Synthetic silk developer Spiber spun out of Keio University in 2007 and has now raised a total of more than $260m.

Praktikertjänst-backed anti-cancer therapy developer Aprea Therapeutics has now raised more than $100m of funding.

The Bertelsmann India Investments-backed education course provider is reportedly in talks to raise $40m in a series C round led by Sequoia.

Alibaba has led the logistic information and service provider's series C round, bringing Keking's overall funding to $187m.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings and Niantic have joined a series C round for DigiLens that stood at $25m as of May this year and already included Continental.

Capital One Growth Ventures has contributed to a $6m extension that brought PebblePost's series C round to a $31m close.

The third-party cyber risk management platform has raised $30m in series C funding from return investors including Aetna Ventures, GV and MassMutual Ventures.

Xi'an Jiaotong University's foundation was among the investors in domestic services booking platform 24tidy as the company increased its total to at least $62.7m.

Existing investor Qualcomm Ventures has returned to back the apartment rental website's $64m series C round, which will support an expansion into additional cities.

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has led a $200m series C round for Wuxi NextCode after the latter’s acquisition of ISIF and GV-backed Genomics Medicine Ireland.