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The China-based internet major romped ahead of rivals Alibaba and Baidu this year when it came to corporate venturing, investing in two billion-dollar deals and three more $500m+ rounds.

Alphabet subsidiary GV lost key figures Bill Maris and Rich Miner but Google Capital rebranded as CapitalG and ramped up the size of its investments.

Despite the departure of company president Nikesh Akora in June, SoftBank continued to invest big in Asian consumer internet and is set to close its $100bn Vision Fund soon.

Rakuten and Saudi Telecom led the first close of what ride ordering service Careem hopes will be a $500m round, with existing backer Al Tayyar also participating.

Google-backed Symphony is targeting $200m in a round that will make it the latest company to carve out a place in the instant messaging unicorn club.

Saudi Telecom, an investor in the Middle East-based ride ordering service since its 2013 series A round, provided the funding at a $1bn valuation.

Founded by Mark Roebke and Justin Bradshaw in 2015, Rever's free app works with its website to help riders create custom routes, track some epic rides and share their riding experiences across social platforms.

Amazon provided a $7m extension to the connected car technology developer's series A round, which already contained Deutsche Telekom.

The private aviation marketplace added JetEdge to its investors in a series C round that values it at more than $1.6bn post-money.