Consumer

Leyaoyao raised a nine-digit yuan amount from investors including 37 Interactive Entertainment while Lockheed Martin and Booz Allen Hamilton contributed to AI developer Latent AI's series A round.

The diversified e-commerce platform was valued at $16.5bn in a round co-led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, following $350m from Alibaba in March.

Alameda Research, Blockchain.com and Coinbase helped cryptocurrency exchange Pintu close a $35m round while small molecule drug developer Aardvark raised $29m.

SevenVentures was among the participants as the refurbished electronics marketplace inreased its overall funding to more than $73m.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund returned to back the e-commerce business in a $1bn round. Our data suggest upward pressure on valuations in this space as well.

Honor Ventures aims to raise between $500m and $600m for investments in consumer tech startups.

Boyu Capital will manage the Shiseido Beauty Innovations Fund on behalf of the eponymous Japan-based cosmetics producer.

JD Health has backed a $93m series D round for Rimag, while a couple of India-based startups delivered exits.

The Ant Group, Aucfan, Emtek, Gree, Microsoft and Naver-backed digital marketplace owner’s shares on IDX jumped 25% on the first day of trading.

Main Sequence Ventures has contributed to a $53.3m series B-plus for V2Food, having already backed the initial $55m series B round last October.

Pulse Medical and BioMap are among the companies that raised nine-figure rounds, while Amwell bought two corporate-backed companies at once.