The Tencent, Naspers and BCC-backed educational course provider secured the funding at a $16.5bn valuation, adding to $1bn it raised in April.

The SoftBank, Tencent and Shougang-backed online car retailer boosted its valuation to $10bn in a round led by H Capital.

SoftBank has returned to reinvest in the American Express-backed payment technology provider, which is now valued at nearly $2bn.

The charter bus booking platform is planning a significant expansion following a capital injection supplied by investors including SoftBank.

Access Industries has led a financing round for the mental health services provider at a $1.2bn valuation, with the funding set to support an expansion in its services.

Mayo Clinic and Alexandria Venture Investments contributed to a $55m extension that boosted the molecular drug developer's overall funding to $143m.

Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital led a $28.5m round for the energy management software provider that included existing investor Aggreko.

A range of new and existing backers have added $45m to ViaCyte’s series D round, which now stands at more than $115m.

Alexandria Venture Investments has taken part in a series B round for the cytokine immunotherapy developer following a $35m series A.

Transcarent has raised $58m from Bayer and Merck, while Nvidia has bought DeepMap, one of its portfolio companies also backed by Bosch.