JG Summit Holdings and Uni-President Enterprises were among the investors as Tencent-backed internet company Garena rebranded to Sea and raised new funding.

Affinitas is set to merge with fellow online dating company Spark Networks in a deal that will provide an exit to Rocket Internet and Medienguppe Pressedruck.

Soylent has increased its overall funding to almost $75m with a series B round led by Alphabet subsidiary GV that will support the product's entry into brick-and-mortar stores.

Xiaomi will put up a third of the capital for Xiaomi Yangtze Industry Fund, which will target hardware investments, with Hubei's guidance fund and the province's largest city the other LPs.

Nokia Growth Partners has led a series C round for fitness app developer Yuedongquan which also featured a contribution from Xiaomi.

Tengelmann vehicle Emil Capital Partners has contributed to the frozen meal provider's series B round, four years after leading its series A.

Handbag maker Simone's fund management arm has invested $44m as part of a $115m down round that valued mobile commerce platform Tmon at $1.2bn.

The smart home technology developer, backed by a host of corporates in its last round, has raised another $17m according to a securities filing.