Calysta has also entered a collaboration agreement with Cargill that will involve Cargill assisting it with manufacturing and marketing efforts.

GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co, Lundbeck and Partners Healthcare returned for a round that took Spero Therapeutics' overall funding to $63m.

Online business lending platform Spotcap, backed by Rocket Internet and Access Industries, will use the Holtzbrinck Ventures-backed round to expand internationally.

WeDoctor Group, the Tencent and Fosun-backed online health services company formerly known as Guahao, has received $20m from Shandong Tyan Home.

Gaming voice app producer Discord, formerly game developer Hammer & Chisel, has raised $20m from investors including existing backer Tencent.

Salesforce has returned to lead a series F round for the customer communications platform, bringing its overall funding to more than $140m.

The damaged and restored vehicle marketplace has now raised $45m in under a year, with insurance firms CPIC and Ping An among its investors.

The student-focused trading platform secured almost $20m of the funding from investors including Semir Garment, with the rest coming from the Chinese government.

Student loans marketplace College Ave Student Loans took its overall equity financing to $40m in a Comcast-backed round.

WuXi, which previously backed Adagene's $8m series A round, returned for the antibody developer's latest round alongside two Fidelity Investments subsidiaries.