BlackBerry Ivy Innovation Fund put up capital to advance cost savings in vehicular maintenance.

The unit is set to lead a $100m round for Horizon Robotics as part of $60m investment in data-focused companies, taking its total 2017 spending to almost $570m.

Canvas Network, an online education platform developed by learning management software (LMS) provider Instructure which received $9.1m investment for the platform, has begun offering free and open online courses.

Intel Capital is a long-term backer of Ireland-based digital power company Powervation.

British investor Sir James Dyson, founder of vacuum cleaner company Dyson, is donating $7.9m to The Royal College of Art to support engineering start-ups.

In May 2010, Resolve raised $2m in the initial close of its A round before bringing in a corporate venturing unit later.