Cosmetics-focused retail software provider Pekon has raised $13.3m in an Alibaba-led round backed by existing investor LightHouse Capital Management.

Salesforce Ventures and Workday Ventures contributed to a round that took adult education platform Guild Education's total funding to more than $71m.

The nanopore sequencing platform developer has closed a $15.5m series 3 round backed by Tsingyuan Ventures.

The Novel TMT-backed pre-owned luxury items platform has added series G cash to its coffers, bringing its total funding to date to $288m.

The Tasly-backed hepatitis C drug developer priced its shares in the middle of their range and is set to float at the start of next month.

Corporate venturing units MDI Ventures and GMO Venture Partners chipped in to help FinAccel, owner of e-commerce credit system Kredivo, raise new funds.

E-commerce logistics platform MetaPack, which counts WPP among its investors, has agreed to an acquisition by Stamps.com.

SoftBank and its Vision Fund were among five investors that co-led the round to double the amount raised by WeWork's China spinoff to $1bn.

Duke University spinout Cereius has signed up BioInnovation Capital to its series A round as it looks to commercialise a radiotherapeutic approach for brain tumours.