Tencent, JD and Dianping all invested in the food ordering service as part of the round, which brought its funding over the past three rounds to $455m.

The baby and maternal product platform, a spin-out from e-commerce company Mizhe, has closed a second IDG-backed round in less than six months.

The babycare and children products online retailer has raised $11m in a round featuring Jabbar Internet Group.

MIT spin-out Jibo raises $25.3m series A to bring robots in the home.

The $25.3m Jibo raised will fund its first range of interactive personal robots, following a $2.3m crowdfunding campaign.

Stanford StartX fund named as one of the backers in $1m round for food delivery startup Farm Hill.

The juice bar chain secured a second investment by the UK bank-backed Business Growth Fund as it prepares to open another 20 branches.

The Alibaba-backed group buying company raised the cash at a $7bn valuation, and is planning to go public sometime after 2016.

The grocery delivery service's series C funding illustrates the vast sums available for companies diversifying what has become known as the Uber model into new industries.