China Taiping Insurance has backed a series A round for Alisports, the sports affiliate of Alibaba that revealed the deal at the same time as its acquisition of wearables maker Ledongli.

Crypt TV has raised $6.2m in funding from backers including NBCUniversal, which first invested in the horror video platform a year ago.

New media companies Chernin Group and Macro Ventures have invested in the fledgling Alliance of American Football, which has raised a sub-$10m sum.

SoftBank Ventures co-led the special effects software developer's series A round, which included another corporate venturing unit, Dentsu Ventures.

The online entertainment platform, which counts Tencent and Legend Capital among its investors, priced its initial public offering in the middle of its range.

The online video streaming platform, which is majority owned by Baidu, has priced its shares in the middle of its range and will have a $14.5bn market cap.

DC Thomson Ventures led the 3D game development platform's seed round four years ago, and has exited through an acquisition by Snap.

Tencent, Kunlun, Duomi and Shunya-backed video broadcasting app Inke has filed to go public after raising some $65m in funding.

Deutsche Tele Medien, NWZ and PD Ventures all participated in a $19.9m round for the social media platform that was led by Burda Principal Investments.