Transport

University of Oxford's electric motor spinout Yasa has added $22m from investors including OSI and Parkwalk Advisors to its coffers to help it cope with growing customer demand.

Ex-GCV Rising Star Christian Noske will head up the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi unit, less than two years after joining from BMW i Ventures.

The Intel and Daimler-backed air taxi developer secured $55.2m in a tranche led by Geely Holding and intends to reach a final close later this year.

Fantasy sports platform Dream11 is reportedly aiming to raise a round sized at $500m to be backed by several corporate investors. The company is part of the broader gaming and eSport space which has seen growth recently.

Credit Saison, Ogaki Kyoritsu and Nippon Care Supply took part in a Denso-led round that increased the automotive loan provider's overall funding to nearly $35m.

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

Peer-to-peer car rental provider Getaround is reportedly set to raise $200m to follow $396m from investors including SoftBank, Shanghai Automotive, Toyota and Cox Automotive.

Cartica AI, an autonomous perception tech developer forged from Technion spinout Cortica, secured capital from OurCrowd, Continental, Toyota and BMW in what appears to be its first publicly-disclosed round.

Hydrogen-fuel truck developer Nikola Corporation has received $250m in cash and services from CNH as part of a series D round expected to reach $1bn.

Existing investor DMG Ventures has returned to back a $30.4m round for automotive e-commerce platform Cazoo, its second in nine months.

Mahindra & Mahindra has agreed to buy a 55% stake in BCC-backed Meru Cabs for $14.5m, in a deal that could reach more than $28m in total.