The China-based company, which is using technology to streamline the operation of food courts, has secured an eight-figure sum in a round co-led by Bertelsmann Asia Investments.

Thrive Capital led a $6.4m round for the employee performance management platform that follows a Slack-backed seed round last year.

The social VR platform, which had raised almost $16m from investors including Tencent, Comcast and Alphabet, will close after failing to raise more funding.

The IT infrastructure technology developer has raised almost $14.9m in a Lenovo Capital-backed round that was led by Matrix Partners China.

Cardiovascular therapy developer Milestone Pharmaceuticals will use proceeds from the Novo-led round to advance its lead candidate to a phase 3 clinical trial.

Volocopter has secured $34.8m in a Daimler-backed round as it prepares to demonstrate its vertical take-off passenger drone technology in Dubai.

Homology Medicines, a startup developing treatments for rare genetic diseases, has closed $83.5m in series B funding, welcoming Novartis as a new investor.

Singapore's GIC led the Bohai Leasing-backed online lender's latest round, which follows a $207m series C co-led by Standard Chartered Bank in 2015.

The bankrupt saltwater electrolyte battery developer had raised $190m in financing since it was spun out from Carnegie Mellon eight years ago, but was bought for less than $9.2m.