Seven months after raising $818m in a series C round led by Tencent, Chehaoduo has added $162m in series C-plus funding alongside a $430m commitment from the city of Kunshan.

Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Digital Ventures has participated in a round that will support the growth of Kepler Communications' satellite internet network.

The cell biology technology developer, based on UC Berkeley research, took its total funding to almost $220m in a Nikon-led round that included fellow strategic backer Varian.

Mercia Technologies has returned to back Locate Bio's pursuit of orthopaedic therapies based on research at University of Nottingham.

Schibsted spinoff MPI is among the limited partners for Stride.VC, which has closed a $65.5m fund that will concentrate on UK-based seed investments.

Dentsu and Scrum Ventures have formed an accelerator for sports technology startups known as Sports Tech Tokyo.

Legend Holdings, Eli Lilly, Ping An, China Life and Taikang Insurance are in line for exits as Innovent Biologics gears up for an initial public offering sized at $400m to $500m.

Bertelsmann and Tencent returned for supply chain financing provider Linklogis' $220m series C round, which also attracted fellow corporates GLP and Skyworth.

Datum Invest has led a $15.3m round for educational game platform Kahoot, which is the result of research at Norwegian University of Technology and Science.

University of Notre Dame and Indiana University have both backed a $9m seed fund aimed at supporting local businesses in life sciences, health IT and agricultural biosciences.