Checkout.com made its first investment in the cross-border payment platform as part of a round that will fund its expansion in emerging markets.

The single-cell diagnostics technology provider closed a series A round led by Lilly Asia Ventures that also featured Tencent.

Japan Post Investment Corporation and Astellas Venture Management backed a series C round that will fund preclinical and clincical trials of the company's radiotherapy system.

The corporate returned to provide $55.1m for Carvolution having previously invested in the flexible car rental service in November.

Backed by Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, CoWin Biosciences supplies biological reagents for diagnostics and research applications.

The Qualcomm and Robert Bosch-backed facial recognition technology developer raised $43m in funding from unnamed backers five months after Microsoft exited.

The mixed reality eyewear provider has pulled in new funding through a series B1 round led by Kuaishou that included the China Electronics Corporation-backed CCEIF Fund.

NTT Investment Partners supplied a reported $4m for a round that valued the payment software developer at $338m post-money.

Dollar General, Workday Ventures and NTT Docomo Ventures participated in a round that boosted the staff management software provider's total funding to more than $35m.

Solar Foods, developer of a method of creating protein from air, has increased a series A round led by strategic partner Fazer Group to $20.7m.