank's Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund.

Telefónica-owned ElevenPaths has bought cybersecurity training service iHackLabs, which received funding from Telefónica's Wayra unit in 2018.

Xiaomi was among the participants in a round sized at approximately $14.6m that was led by venture capital group IDG Capital.

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

The online course and tutoring provider, which counts Tencent, BCC and Naspers as investors, bumped its valuation up to $10.8bn in the round.

Frontier IP has secured the services of software development veteran Mark Rosten to supervise IT deal flow and product deployment at its portfolio companies.

Prudential and AIA are reportedly in advanced discussions to invest in Grab Financial Group, which is seeking $300m to $500m in capital.