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Sector analysis: IT

More than 80% of CNBC's 50 top disruptors list is CVC backed.

Continental Grain-backed vegan food producer Perfect Day has raised $160m, increasing its series C round to $300m.

Amazon returned for a round that boosted the electric truck and SUV developer's overall funding to more than $5.3bn in the past 18 months alone.

AC Ventures, Grupo Transportes Monterrey and Leonisa are among the investors that contributed to the trucking services provider’s $22.5m round.

LG and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital have exited the driver assistance technology developer in a purchase of undisclosed size by LeddarTech.

ACVC Partners and Motus Ventures have received commitments from the car components manufacturer that jointly total $20m.

Celebrity Kim Kardashian West’s beauty brand raised $200m at a $1bn valuation from beauty brand Coty.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

A year after reportedly hiring banks for an IPO, multi-corporate-backed Velodyne has instead chosen a reverse merger to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

There was a record number of first-time corporate investors in the first half of the year despite corporate venturing activity being down across deals, exits and funds.