HNA Group has invested $185m in sports streaming platform Le Sports as part of a round that could end up topping $1bn, showing how online companies are helping China's media sector rapidly grow.

Thierry Heles, editor of Global University Venturing, takes an alternate look at one of last week's corporate venturing deals.

The logistics service, backed by Alibaba and a host of other corporates, has reportedly raised funding at a $7.7bn valuation, illustrating the effect e-commerce has had on the logistics sector.

The series B round closed by Ping An-backed Lufax is the biggest deal so far in what has been a bumper month for China's online finance sector.

Welltok was one of two patient management platforms to raise more than $40m last week, showing the ongoing expansion of the sector.

The e-commerce startup has raised $570m in less than 18 months but may need to harness the expertise of investors Alphabet and Alibaba to compete effectively against the big boys.

Bertelsmann led coding course provider Udacity's $105m series D round days after investing $230m in education technology producer HotChalk, possibly heralding a big drive in educational corporate venturing for the firm.

The genetics testing company has managed to attract a range of corporate investors, partly through its research activities, and international expansion looks to be on the horizon.

The merger of Dianping and Meituan is emblematic of the consolidation in China's internet sector, where growth is essential to prevent being overtaken by businesses with bigger wallets.

Corporates SoftBank and Renren have differing reasons for backing the online lending platform, which has just raised the sector's first $1bn round.