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

Toyota AI Ventures contributed to a $27.6m round for electric scooter rental service Revel, which is looking to expand further into the US.

Existing investor Tencent is in talks as part of a round TUM's flying car developer reportedly aims to close at between $400m and $500m.

Existing investor Tencent is in talks as part of a round the flying car developer reportedly aims to close at between $400m and $500m.

UVC Partners returned to back Fazua together with the electric bike drive system maker's other existing investors and an EIB-run venture debt provider.

Boeing HorizonX is providing equity funding for space exploration company Virgin Galactic in connection with the latter's proposed listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Panasonic, Mitsui Sumitomo and NEC all booked exits after Honda's R&D unit acquired connected driving assistant technology developer Drivemode.

The scooter rental platform has now raised more than $95m altogether, after Axa Germany participated in a series B round that will fund European growth.

The Alphabet unit has already divested part of its stake in publicly-listed Uber to SoftBank at a $48bn valuation but is considering selling the rest from next month.

Our analysis shows that venturing rounds at most stages have grown their median dollar size. Later-stage rounds have experienced a much more pronounced growth.

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