General Electric and National Football League previously provided funding through the GE NFL Head Health Challenge.

The funding round follows a Salesforce-backed $8m series A in July 2016.

Jolly Information Technology has contributed to a series C round worth tens of millions of dollars for logistics services provider Fengxiansheng.

Bloomberg-backed Gigster has added $20m to its coffers with a series B round led by Redpoint Ventures.

Expedia has put $26m into hotel management platform Alice, acquiring a majority stake in the process.

GV and Celgene have returned for a $67m series C1 round in Armo Biosciences, which will use the cash to launch phase 2/3 clinical trials of its immunotherapy candidate.

Dara Khosrowshahi, new chief executive at corporate-backed Uber, revealed his ambition to take the company public within the next 18 to 36 months.

Providence Equity Partners has made a majority investment in DoubleVerify, which last raised $33m in 2011 and whose shareholders included Comcast affiliate Genacast.

Healthcare crowdfunding platform Shuidi has collected $24.3m in a series A round co-led by Tencent and BlueRun Ventures.

Beijing Kunlun Tech-backed Kaistart has added $29m to its coffers in a round led by Yunfeng Capital.