The listings and group buying platform, formed through a merger between Dianping and Meituan, has confirmed the amount but not the investors.

The video streaming platform has added Softbank to a list of shareholders that already included online video provider Youku Tudou.

The Ping An-backed trading platform has confirmed the financing, raised at an $18.5bn valuation, and will look to go public later this year.

Qualcomm has inked an agreement with the government of Guizhou to set up its Chinese corporate venturing unit in the province and launch a $280m joint venture.

The telecoms firm has launched a new program to invest in startups that can solve business challenges faced by the company, and will provide up to $50,000 to each.

University of Tokyo Edge Capital backs fingerprint payment system creator Liquid to help it develop its product for possible use at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Salesforce and Nippon Life helped take the business card management platform's funding to more than $36m since 2009.

Electronics supplier Shengjing Technology co-led the round, in which the online payment technology company raised an eight-figure dollar sum.