Snap and existing shareholder Twitter backed a round for the social media platform, which caters to speakers of 15 Indian languages, valuing it at $2.1bn.

Red Star Macalline and Bertelsmann-backed grocery delivery service secured funding in a series D round co-led by DST Global and Coatue.

Prosus Ventures reinvested in the food delivery app developer at a $5bn post-money valuation, pushing its overall funding past $2.4bn.

Returning investors Drake Enterprises and Delivery Hero took part in a late-stage round boosting the local delivery service's valuation to a reported $2.35bn.

The on-demand consumer delivery service more than doubled its valuation to $8.9bn in under six months, in a round backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 1.

Bosch, SAIC Motor and Toyota were among the investors that co-led a series C round for the driverless software provider that included Mercedes-Benz and Tencent.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Itochu and an unnamed insurer took part in a series C round that hiked the gene and cell therapy developer's total funding to $845m.

The digital payment software producer more than doubled its valuation in a round that included new corporate investors Axa and Allianz X.

Oxford Properties was among the participants in a $1.9bn round for the cold chain logistics and storage provider, secured with $2.8bn in debt financing.

Warburg Pincus and Hillhouse Capital have agreed to co-lead a $700m round for JD.com's logistics infrastructure subsidiary.