Transport

Mutschler Group and SoftBank Vision Fund are in line for exits as the online car dealership reveals plans to list its shares in Frankfurt.

Existing investor Scania co-led a series D round in which the trucking services platform developer achieved a valuation above $1bn.

The driverless vehicle technology developer has added $110m to the $200m supplied by busmaker Yutong Group last month.

Mitsui, Edison Energy, BMW, Daimler, General Motors and Exelon-backed electric bus manufacturer Proterra achieved a $1.6bn enterprise value in the deal.

The Access Industries and Volkswagen-backed business transport platform developer has added $15m to a round valuing it at $1.5bn.

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce marketplace Udaan extended its series D round with a $280m tranche, featuring Tencent. The company is one of the comparatively few B2B e-commerce deals we have reported, despite the relative size and importance of the B2B in it.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The autonomous driving software provider completed a series B round led by BP Ventures that also featured corporate investors Tencent and Halma.

University of Oxford’s autonomous driving software developer Oxbotica has secured $47m in a series B round featuring IP Group as well as several corporates.

Porsche and Lockheed Martin-backed lidar sensor technology developer Aeva will get the funding once its reverse merger with InterPrivate Acquisition Corp closes.

This is a draft of a speech I'll be making at the www.GCVDigitalForum.com on 27 January - feedback much appreciated in comments or email jmawson@mawsonia.com