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The electric truck and SUV developer has received $350m from Cox Automotive in return for a 10% stake in the Ford, Amazon and Sumitomo-backed company.

Ohio's state government has launched Ohio IP Promise, a standard set of intellectual property guidelines for academic research in the state.

The Alphabet, Comcast and Axel Springer-backed social media platform added $47m from Bond to conclude a round that valued it at $2.1bn.

Spun off by Eastern Bank and also backed by FIS and First Federal Lakewood, lending management software provider Numerated has now raised $32m altogether.

Digital assets and fintech company Hashkey was among the investors in a $14.5m round for Adaptive Holdings' open-source blockchain protocol spinoff, CasperLabs.

Furniture rental service CasaOne has added co-working space operator WeWork to an investor base that already included JLL Spark.

The corporate has bought portfolio company Kazan Networks three years after a series A round that also included Samsung Ventures and Intel Capital.

Travel media platform Atlas Obscura is increasing its overall funding to $32m with an Airbnb-led round that will be used to beef up its local experiences service.

Microsoft and Qvest Media are set to exit video livestreaming technology developer in an acquisition by LTN Global.