
Agricultural technology media, data and investment platform AgFunder is moving into direct corporate venturing.
BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures co-led an $11.5m seed round for the microtransit service provider, which has now raised $15m in total.
College Loan Corporation and Educational Credit Management Corporation are among the investors in the student lending platform.
Big data storage systems provider DDN led the data management technology developer's seed round.
The round follows a $2m Hiscox-backed seed round for the insurance digitalisation startup in 2016, and will be used for product development.
Lightelligence, which is developing microchip technology based on light signals, has secured $10m in a Baidu Ventures-led seed round.