The news aggregation app, which was 47% owned by Phoenix New Media as of 2015, has received funding from backers including a government guidance fund.

The National University of Singapore spinout has secured an undisclosed amount to bring its blockchain platform through public testing scheduled for December 2017.

Bertelsmann and JD.com-backed LexinFintech, which runs lending and e-commerce marketplace Fenqile, will float in the US.

Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners has returned to back a series B round for Dynamic Biosensors, a spinout from Technical University of Munich.

Temasek has led an $87.5m round for Poshmark that took its total funding to nearly $160m but which did not include existing backer Shea Ventures.

The Pittsburgh spinout is building a precision diagnostic platform that uses genomics to underpin research into conditions such as chronic pancreatic disease.

Pennsylvania spinout Apellis Pharmaceuticals has floated on the Nasdaq Global Select Market after raising $150m in its initial public offering.

Providence Health & Services and Kaiser Permanente have formed part of care management platform Collective Medical's $47.5m series A round.

Graphcore, whose roots can be traced back to University of Bristol, has added $50m to its coffers thanks to a series C round backed by Bosch, Dell and Samsung.