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Three months after raising an initial $75m in series C funding, CarDekho has closed the CapitalG-backed round at $110m.

Deutsche Flugsicherung and Terra Drone were among the investors in a $16.6m round for Unifly, the creator of a drone-traffic management platform.

Interest from SoftBank Vision Fund has reportedly encouraged the ride hailing service to consider bumping up its series H round from $3bn to $5bn.

Hellobike owner Hello TransTech has defied difficulties in the bicycle rental sector to raise $582m in a round co-led by existing investor Ant Financial.

The AI-powered driverless vehicle technology developer received tens of millions of US dollars in the Sequoia-led round, which includes re-ups from Bertelsmann and NavInfo.

We present you three charts that summarise some of the major trends and highlights in corporate venturing from 2018 and years prior

LG, SBI, Hella and Hynix contributed to a second close of the road-mapping system developer's latest round, which already featured Intel Capital and Airbus Ventures.

Stanford-StartX Fund has returned to pump funding into electric skateboard manufacturer Boosted, helping to take the company’s total funding to $70m.

The first flotation of a ride hailing business, expected in early 2019, will give an exit to a range of corporate investors and will move this business model into public markets.

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

In the second half of our guide to corporate venturing's biggest trends in 2018, we look at the growth of Chinese tech companies, genomics, advances in transport tech and the growth of the scooter rental space.