The property developers are collaborating on a proptech accelerator called Propell Asia that will issue grants to participating startups.

Seed backer Singtel Innov8 reinvested as part of an $11.5m round that will fund further work on Silverport's authentication technology.

Foxconn and MediaTek contributed to a $75.7m round that speech recognition technology provider AISpeech will use for hiring and product development.

The ride services provider, which closed $1.5bn in funding earlier this year, is in talks with Tencent, Google and JD.com for more capital.

Open innovation adviser China Materialia has received $5.9m from Henkel Ventures for its second venture capital fund.

The online automotive retail platform is targeting $300m in an offering that will score exits for Tencent, Didi Chuxing and Taikang Life.

SoftBank invested $150m to lead PolicyBazaar and PaisaBazaar owner ETechAces' series F round, which included InfoEdge.

The local services platform, which counts Tencent as its largest investor, has filed for an offering that could net more than $4bn at a $60bn valuation.