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Coppel and Nordstrom-backed Bonobos has become the latest online retailer to be bought as part of Walmart's e-commerce growth strategy, in what could be a hugely-sized acqui-hire.

Europcar and existing investor AutoBinck have contributed to an $11.2m round for European peer-to-peer car sharing platform Snappcar.

Existing investor Tencent led the round, which took the rapidly expanding bike sharing service's total funding to more than $1bn in 18 months.

Didi Chuxing has joined the investors in Grab's forthcoming $1.5bn round, which will be led by SoftBank, and could be joined by Alibaba or Ant Financial.

Intel Capital and Airbus Ventures were among the investors in a series A round that will support the commercialisation of AEye's autonomous car vision technology.

A fund set up by steelmaker Shougang Group has participated in a Sequoia Capital China-led round that followed a $250m series A closed just nine months ago.

Daimler was among the investors that took part in a $150m second tranche, adding to the $350m Careem raised from backers including Rakuten and Saudi Telecom in January.

Tekne Capital Management has invested a sub-$50m amount in the SoftBank-backed ride hailing service's latest round, which also includes RNT Capital and Falcon Edge.