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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.

Grab has raised $2.85bn this year, most of which came from corporate investors, but could potentially receive up to $1.5bn more from SoftBank Vision Fund.

The car leasing service raised money in a SoftBank-led series B round that included fellow corporates MMI Holdings, CreditEase and Munich Re.

The Softbank-backed online automotive marketplace has collected $93m in a Bain Capital-led round to take its total equity financing to $145m.

In part one of our 2018 trends round up, we examine the ubiquity of SoftBank's Vision Fund, the increased willingness of unicorns to go public, and increased activity in the crypto and agriculture spaces.

Ikove Venture Partners has launched a $10m venture capital vehicle to help spawn spinouts based on projects at Ohio universities.

Naspers co-led a $22.7m round that also included Axel Springer Digital Ventures, as Dott prepares to trial its scooter sharing service early next year.

Ola has followed its participation in scooter rental startup Vogo's series A round in August with a $100m investment and a commercial tie-up.