Baidu is in talks to provide half the funding in the prospective round while another of the EV producer's existing investors, Tencent, could also take part.

China Life's Healthcare Fund led the series B-1 round, which followed a series B featuring fellow corporates Google and Tencent in January.

The employee training software provider has confirmed a $50m round that included SIG, the corporate that led its series B round in 2017.

Yellowbrick Data has raised $48m in a round led by Siemens' Next47 unit, adding to the $44m from investors including GV and Samsung Next it disclosed two months ago.

Brazil-based fintech companies have been on the news in recent times, showing the potential of the South American country’s ecosystem.

Small-molecule therapy developer Xgene Pharma has received $20m in a Ping An Ventures-led round that also featured a subsidiary of Sinar Mas.

Jebsen Capital co-led a round that boosted the total raised by computer vision technology developer EyeSight, whose backers include Kuang-Chi, Ceva and Mitsui, to $50m.

Intel, Axa and Reinsurance Group of America all invested in K4Connect, the developer of an operating system for connected household devices catered to older and disabled users.

Neural network processor developer Syntiant has attracted Intel, Motorola, Robert Bosch, Applied Materials and Microsoft to a round that follows an Intel-led series A in May.

Flexible workspace provider Knotel increased its funding to $160m in two years, as Bloomberg Beta returned to reinvest and NVP kicked in $50m.