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Andrei Zuzin, formerly managing director at Vnesheconombank's VEB Innovation fund, is heading aluminium producer Rusal's venture investment division.

Annual analysis: 2017

Kaloyan Andonov, GCV Analytics, presents the results of The Global Corporate Venturing Survey 2018, our annual survey on the state of corporate venturing conducted in cooperation with Stanford University and Insead Business School.

Eon and Innogy will likely be joined by Constellation Technology Ventures for a round that took the energy use analysis platform's total funding to $51m.

The solar energy technology developer, which counts a range of corporates as past investors, has raised cash from Presidio Partners, Kline Hill Partners and Structural Capital.

SoftBank Vision Fund has acquired a sizeable stake in automotive e-commerce platform Auto1, its first Germany-based investment.

The GM, Applied Materials and SAIC-backed battery technology developer has received $34m from undisclosed investors, taking its total funding above $50m.

The automotive alliance plans to supply $200m for startups and open innovation schemes out of Alliance Ventures in the next year.

Didi Chuxing's reported $600m acquisition of a majority stake in its Brazilian counterpart indicates a new level to its expansion plans.