PLDT and Tencent-backed Voyager Innovations has secured an additional $40m in funding from International Finance Corporation to bring its total to $215m.

Drugmaker Strides Pharma Science has invested $15m in the first close of a series B round with a $100m target, bringing the first tranche to $35m.

Text automation business Data Grand has taken its total funding to more than $28.8m with a series B round that included Legend Holdings.

Legend Capital has put its weight behind Shanghai Cell Therapy’s $39.6m series C1 round, two years after leading a $26.6m series B.

CyberAgent-backed edtech company Topica has secured $50m in a series D round led by Northstar Group.

Juma Peisong has collected $216m in series C funding from investors including Global Logistic Properties to accelerate its expansion activities.

SK China has put $266m into a new fund launched by Legend Capital that will focus on early-stage companies in the IT and healthcare sectors.

The Bertelsmann automotive e-commerce platform has priced its shares at the lower end of its range to raise $20m instead of its targeted $150m.

Bitfury and Plekhanov Russian University of Economics will pilot the program with Russian government funding.

Legend-backed biotherapeutics developer Kanova has secured capital from investors including Tsinghua University-managed Lotus Lake Ventures.