BMW's corporate venturing unit led mobility software developer RideCell's series A round, which will be used to expand its customer base.

The vehicle financing provider has followed a BAIC-backed series A round last year with $33.5m of series A+ funding from China Growth Capital and Matrix Partners.

Less than six months after it was founded, China-based iCarbonX has completed a round featuring Tencent and Vcanbio that values it at $1bn.

Robert Bosch's corporate venturing unit now has roughly $480m under management, launching its third fund and disclosing its latest investment, in irrigation technology developer CropX.

Naspers led a $12.5m round for the e-commerce search engine technology developer that also included Yahoo Japan.

Luma will begin shipping its Surround Wifi systems in June, having raised series A funding from investors including Amazon Alexa Fund.

Legend Holdings-backed startup AirMap has received series A funding to accelerate development of its drone airspace management tools.

Samsung is among the investors to have provided $40m for Datera, a cloud storage technology developer that emerged from stealth today.

Samsung and Bosch took part in the series A round, which boosted the digital camera technology startup's overall funding to $8m.