Early-stage
China B2B home decoration materials platform gets Series A
Zhangshangfucai, a Chinese online B2B platform for sourcing home decoration materials, has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by ZhenFund.
BASF venture unit backs China 3D printing player
Germany’s BASF Venture Capital has agreed its first direct investment in China with a commitment of undisclosed size to 3D printing company Prismlab.
Jungle co-leads $29m round for UK AI developer
Jungle Ventures has joined UK-based venture capital firm Lakestar to lead a $29 million Series A round for Engineer.ai, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled software development tools.
Qiming leads Series B-plus for China's Jingling
Chinese social e-commerce platform Jingling has closed an extended Series B round - said to be worth millions of US dollars - led by Qiming Venture Partners.
Deal focus: XtalPi takes big pharma into the cloud
China and US-based XtalPi has raised $61 million this year from investors impressed its use of quantum physics, computational chemistry, and artificial intelligence to bring greater certainty to drug development
INCJ leads $50m round for Singapore's Astroscale
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) has led a $50 million Series D round for Astroscale, a Singaporean space technology company focused on orbital debris removal.
Alliance Ventures backs China's WeRide
Alliance Ventures, an automotive-focused venture capital unit set up by Renault, Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors, has invested in Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide.
Insight hits $72m second close on China healthcare fund
China’s Insight Capital has reached a second close on its latest healthcare fund with commitments of RMB500 million ($71.7 million).
US, China-based Terns Pharma secures $80m Series B
Vivo Capital and Orbimed have co-led an $80 million Series B funding round for US and China-based Terns Pharmaceuticals.
Chinese new energy vehicle rental platform raises $43m
DST, a new energy vehicle rental service platform that mainly serves logistics companies, has raised RMB300 million ($43 million) in the first tranche of a Series B round led by Bojiang Capital, with participation from Japan's Itochu Corporation.
China Life backs AI drug development platform XtalPi
A healthcare fund managed by China Life Insurance has led a $46 million extended Series B investment in XtalPi, a US-based artificial intelligence-enabled healthcare services platform established by Chinese scientists.
Ping An Ventures leads $20m round for China's Xgene
Xgene Pharmaceutical, a Chinese drug maker, has raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding led by Ping An Ventures with participation from Zhongtai Investment – a unit of Indonesia’s Sinar Mas Group – and existing investors Morningside Venture...
Deal focus: Meltin plans next stage in human evolution
Japanese bio-robotics start-up Meltin has received a $17.7 million Series B round from a group of investors including SBI Investment with a view to revolutionizing human-machine interfaces
Nio Capital, Eight Roads lead Series A for Innovusion
Innovusion, a US-based developer of Lidar technology for autonomous vehicles, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Eight Roads Ventures China and Nio Capital, a unit of Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio.
Chinese smart city player Terminus raises $173m Series B
Terminus Technologies, China’s largest city-level mobile internet platform, has raised RMB1.2 billion ($173 million) in an extended Series B round led by China Everbright and IDG Capital. Local artificial intelligence (AI) technology developer SenseTime...
Composite Capital leads $50m round for India's ClearTax
Hong Kong-based hedge fund Composite Capital has led a $50 million funding round for Indian online financial services provider ClearTax.
Warburg Pincus backs Indonesia tax compliance business
Warburg Pincus has led a $25 million Series B round of funding for OnlinePajak, an Indonesia-based company that operates an online tax reporting platform.
SBI-backed Bcause gets funding for Asia crypto push
Bcause, a US-based cryptocurrency services company backed by SBI Holdings has received a commitment of undisclosed size from China Health Checkmate (CHC) to support an Asian expansion.
Chinese online insurer Wukongbao raises Series B
Wukongbao, a Beijing-based online insurance broker, has raised millions of US dollars in a Series B round led by Chinese classifieds platform 58.com, with participation from Guohua Life Insurance.
Lattice80 launches fintech accelerator in Hong Kong
Lattice80, a UK-based group that operates financial technology co-working spaces and accelerators globally, has established a new base in Hong Kong.
India's IvyCap launches $8m angel fund
India’s IvyCap Ventures has launched an angel fund targeting INR600 million ($8.2 million) that will make seed to Series A-stage investments.
SBI backs $18m round for Japan bio-robotics start-up
SBI Investment has joined a $17.7 million funding round for Meltin, a Japanese company focused on combining robotics with bio-signal processing.
Chinese mobile security player Zhizhangyi raises $29m
Zhizhangyi, a Chinese mobile security solutions provider, has raised RMB200 million ($29 million) in Series B funding led by Gaocheng Capital, a growth investment firm established by Jing Hong, formerly a partner at Hillhouse Capital.
Gobi launches $10m Indonesia early-stage fund
China and Southeast Asia-focused VC firm Gobi Partners has launched a $10 million fund aimed at early stage investments in Indonesia.