QBE Insurance and Starr Companies have joined CIC to invest in Cytora as it prepares to launch a risk assessment engine for property and casualty insurance.

The National University of Singapore spinout has secured an undisclosed amount to bring its blockchain platform through public testing scheduled for December 2017.

Hong Kong X Technology Fund was established to support participants in an accelerator co-founded by professors from HKUST and University of Hong Kong.

The Jerusalem Innovation Incubator is set to obtain $25m from Reliance Industries, which helped launch the project last month alongside Yissum and others.

The student-led university venturing fund from University of Nevada, Las Vegas has committed capital to Echo Payment Systems.

Touchstone Innovations has provided $5.1m to the series B round, having previously led a $10m series A for the company in 2015.

The University of California-backed UC-RNT Fund has led a round that enabled strategic investor Axis Bank to exit.