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Insurance group MS&AD Holdings has boosted the size of its corporate venturing unit eight months after its launch, having reportedly made in excess of 20 investments.

Last year there was a peak in number of IPOs of corporate-backed emerging business, while the first half of 2019 hosted some much-awaited flotations like those of Uber, Lyft and Slack. We look at the broader picture for corporate-backed companies going public.

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

Investors have provided a potentially nine-figure amount to the $561m first close of Daimler-backed FlixMobility's series F round last month.

Qualcomm Ventures-backed bicycle sharing platform Bounce has reportedly raised $120m of a $200m round expected to be mostly funded by existing investors.

Mobility analytics provider Teralytics, an ETH Zurich spinout, has added funding from investors including Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Atomico.

The Shanghai Electric and CRRC-backed EV manufacturer has increased its valuation to more than $1bn with a $51.5m investment from Jinhua Zhongche Fund.

Didi Chuxing has set up its autonomous car unit as a new business that remains unnamed for now, with the aim of attracting external investment.

Rounds above $100m tend to be raised by companies based in the US and China. Last year we saw a record number of corporate-backed rounds.

The autonomous driving system developer sourced commitments from corporates Toyota, BMW, Faurecia and Osram in a round led by GreatPoint Ventures.

Quantum Signal has been bought by Ford after two decades of quietly producing technologies for robotic applications including autonomous driving.