Expedia has put $26m into hotel management platform Alice, acquiring a majority stake in the process.

Alibaba-backed Best hopes to raise $1bn in a flotation on the New York Stock Exchange.

The corporate and the Vision Fund it manages have combined to buy $3bn of new and secondary shares and invest another $1.4bn in three regional WeWork subsidiaries.

Vista Equity Partners has agreed to buy Applause, a brand services provider that had raised $115m from investors including corporate venturing unit Accenture Ventures.

Tencent has participated in a round that valued the online education platform at more than $1.5bn, taking its total funding past the $325m mark.

Shipping firms Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM joined GE Ventures and Goldman Sachs to add $4.5m to the freight contract platform's series A round, which now stands at $13m.