Yanolja has provided funding as part of a deal that gives it the option to wholly acquire the short-term accommodation booking platform.

Existing investor Hero MotorCorp has agreed to supply $18.9m of convertible debenture financing for electric scooter developer Ather Energy.

Ada, a digital advertising technology spinout from Axiata, has received $20m in a strategic investment by Sumitomo.

Cancer immunotherapy startup Curon Biopharmaceutical has raised $150m in series A funding from backers including the WuXi AppTec-backed 6 Dimensions Capital.

Ping An Ventures was among the participants in China Diagnostics Medical Corporation's latest round, which was co-led by Legend Capital.

GLP co-led the petroleum trading platform's series C round, just under a year after another corporate, Huochebang, backed its series B.

The financial comparison marketplace operator has raised funding in a series C round that also featured existing backer Telstra Ventures.

Salesforce Ventures was one of the investors that had supplied $17m in funding for the enterprise collaboration platform pre-acquisition.

SoftBank is reportedly in talks to invest in education and tutoring app developer Byju's in a $200m to $250m round that could value it at $2bn.

Bicycle rental platform Ofo is mulling a $1.5bn acquisition by Didi Chuxing, one of the backers that have invested $2.2bn in the company.