The series B round closed by Ping An-backed Lufax is the biggest deal so far in what has been a bumper month for China's online finance sector.

Founded in 2013, BlueVine has raised $64m in total.

A host of government investors have participated in a second funding round for the lending platform, which closed a $20m series A backed by Tom Group last year.

The GV-backed online lending platform raised $150m in series B equity funding and debt, and could double its staff numbers this year.

Insurance firms AXA, MassMutual and Transamerica all made strategic investments in the insurance portal, which has now raised $21m altogether.

The cloud-based supplier payment platform took its overall funding past $130m in a series E round backed by all existing investors, including Telus and BBVA.

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.

Information Venture Partners, a fintech-focused VC firm spun out of Royal Bank of Canada, has secured D+H as a limited partner on its way to a $100m final close for its latest fund.

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.