SIG Asia co-led a $40.5m series C-plus round for the home security technology developer that included Legend Holdings and existing backer Baidu.

Luenmei Quantum and Samsung Catalyst Fund co-led a series D round for 3D scanning technology developer Mantis Vision, which has now raised $83m in total.

Tencent could buy $250m of shares in the offering for portfolio company Pinduoduo, which will spend the proceeds on growth and R&D.

Booking Holdings has provided more funding for Didi as part of a strategic partnership, as the latter looks to spin off its vehicle services arm in an IPO sized at up to $1.5bn.

The Tencent, Duomi and Kunlun-backed live game streaming platform floated at the bottom of its range but saw its stock rise after it floated.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem has spun out NewStem to develop a stem cell-based approach for predicting whether a cancer patient is likely to respond to chemotherapy.

The robotic exoskeleton producer has raised an initial $81.9m for the fund, which has secured several corporate LPs.

Investment-focused online community Snowball Finance has raised series D funding from Ant Financial that will support hiring and product development.

2Hz has developed voice processing technology originating from Yerevan State University after participating in UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck accelerator.