Tsinghua’s Tus-Holdings is weighing up a venture capital fund as part of a $584m push into Japan’s artificial intelligence, fintech and robotics sectors.

Synthetic silk developer Spiber spun out of Keio University in 2007 and has now raised a total of more than $260m.

Cheng Choong Hung, formerly of Nanyang Technological University’s innovation arm, allegedly cheated organisations including NTU of $225,000.

Xi'an Jiaotong University's foundation was among the investors in domestic services booking platform 24tidy as the company increased its total to at least $62.7m.

Legend Holdings has backed the insurance brokerage whose existing shareholders include Tsinghua Holdings and Fosun.

The company has raised $14.4m from investors including Tsinghua University’s THG Ventures for its range of integrated circuit design services.

Provided by Matrix Partner China and Ceyuan Ventures, the series A capital will help Renmin natural language processing spinout Elens mature its product development and R&D capabilities.

Biotherapeutics developer Kanova has secured capital from investors including Tsinghua University-managed Lotus Lake Ventures.

Wind turbine producer Goldwind returned and 36Kr Fund also invested as Tsinghua's rocket technology developer LandSpace secured $43.2m in a series B-plus round.

Research from Chinese Academy of Sciences will benefit from a vehicle backed by the government of Guangzhou in areas including intelligent manufacturing and energy efficiency.