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

Novartis has joined Shinsei Corporate Investment, Seventure Partners, INCJ and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital in a $13.2m round for the cancer drug developer.

The obstetrics care platform developer has received new funding in a round featuring Chemo Group and corporate venturing unit Aurora Health Care Ventures.

The Manchester spinout is seeking capital to launch its first product, a test that can detect the early-stage onset of an eye disease called age-related macular degeneration.

Asahi Kasei-backed biomaterials producer Mirexus will use the funding, supplied by investors including Goddard Enterprises subsidiary GEL Tech, to support a new production facility.

The student-led university venturing fund from University of Nevada, Las Vegas has committed capital to Echo Payment Systems.

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.

Bicycle sharing startup Hellobike has received an undisclosed amount of funding from the electric vehicle developer, three months after closing a series B round.

The international money transfer platform will use proceeds from the SBI-backed round to expand throughout Europe and into the US.

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