The student-focused e-commerce company has secured $31m ahead of its series B round from investors including existing backer Legend Holdings.

Both of the online grocer's existing corporate backers, Garena and Softbank, returned for its latest round and were joined by Far East Organisation.

The specialty materials developer, which has now secured $66m in total, has raised funds from backers including Samsung that will support an electric vehicle battery unit.

China-based HotelGG operates a conference venue booking platform and claims to process more than 12,000 orders each month.

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Big Health Yunshang, formed in March with $100m of its parent company's cash, has raised another $174m in a round backed by JD.com and IDG Capital.

Madras spinout HyperVerge has secured seed funding from a range of venture capital firms to expand into the US.

China-based Didi Kuaidi is the surprise investor in its Southeast Asian counterpart, which reports last week suggested was set to raise $400m.

Alibaba, Foxconn and SoftBank co-led the round, originally reported earlier this month, while eBay partially exited the India-based e-commerce company.