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We've condensed down three days of talks, networking and demos at the GCVI Summit in Monterey into these insights.

Three carmakers helped semiconductor producer CanSemi raise $670m while 574 Invest, RATP Group and Groupe Chopard backed a $167m round for vehicle charging network Electra.

Chanel and Kraft Group were among the investors in Evolved By Nature’s $120m series C round, while Prosus led a $39m series B for Sharebite.

Siemens and Volkswagen provided $450m for the latter's Electrify America subsidiary while Leaps by Bayer helped push ReCode Therapeutics‘ series B round to $200m.

BlackBerry Ivy Innovation Fund put up capital to advance cost savings in vehicular maintenance.

If a CVC unit wants to bring in outside money, it needs a great track record, a unique angle and skin in the game.

Susquehanna Growth Equity has led a $62m series B round for speech-to-text software provider Speechmatics, while Fidelity’s Eight Roads unit led digital asset data aggregator Kaiko's $53m series B.

The motor company CVC is launching its second Exploratory Fund vintage later this year.

Vito Giallorenzo of BlackBerry joined the Global Venturing Review podcast to discuss how the BlackBerry IVY Innovation Fund is working to make automobiles smarter.

Prosus helped B2B e-commerce platform ShopUp lift its series B round to $174m while SPIL Ventures co-led a $70m series C for trucking optimisation platform Deliveree.

SoftBank led contract management platform developer LegalForce's $102m series D round while several corporates exited logistics service provider GogoX in an $85m IPO.