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Tencent and Meituan Dianping-backed healthcare crowdfunding platform Waterdrop has reportedly added $200m to its coffers and pushed its valuation to $2bn.

SGX, Deutsche Börse and Creditease-backed electronic trading platform Trumid has achieved unicorn status following a $200m funding round led by Dragoneer.

Google, Qualcomm and Nokia have supplied funding for HMD, which owns the licence to manufacture smartphones and feature phones under the Nokia brand.

The startup has emerged from stealth with $77.6m from backers including Boehringer Ingelheim to advance four potential cancer treatments into the clinic.

Tencent returned to help the AI drug discovery platform hike its overall funding to $174m with a round that will support hiring and technology development.

Qualcomm Ventures, Western Digital Capital and Intel Capital all returned for the customer chipmaker's series E round, which was led by SK Hynix.

The mentor-equipped education provider took its total funding to more than $53m in a Telstra Ventures-led round featuring existing investor Pearson Ventures.

Echo Capital has invested $14.4m in the Foxconn-backed industrial component marketplace to make up the provision for its latest round.

CMA CGM was among the investors in a series A round for the trade finance marketplace and will offer the service to its customers.

T-Knife has emerged from stealth with $77.6m in series A funding to advance four potential cancer treatments into the clinic and open a US office.

UC Berkeley’s SiFive has raised $61m in series E funding from a consortium featuring OUP, SK Hynix, Western Digital, Qualcomm and Intel.