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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.

Čez Group supplied convertible note financing as part of an $11.2m round for InoBat Auto, which plans to build an electric vehicle battery factory.

The smart parking technology developer has received $42.4m of fresh capital which came two years after a series B round led by Nio Capital.

Mastercard will buy financial data technology provider Finicity in a deal that could reach $985m, giving Experian an exit. This is yet another large exits in this space this year after the acquisitions of Plaid and Credit Karma earlier.