The round would value the Alibaba-backed ride-sharing company at $2bn.

The content discovery company has now raised almost $160m in total, after securing Comcast, Yahoo Japan, Groupe Arnault and Advance Publications as new investors.

The financial news provider, has now raised more than $57m in funding altogether, after closing an Axel Springer-led round.

Tencent, JD and Dianping all invested in the food ordering service as part of the round, which brought its funding over the past three rounds to $455m.

The round, already oversubscribed when it first closed in December 2014 at $53m, has been expanded to $68m.

Telus-backed Taulia adds another $15m to its funding, just four months after closing its $40m series D round.

The Google and Baidu-backed taxi hailing app operator has now raised a total of $4.5bn in financing, and is seeking an additional $600m from hedge funds.

Corporate-backed audio recognition specialist Shazam has closed a series F round that was raised at a billion-dollar valuation.