Returning investors Ford and Amazon contributed to a round that boosted the electric vehicle developer's funding to more than $2.8bn in 2019 alone.

The education services management platform secured $14.3m in a round led by Tal Education that reportedly valued it at more than $140m.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Digtial skills bootcamp operator Springboard almost doubled its funding in a post-series A round that included Pearson Ventures.

Velano Vascular has closed a $25m round following an extension that added to $10m provided by investors including Intermountain Healthcare in May.

Cigna Ventures led a round disclosed by the musculoskeletal recovery services provider as it rebrands from Trainer Rx.

Salesforce Ventures invested in an $18m round that will fund acquisitions for the cloud tools and services provider, which said it has now raised $26m in total.

Existing investor Advanced MedTech Holdings contributed to a round that moved the portable dialysis machine developer's total funding past $60m.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Gakken Cocofump, Medical Care Service and Saint-Care supplied $20m round for the robotics technology developer in addition to helping it move into the senior support business.