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Ken Asada has left his investment director position at Intel Capital to become managing director at NTT Docomo Ventures.

India-based vehicle marketplace CarDekho closed a $110m CapitalG-backed round in the beginning of January, being the first notable deal for this year in the vehicle marketplace space.

Executive director Mark Smith has departed from Verizon Ventures after a total of 23 years at the unit and its parent company.

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

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.

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.

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.

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