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Pearson and Village Capital have opened applications to their Edupreneurs programme, now in its second year, which will target Africa-based startups.

The online manicure booking service has raised $5m in an IDG-led series A round, and will use the funding to expand in its home country of China.

The Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, now in its second year, has announced the 12 finalists that will participate in its three month New York programme.

Docomo Ventures has announced three of the four startups that will participate in its third incubator programme.

The company's corporate venturing fund will direct the investments from the fund, which will target startups operating in the mobile internet space.

Education website and app Yuantiku has raised $15m in a series C round backed by IDG Capital Partners and Matrix Partners China.

Urban Compass, an Advance Publications-backed online marketplace to rent and buy properties in New York, has now raised about $76m since 2012.

Workspot has raised $6.5m in a series A round to scale its workspace-as-a-service app and cloud-based IT service.

The senior living services company's venture unit will invest up to $1m a time from the fund, raised in partnership with investment bank Ziegler.