AbbVie has contributed to a round that took the gene therapy developer's total funding to $129m in approximately two years.

Alibaba-backed software services provider Authine has secured $14.9m in a series B round led by Gaorong Capital.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Dingdang Medicine Express has secured further funding from repeat backer SoftBank China Venture Capital, while a healthcare fund backed by Sinopharm also took part in the round.

The fresh food retail chain plans to use the proceeds from the Tencent-led series B round, which included Meituan Dianping's Longzhu Capital unit, to expand to 1,000 stores this year.

Parkwalk Advisors has injected an additional $2.6m into GeoSpock, two months after the Cambridge spinout secured $12.8m in a round co-led by the fund manager.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, IP Group and CIC have returned for a $52.2m series B round for Inivata, a spinout of Cancer Research UK and University of Cambridge.

IP Group, CIC and Johnson & Johnson have returned for a $52.2m series B round in Inivata, a spinout of Cancer Research UK and University of Cambridge.

The healthcare-focused crowdfunding service collected $74.5m in the Tencent-led round, which will be used to add AI technology to its insurance platform.

Siemens' Next47 fund and KCPL both participated in the $23.6m round, which the commercial cleaning robot provider will use to increase headcount.