The esports company, backed by FunPlus and United Talent Agency, has secured $19.7m out of a targeted $25m in funding.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has contributed to a $76m round for KSQ, which is developing genomics-focused oncology and immunology drugs.

AbbVie Ventures has participated in a $20m round that will support nanotechnology drug developer Exicure's reverse merger with a shell company.

Alibaba is set to lead a funding round in database technology developer MariaDB, whose existing shareholders include Intel Capital.

Xilinx co-led a $9.5m round for the programmable technology developer that included corporate venture capital unit Samsung Ventures.

The Naspers-backed classified listings app developer has raised additional cash from existing investors at a $1bn valuation, taking its total funding to $475m.

Integra, set up by Yissum to invest in life science spinouts from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has secured an initial tranche led by Temasek.

Existing investor Merck & Co took part in a round that boosted the healthcare work management platform's overall funding to $135m.