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The water dispenser provider has received $15m in funding from Bluewater, which manufactures water purification products.

The restaurant reservation software provider, received $27.2m from NTT Docomo which, like Salesforce, Itochu and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, is an existing investor.

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

The tutoring app developer increased its valuation to more than $3bn in a Tencent-led round that took its overall funding past the $500m mark.

Allianz X was among the participants in an eight-figure euro round for human resources software producer HeavenHR.

The trucking services platform has completed a $14.3m round that was co-led by Fosun and Bertelsmann India Investments while Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance also invested.

The CyberAgent-backed online food delivery service is valued at $2.6bn, as of a $320m round led by Hillhouse Capital that included Sequoia Capital and GIC.

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.

Airbnb and WeWork both backed the female-only space provider's series C round, bringing its overall funding to more than $117m.