The building materials retail group has launched an accelerator called Breakthru that will invest in and mentor health and safety, digitalisation and customer service startups.

Vinci Energies is one of several limited partners to contribute to a $28.5m first close for enterprise technology acceleration platform Axeleo's first fund.

Tencent, URWork and Recruit all made strategic investments in an eight-figure renminbi round for Qualcomm-backed online ticketing platform Huodongxing.

The meditation and mindfulness platform has added capital from a Spectrum Equity-led round to $40m from investors including WME, Chernin Group and Broadway Video.

Aikang Group's $29.4m investment in URWork follows two rounds earlier this year that involved Junfa Group and Dahong Group, and Beijing Xingpai, respectively.

URWork has contributed to a $14.7m round for apartment rental portal Danke Apartment, which will use the capital to expand into three new Chinese markets.

The manufacturing services provider has now raised about $29m this year, after BMW i Ventures led a round that included existing investor GE Ventures.

Home renovation management platform iKongJian has raised $31m in a Gome Holdings-led round that increased its overall funding to $53m.