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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.

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

The commercial vehicle manufacturer has appointed Martin Witt to head its investment subsidiary after more than 14 years at Accenture Strategy.

The used car marketplace has achieved unicorn status after raising $31.3m in funding from investors including existing backer DMG Ventures.

The Fosun-backed automotive parts trading platform boosted its total series B funding to $130m with a series C2 round led by Greater Bay Area Homeland Investments.

One vaccine developer, CureVac, has received a generous backing from Germany’s government-owned development bank KfW, while another – Vaxcyte – went public raising $250m.

Samsung Catalyst Fund, BMW i Ventures and NavInfo all exited street-level image repository Mapillary in an acquisition by Facebook.

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