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A look back at the big corporate venturing stories of 2016

What will be the big opportunities in 2017? Results from our corporate venturing survey of industry leaders.

The used car e-commerce platform, backed by Baidu, Tencent, Legend Holdings and Bertelsmann, is one of many well-funded players doing battle in China.

Naval defence equipment provider DCNS has formed a marine renewables subsidiary that is also backed by Technip Group, BNP Paribas and Bpifrance.

The crop protection technology developer has added series B funding from backers including Syngenta and Alexandria Real Estate Equities to the $10m it raised in 2014.

The GM Ventures, Edison Energy and Exelon-backed round will support an expansion in production of Proterra's electric buses, as it shows EVs are still a viable target for venture funding.

Adventus Zinc Corporation has secured a portfolio of zinc exploration projects from Altius Resources, which has contributed to the startup's seed round.

Kongsberg Digital has paid $11.6m for a 34% stake in power analytics software developer eSmart Systems as part of a strategic partnership agreement.

Investments in driverless cars and virtual reality pointed the way to the future while machine learning folded into AI and the insurtech sector came of age.