The electric vehicle producer is adding $300m to an initial $500m in series C-plus funding as the Alibaba, Foxconn, UCar and Xiaomi-backed company gears up for a US listing.

Bertelsmann, Joyy and Tencent-backed group buying platform Tongcheng Life has joined forces with Suning-backed peer Lininlyi in a deal that involved a nine-figure dollar investment.

The SoftBank-backed automotive e-commerce company secured convertible note financing in a round co-led by Farallon Capital Management and Baupost Group.

The private equity firm will join investors in the on-demand ride service including SoftBank, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Qunar, Booking.com, Central Group, Yamaha, Microsoft, Didi and Ping An.

The corporate-backed financial news and data provider secured $71.5m from backers including Xu Hui Guo Tou and China Internet Investment Fund.

Over the past four quarters, almost one of every four corporate investors seems to be new, even in lockdown.

JLL Spark returned to back a $15.9m round for the construction imaging technology developer, taking its overall funding to more than $33m.

Tidhar Construction and Innogy Ventures have both invested in the building imaging software startup, which has revealed seed and series A rounds.

Fortimo led a $17.8m round for the retail management technology provider, which will channel the funding into product development.

Cisco Investments participated a series A round for the cyber defence training provider that was led by Energy Impact Partners.