Alexandria Real Estate Equities-backed genome engineering platform developer Synthego took its overall funding to $160m in a round led by Founders Fund.

Minsheng Financial Leasing-backed online car marketplace Huashenghaoche has received $210m from investors including JD.com spinoff JD Finance and Goldman Sachs.

Scythian Biosciences is investing $88m directly in Verano and will sell its subsidiary 3 Boys Farm to the cannabis producer in return for another $100m worth of shares.

SenseTime will provide technology assistance as well as capital, having invested in IoT and AI technology provider Terminus Technologies' latest round.

Meritech Capital and Sapphire Ventures led the machine learning technology provider's series D round, which did not include existing corporate investors Intel, Recruit and New York Life.

Pfizer has joined forces with Bain Capital to establish Cerevel Therapeutics, which has secured $350m in funding to target central nervous system disorders.

The Flex spinoff is developing industrial robotics software and has secured $179m in a series A round led by Eclipse Ventures, which was founded by Flex alumnus Lior Susan.

GV-backed fintech provider Plaid is reportedly in talks with investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers over a round that could value it at $3bn.

Alibaba is set to invest $288m in the alcoholic drinks retailer at a time when consumer demand for wine and spirits is rapidly growing in China.

Amgen has invested $66m in genetic sequencing system provider Oxford Nanopore, increasing its latest funding round to $206m.