Transport

The SoftBank-led round included strategic partner Toyota and will fund the geographic expansion of the car sharing platform.

Musashi Seimitsu invested $6m as part of a Rothschild Bank-led series C round that reportedly valued SoftWheel at almost $140m.

University of Aberdeen and entrepreneurial training firm Elevator have concluded the latest edition of their Accelerator Aberdeen program.

Two corporate players backed gene therapeutics firm Orchard Therapeutics in a round that may indicate an uptick in investments in genetics-related tech for this year

Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley has opened an Australian office which will be run by BCG alumnus Craig Boshier.

Volvo-backed trucking services marketplace Cargomatic has completed a series B round featuring strategic partner Genesee and Wyoming.

Essel Group has invested $43.7m in ZipGo through its Essel Green Mobility subsidiary that will fund the expansion of its bus service.

The smart electric vehicle producer, whose largest investor is Tencent, was valued at $5bn as of late last year and has filed to go public in the US.

Last week, Global Corporate Venturing reported several interesting and sizeable transactions in the e-commerce space from around the globe.