The energy utility has teamed up with its employee investment fund to invest in renewable energy companies Mera Gao Power, Kingo Energy and Atec.

Lakson Group's asset management subsidiary has received Pakistan's first venture capital licence and intends to begin investing in autumn this year.

Augmented reality goggles and software developer HiScene has received approximately $14.9m in a Shanghai Cableway Investment-led round.

M800 has participated in the cloud communication platform developer's series B round, which was led by Mangrove Capital and backed by Legend Capital.

Ankon Technologies, developer of a capsule-based gastric cancer diagnostics system, has received funding from investors including SoftBank's Chinese CVC subsidiary.

The Eli Lilly-backed firm has closed its oversubscribed fourth fund, LAV Biosciences Fund IV, reportedly raising the capital in only two months.

Sina Weibo has contributed to a series C round for IMS New Media Group, valuing the social media marketing company at about $1.5bn.

Beijing Automotive Group's electric vehicle subsidiary has collected $1.7bn in a series B round featuring 14 investors including China Cinda Asset Management and Zhongji Investment.

The media company has taken stakes in on-demand ride platform Grab and mobile game developer Ice House, according to its latest financial report.