Weying, owner of ticketing platform Wepiao and the manager of two entertainment funds, has confirmed the Tencent and Wanda-backed round.

Alibaba and Alphabet were among the investors in the round, which was raised at a $1bn pre-money valuation with verbal commitments for a further $150m.

First Aid Shot Therapy, the developer of a range of over-the-counter treatments, has completed a $24m series C round led by Johnson & Johnson.

Cloud services company Numecent has now raised $38m in total, after raising $15.5m in series B capital, $4.5m of which was put up by Deutsche Telekom.

The smart apparel developer has now raised more than $51m altogether, securing funding from backers including apparel producer Mas Holdings.

The language learning platform, backed by Alibaba and CyberAgent, raised the money at a $1bn valuation and intends to expand into other on-demand services.

Weiying followed a $105m series B round in May with a Tencent and Wanda Group-backed round that values it at over $1.5bn.

Kraft Group has contributed funds to an ElMinda funding round that will support continued development of a medical device to measure brain function.

3M has led a first close of a series C round that will fund grid control technology developer Varentec's international expansion.