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The Bloomberg and Alphabet-backed freight shipping optimisation platform increased its overall funding to more than $200m and is now valued at $910m.

Shenzhen Grandland Group has taken part in a series A round for supply chain services provider YH Global, which operates logistics centres in more than 50 Chinese cities.

TAL Education and existing investor Follett Corporation were among the participants in a $10.1m round that took the total raised by the critical skills learning platform to $14.8m.

Returning investor Tencent contributed to a round that upped the total raised by the online fresh produce retailer to over $400m

The Expedia-backed Latin American tourism booking platform floated in the US at the top of its range, and could close the initial public offering at up to $382m.

Long-term investor Alibaba may buy up to another $150m of shares in Best Logistics in the US in a downsized initial public offering.

Technology with the potential to produce complex metal components more efficiently and cheaply has underpinned the success of US-based Desktop Metal.

Bicycle rental platform Mobike has had a hugely successful 2017 so far, with two multimillion-dollar funding rounds as well as expansion out of its native China into Southeast Asia and, most recently, Europe.