SAIC Motor's newly formed electric vehicle developer has launched with funding from investors also including Alibaba and Shanghai Pudong New Area.

The $15.2m Tencent-led round will help the cloud marketing software provider's plans to launch new products and recruit new talent.

Haier Biomedical led a $15.2m round for the medical device maintenance service that also featured Zhejiang Orient Financial Holdings and Legend Capital.

BCG Digital Ventures has reinvested in the infant care content provider having previously joined Unicharm for its initial round of funding.

Unilever Ventures was among the investors in a $14.9m round for Pureplay Skin Sciences, the owner of vegan-friendly beauty and skincare brand Plum.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

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.

Vastai Technologies, a developer of artificial intelligence-focused system-on-chip technnology, has disclosed a series A round co-led by Kuaishou.

Telkom Indonesia's corporate venturing unit is partnering venture firm Finch Capital on the early-stage investment vehicle, dubbed Arise.