The electric vehicle producer is adding $300m to an initial $500m in series C-plus funding as the Alibaba, Foxconn, UCar and Xiaomi-backed company gears up for a US listing.

Bertelsmann, Joyy and Tencent-backed group buying platform Tongcheng Life has joined forces with Suning-backed peer Lininlyi in a deal that involved a nine-figure dollar investment.

The corporate-backed financial news and data provider secured $71.5m from backers including Xu Hui Guo Tou and China Internet Investment Fund.

Axa Investment Managers was among the participants in a $13.9m round for Alydia, which is developing a system to treat postpartum haemorrhage.

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

Ford Smart Mobility and JetBlue Technology Ventures-backed ClimaCell will put the series C capital towards R&D and commercialisation activities.

Hubert Burda Media has participated in a $16m series C round for StashAway, bringing its total funding to more than $36m.

Sema4, spun out of Icahn School of Medicine, has achieved a valuation of more than $1bn following a $121m series C round.

Mount Sinai Health System spinoff Sema4 has achieved a valuation of more than $1bn following a $121m series C round that featured all existing external shareholders.

Sanquan Food-backed convenience store operator Guoquan Shihui has raised $60m in series C funding to bring its total capital to more than $123m.