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Travel booking website Lvmama has received series E capital from tourism company Jinjiang International that increased its total funding to more than $150m.

Online reward service Yoyo Holdings has followed a $1.3m round raised in May last year with additional funding from Gree and KLab.

Virgin Pulse, a Virgin spin-out enabling employers to try and influence employee behaviour, raised the money in a round led by Insight Venture Partners.

Online gaming company Beijing Kunlun Technology has led a $20m series B round for the car maintenance service, which raised $5m late last year.

Upmarket short-term home rentals site Onefinestay has attracted $40m for a series C round that took its overall funding to more than $55m.