Peer-to-peer lending platform PPDai was among the investors in a $14.4m round for the online insurance portal, whose earlier investors include Fosun Kinzon Capital.

Bicycle sharing platform Hellobike has entered discussions with SoftBank for an investment as part of a $400m round that would value it at $2bn.

Novo invested in liver disease drug developer Mirum Pharmaceuticals as part of the round while Shire acquired an equity stake in the startup through a licensing deal.

The Naver-backed Korelya Capital led the blockchain technology provider's placement, which included Dentsu, Macquarie Capital, Foyer and MACSF.

Emergency services data provider RapidSOS took its total funding to $65m in a series B round backed by existing investors CSAA and M12.

Mobility app developer Transit has raised $17.5m in a round led by Alliance Ventures that also featured Jaguar Land Rover's Inmotion Ventures unit.

Nutrien, Sumitomo Corporation Europe and Wilbur-Ellis unit Cavallo Ventures all came in as new investors for the agricultural monitoring platform's series B round.

Longwall Ventures has led a $2.8m seed round for University of Oxford’s newest spinout, quantum technologies-based sensor technology developer Oxford HighQ.

The carmakers have supplied $250m in connection with an electric vehicle promotion deal, and the round already includes Toyota, Ping An, Microsoft and Citi Ventures.

Ant Financial was among the participants in a series C round for the rural microfinance and financial trading provider that was led by Rise Fund.