The capital included a $46m equity round backed by RWE, Engie, BASF and BNP Paribas, and took the solar film manufacturer's total financing to $160m.

The automated loyalty marketing platform, which is also backed by NTT Docomo, has now raised almost $74m altogether and is valued at $205m.

Times Internet has taken part in the education app provider's latest round, closed just after a $75m round earlier this year.

The online car trading platform, which was backed by Tencent at series C stage, has now raised about $260m in total.

The biotech company is seeking up to $45m from an initial public offering that will be conducted in April or May 2017, and is currently raising more funding.

The Maabarot-backed oral insulin developer has closed a $30m round featuring WuXi PharmaTech that will fund trials for two disorders.

Foxconn and Tencent joined existing investors SoftBank, Bharti Enterprises and Tiger Global for a series D round that valued the messaging service at $1.4bn.

JD.com was among the existing investors in the round, which was led by Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, the technology park where Fruitday is headquartered.

News aggregation platform SmartNews took its overall funding to about $90m, having previously received investments from Gree and Mixi.

Tengelmann unit Emil Capital led the female-focused digital media company's latest round, which also included strategic partners Corus, Allure and Tegna.