The Altria-backed electronic cigarette maker has secured new funding according to a regulatory filing, as it prepares to fight an upcoming lawsuit.

SoftBank could invest $50m to $60m in e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal to lead a round that could possibly stretch to $100m.

Tencent has led a $28.4m round for financial planning advice provider Xiaobangguihua that included existing investor Reinsurance Group of America.

Motley Fool Ventures was among the participants in a round that brought prefabicated property developer Blokable's total financing to more than $34m.

Online real estate platform 99.co raised $15.2m in a round that was co-led by Allianz X at a $75m post-money valuation, and plans to now expand in Southeast Asia.

ByteDance has paid an undisclosed amount for a 22.2% stake in the social referencing portal, in a bid to further take on rival Baidu.

Group 42 supplied $10m for the online services provider, whose existing investors include iDreamsky, Bertelsmann Asia Investments and Legend Star.

University of Oxford's Moa Technology has received series A support to progress its vision of marketing potent herbicides discovered via its high-throughput, in-vivo screening platform.

CAS-backed X-ray technology developer XpectVision Technology has added $14.2m to its coffers to drive the development of its mammography device.

Marico will acquire an additional 14.5% of fitness and wellness app developer Revofit over the next year having initially invested in 2018.