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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.

Microsoft, Bridgestone and Qualcomm all contributed to a series D round for MIT spinout ClearMotion, which emerged from stealth earlier last year with $130m in funding.

Microsoft and existing investors Bridgestone and Qualcomm all contributed to a series D round that follows a $100m series C two years ago.

Existing backer Steadview Capital has provided another $74m for ride hailing platform Ola, whose shareholders also include Tencent, SoftBank and Didi Chuxing.

Founded out of TUM, transmission gear manufacturer ZG-Zahnräder und Getriebe has been bought by Mahle to bolster its integrated drive system capacity.

The Simon-backed scooter rental service is set to double the size of its series C round with a $300m investment led by Fidelity that will value it at $2bn.

Half a year after raising $500m in a TUS Holdings-backed series B round, the electric car developer is seeking another $500m before it floats.

Access Industries and SIG participated in a series C round that came three months after the auto parts marketplace raised $20m in series B funding.

SenseTime has helped the autonomous driving software developer expand a series A round already featuring Alliance Ventures and Johnson Electric.

Months after raising $500m in an FAW and Contemporary Amperex-backed series B round, the electric car developer is seeking another $500m before it floats.

Lidar technology developer Baraja has lured the support of Csiro's Innovation Fund as it pursues additional business for its autonomous vehicle perception system in the US and Asia.