Transport

Exits with corporate investor involvement are consistently larger and becoming more frequent.

Man Truck and Bus has injected cash into the cloud-based platform aimed at the logistics sector, boosting the total funding to $100m.

Castrol, Nokia, Magna and Comporium have returned to participate in a $6m round for the connected car software provider, which has now raised $32m in total.

BMW i Ventures and Workday Ventures were among the backers for the first funding round disclosed by the carpooling app developer.

Carnegie Mellon University spinout and Google Lunar Xprize competitor Astrobotic raises $2.5m as it plans to take personal mementos to the moon to claim Google's award.

Toyota has made its bet on the ride hailing market with a stake purchase in Uber and the announcement of a partnership that will let drivers lease cars.

Existing investor Alibaba is reportedly set to join financial services affiliate Ant Financial to reinvest in Didi Chuxing, likely as part of a $3bn round.

Volkswagen has become the latest carmaker to invest in on-demand mobility, providing $300m for ride hailing technology provider Gett.

Stefan Gabriel, formerly head of advanced materials and manufactured product group 3M's corporate venturing unit for six years, hosted a discussion on CVC data.

After several decades of peaks and troughs, corporate venturers feel they are climbing up the slope of enlightenment.