The artificial intelligence software provider, which counts Alibaba, Qualcomm, Suning and Dalian Wanda as investors, is looking to raise about $2bn in funding.

The household services marketplace has secured $44.3m in a Haier Capital-led round that included IDG Capital and Puhua Capital.

Tencent and CLP Fund helped provide $58.8m of funding for the cancer data platform developer, whose early investors include Ping An.

Celgene has taken part in a Harel Insurance Finance-led series B round that will fund the progress of Biond's lead immuno-oncology drug into clinical trials.

Ken Asada has left his investment director position at Intel Capital to become managing director at NTT Docomo Ventures.

India-based vehicle marketplace CarDekho closed a $110m CapitalG-backed round in the beginning of January, being the first notable deal for this year in the vehicle marketplace space.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

An affiliate of Ant Financial has taken a 30% stake in the campus information platform operator, a spinout of Newcapec Electronics, following a $36.5m investment.

Ant Financial is considering a commitment to a forthcoming round for instalment buying and lending platform Akulaku as a strategic investor.

Existing backer Steadview Capital has provided another $74m for ride hailing platform Ola, whose shareholders also include Tencent, SoftBank and Didi Chuxing.