Goodyear, Union Pacific, CN Rail, US Xpress, Kroger, The Traton Group and Navistar contributed to a round taking the smart truck developer's total funding to $648m.

The series C round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and backed by GLP Capital Partners, GV and Volvo Group Venture Capital at a $500m valuation.

The challenger bank's Orange and Stripe-backed series G has been boosted by new funding at the same $1.57bn valuation.

GV was among the participants in the healthcare management platform developer's third round this year, valuing it at $1.5bn.

The diabetes treatment developer, which counts Tasly and Legend Star among its investors, has received what it referred to as pre-IPO funding.

The CAS Star-backed round looks set to be the last for the satellite imaging technology producer before a planned initial public offering.

The iFlytek-backed round looks set to be the last for the satellite imaging technology producer before a planned initial public offering.

Empower Education Online has pulled in $265m through a round that included Tencent and SIG, its earlier backers including New Oriental, TAL Education Group and ATA.

The community buying service has raised money for the fourth time this year, this time in a series C3 round co-led by existing backer Alibaba.

Property engine developer Homesnap agreed to a $250m cash acquisition by Real estate data provider CoStar Group. This is a notable exit in the space in which corporates have been actively investing over the past five years but there have not been many exits.