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Tencent returned to reinvest in a round valuing the e-commerce fulfilment service at $20bn as it prepares for an initial public offering next year.

Online skills platform developer Sanjieke disclosed over $31m in funding from investors including Udemy while gaming guild Avocado Guild pulled in $18m through a round co-led by Animoca Brands.

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

The corporate has backed the AI-equipped chatbot developer through a strategic alliance, boosting its latest round to $73.5m.

The CyberAgent, Dentsu, FreakOut, Hakuhodo DY, Will Group and Z Holdings-backed adbot developer is set to list on TSE’s Mothers Market on December 23.

SBS Holdings and P&E Directions were among the investors that provided $51.7m for the Dentsu, Japan Post, Horipro and MCJ-backed mobile charging station operator.

VKR Holdings is a cornerstone investor of the venture partnership’s Fund 1, which will back early-stage companies developing technologies designed to alleviate climate change.

Sumer Juneja, Lydia Jett, Vikas Parekh and Dennis Chang have all ascended at SoftBank Investment Advisers, which runs the corporate's Vision Funds.

GLP helped the e-commerce logistics provider raise series E funding that will support the expansion of its commercial operations and next-day fulfilment service.

The Digital Garage-backed property listings platform developer’s latest round boosted its total funding to $361m and helped it achieve unicorn status.

ServiceNow and Okta Ventures are set to exit the human resources software provider, which has raised at least $57.5m in funding.