JD.com and JD Finance were among the investors as Jiatui Technology, a digital business card platform, secured $26.2m.

ChromaCure has spun out of Université libre de Bruxelles with $19.6m in funding to commercialise treatments for cancer based on a new understanding on tumour metastasis.

The R/GA-backed basketball analytics technology provider took its overall funding to $21m in a Ward Ventures-led series A round.

The Oxford spinout has lured funding from OSI and the university itself as it aims to meet performance milestones for its peptide drug discovery programs.

Medicine development startup Brii Biosciences has launched with funding from investors including the WuXi AppTec-backed 6 Dimensions Capital.

Oxford Sciences Innovation has led a $13.4m series A round for Ultromics, an Oxford spinout working on technology to diagnose coronary heart disease.

HMD Global, which has licensed the rights to produce Nokia-developed phones, secured funding in a round featuring two Foxconn subsidiaries.