Parent company Kingsoft invested $150m to retain a majority stake in its cloud services spinout, which has now raised about $500m in total.

JD.com has partnered Plug and Play to launch an accelerator for US startups developing technologies for the retail and logistics sectors.

Hand sanitation monitoring system provider SwipeSense has secured $10.6m to expand its team and accelerate product development.

UT Horizon Fund has returned for a $7m series A for GenXComm, having also contributed to a $1.5m seed round in June this year.

Samsung Ventures has invested $1m in robotics vision technology developer Perceptin, which has revealed $11m in total funding.

Fosun RZ Capital has participated in a nine-figure renminbi round for gym operator Supermonkey, having been an investor since its series A round.

Video advertising software developer Mirriad aims to raise $35m in a London initial public offering that will score exits for Unilever, STV and Zee Entertainment.

University of Surrey in-video advertising spinout Mirriad is set to raise $35m in an initial public offering at a market cap of $84.4m.

The locally-focused social media platform, which counts GV and Comcast Ventures as backers, has secured funding from unnamed investors.

Gilead, Boehring Ingelheim and Takeda have contributed to a $59.6m round for Hookipa, a developer of immunotherapies for infectious diseases and cancer.