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.

KU Leuven returned for the automated DNA diagnostic spinout's series A round, which follows a $2.3m round in 2016 and $1.5m raised in 2015.

Alibaba Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund was among the participants as the integration software developer secured series A funding.

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

The market research platform developer, a graduate of Barclays Accelerator, has now raised almost $14m altogether after securing series A cash.

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

The robotic leg developer secured the funding in a series A round featuring Sony Innovation Fund that will support product development.

Jointown Pharmaceutical Group and Lilly Asia Ventures were among the investors in the genetic sequencing technology developer's series A+ round.

Existing investor Legend Capital returned for an eight-figure series A round that will fund the electric bicycle sharing service's expansion.