Q&A with Anand Kamannavar, global head, Applied Ventures

Corporate LPs Syngenta, Adisseo, Esco Lifesciences and Cavallo Ventures all contributed to the agriculture-focused venture firm's sophomore fund.

Xiaomi has re-upped its commitment to the lidar chip developer through a $70m extension, having already co-led the round's first tranche five months ago.

M&G Investments has joined new and returning investors including Intel, Samsung Ventures, Porsche and Allied Group in the high-definition sensor camera provider’s latest round.

The M12-backed driving software technology provider reached a $3.6bn valuation in a series D round pushing its total funding past $350m.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management co-led a series C round for the Lenovo-backed RPA technology developer that will fund international growth and technology development.

Capgemini, Salesforce and ServiceNow helped visual commerce platform developer Threekit net $35m while Tencent led a $26m round for UGC management software provider Mod.io.

DivcoWest, JLL and Allegion combined in a $60m round for workplace data platform developer VergeSense while Sanofi committed up to $60m to ocular therapeutics developer Gyroscope.

The corporate-backed satellite data provider's Jacobs-backed series D round boosted its overall funding to $302m.

The engineering and industrial technology provider plans to invest in up to six companies a year through its newly formed corporate venture capital unit.