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SpaceMarket has filed for an initial public offering on the TSE Mothers Market and its flotation will provide exits to CyberAgent, Opt, Recruit, My Navi and NTT Docomo.

SSIA-backed residential property marketplace secured Pavilion Capital and Gobi Partners as investors to support its bid to reach 20,000 Jakarta-focused property listings by the end of next year.

Akatsuki, Dai-ichi Life, Marui Group, Kaga Electronics and Shogakukan have all participated in a $13.8m funding round for Life is Tech.

CapitalG returned for the $400m series D that brought Convoy’s total funding to $668m, after the Alphabet subsidiary had previously led a $185m series C round.

Salesforce Ventures and Workday Ventures have both provided follow-on funding for edtech developer Guild Education, which has now raised more than $228m.

Customer engagement software developer Freshworks has pushed its valuation to $3.5bn following a $150m series H round co-led by long-time investor CapitalG.

GMO, Gree, KDDI, Colopl, Intelligence and Globis are all in line for exits as Lancers files for an initial public offering on the TSE Mothers Market.

Comcast Ventures had led enterprise productivity software company Hive’s latest round, with the proceeds going to an expanded marketing effort.

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

SoftBank-backed dealer-to-dealer vehicle marketplace has received $150m in a series E round co-led by Fidelity and Wellington Management Company.

Chevron Technology Ventures has thrown its weight behind Orbital Insight, which also welcomed back GV and Sky Perfect JSAT.