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Tencent, NavInfo and the Singaporean state-owned GIC have combined to acquire a 10% stake in mapping technology provider Here.

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.

Eight open data-focused startups will each receive $37,000 from the initiative, the partners of which include OpenText and D2L.

Bloomberg Beta returned for the software testing tool developer's latest round, after taking part in its $2.6m seed round last year.

Most interest internationally has been sparked by HNA's indirect corporate venturing strategy.

2016 saw some big changes at the top of some of the biggest CVC units; some corporates raised huge funds and others got into the game, though the IPO market slowed to a crawl.

Intel Capital modified its investment structure in 2016 and pledged to cut its portfolio by around 25% in the next five or six years while increasing its investment sizes.

Container networking software provider Plumgrid had raised about $27m in equity financing from backers including Qualcomm Ventures and Swisscom Ventures.