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Takeda's R&D park is accepting membership applications for Japan VC Consortium, a life sciences-focused venture capital and corporate venturing engagement centre.

Xiaomi and co-led social dating platform Yidui’s latest round with Sky9 Capital, investing alongside new and returning backers.

The banking management software provider has followed funding from ING in 2018 with $11.4m from Nordea and Crédit Agricole CIB.

The mobile optimisation technology provider, whose backers include Verizon Ventures, is set to be bought by Volaris Group.

Applications are open for Shogakukan and ShoPro’s accelerator scheme, co-run by 01Booster, which will focus on education, entertainment and health technology.

Existing investor Septwolves returned as the IoT semiconductor maker secured about $28m that will fuel research and development.

New investors HDI and Nationwide Ventures took part in a series B round that boosted the total raised by the insurance underwriting technology developer to $28m.

OHSU's CNS disorder drug developer has launched with $76m from investors co-led by Arch Venture Partners and Cowen Healthcare Investments.

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

LY.com's group buying grocery spinoff raised the money in a Joyy-led round also backed by existing investors including Bertelsmann Asia Investments and Legend Capital.

The fraud prevention software provider closed a series A round co-led by Axa Venture Partners that will support international growth and product development.