Tengelmann, Asia Pacific Internet Group and Holtzbrinck Ventures have all returned for the realty portal's $31.4m series C round, after investing in its $18m series B.

Africa-based online travel booking platform TravelStart secured the funding from telecommunications network MTN and Amadeus Capital Partners.

Asian investors Tal Education and EDBI added $10m to the $42.3m series F round initially closed by Pearson-backed learning materials provider Knewton in November.

The on-demand staffing platform, a graduate of the Coca-Cola Founders scheme, has raised $5.7m from undisclosed investors.

SIG and Axiata were among the investors as fitness services app developer KFit raised $12m to help it expand further in the Asia Pacific region.

The student-focused trading platform secured almost $20m of the funding from investors including Semir Garment, with the rest coming from the Chinese government.

The staffing services company has formed a corporate venturing unit called Temp Innovation Fund that will fund HR technology in Japan and internationally.

The Chinese online education platform provider has attracted capital from Tencent as it gears up for an initial public offering in its home country.