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The online education provider, a graduate of software provider Microsoft's Beijing accelerator and a portfolio company of the Fosun-backed Kinzon Capital, raised the funds across series B and B+ rounds.

Conglomerate Reliance Group has injected $12m into Square Yards, an online-to-offline marketplace focusing on real estate, adding to $11m raised last year.

Astremedia, Channel 4 and ad-for-equity vehicle German Media Pool VC all participated as new investors, lifting the HR marketplace's total funding to $30m.

Glenmede Trust and the Ontario Pension Board have joined a $30m extension for Hired's Comcast-backed series C round, which is now sized at $70m.

The Corporate Venture in Brasil 2015 event in October last year was the launch of a program with a full suite of resources to support corporations doing business and matching partners, deals and technologies. Around 600 leaders and investors joined hosts Apex-Brasil and Global Corporate Venturing for this first industry meeting point in Sao Paulo. Last month was the second annual edition, with the third planned for the week of 23 October 23 next year.

The series B capital was provided by undisclosed backers, and follows a $10m series A investment by Baidu in 2014.

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Sector focus: Financial Services