New software can detect the freshness of fruits and price them accordingly.

The Fosun-backed snack food retailer is set to issue 90 million shares in a Chinese initial public offering, three years after raising $42m.

Legend-backed fashioner designer and retailer Chapelle Fashion has raised $219m in an IPO that featured $50m in corporate investment.

Hair and beauty marketplace Wahanda has raised $26m in funding and acquired its Germany-based counterpart Salonmeister for an undisclosed amounts

Marketplace shopping app Mercari took its total funding to about $39m after raising cash in a GMO-backed series C round.

Baidu has purchased a controlling stake in internet deals company Peixe Urbano for an undisclosed fee in order to further its reach in the Brazilian e-commerce market.

South Africa's largest e-commerce platform Kalahari is to merge with competitor Takealot in a bid to win back some of the market from large foreign rivals.

CrunchFund-backed BloomNation, an online marketplace for florists, has raised $5.6m in series A funding, bringing the total raised by the company to $7m.

Refold is commercialising recyclable, foldable desks.