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The beverage producer and retailer was valued at a reported $60m in a seed round backed by Coca-Cola’s Venturing & Emerging Brands vehicle.

We present you three charts that summarise some of the major trends and highlights in corporate venturing from 2018 and years prior

Ogawa and Generali contributed to a series B round for Temi, a consumer robotics spinoff from defence equipment maker Roboteam.

Unilever Ventures co-led an $11.4m round for the social commerce platform that closed five months after its $5m series A.

MIT retail analytics spinout Celect has now raised a total of $25m, having received $15m in an NGP Partners-led round.

Co-founded by an Indiana University graduate, customer behaviour analytics software developer Zio has secured funding from two of the university’s venture funds.

The first flotation of a ride hailing business, expected in early 2019, will give an exit to a range of corporate investors and will move this business model into public markets.

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

In the second half of our guide to corporate venturing's biggest trends in 2018, we look at the growth of Chinese tech companies, genomics, advances in transport tech and the growth of the scooter rental space.

E-cigarette brand Juul has overcome internal opposition to agree a $12.8bn investment by Marlboro owner Altria at a $38bn valuation.

In part one of our 2018 trends round up, we examine the ubiquity of SoftBank's Vision Fund, the increased willingness of unicorns to go public, and increased activity in the crypto and agriculture spaces.