Kuaikan Manhua, the operator of an online platform for comic artwork, has secured the cash from investors including mobile-focused news service Toutiao.

Realty portals PropTiger and Housing.com have merged, securing $55m from shareholders News Corp and SoftBank in the process.

Bertelsmann Asia Investments has led a series B round for Nongfenqi, operator of a platform that offers financing to the Chinese agricultural industry.

Package delivery station operator Hive Box was formed by corporates GLP, SF Express, STO Express, ZTO Express and Yunda Express in 2015.

Property developer Sunac will take a 6.25% stake in the online real estate portal, which raised $927m in a Tencent and Baidu-backed round last year.

The restaurant booking platform has followed a $79m series C backed by Baidu and Dianping with a series C+ round that values it at more than $430m.

The Ascenta Therapeutics spinout has completed a series B round that will go to developing its pipeline of small-molecule treatments for cancer, hepatitis B and age-related diseases.

Beenos and iBuy have recorded exits after mobile commerce platform Duriana, which had raised more than $3m altogether, was acquired by Carousell.

The automotive financing provider raised the capital in a round backed by online lending firms CreditEase and 360Jinrong, bringing its total funding to $86m.