A weekly recap of some of the most interesting venture capital, fund and start-up news. : Zoox recently raised $500 million from investors to fulfill its ambitious vision of building an electric self-driving car from the ground-up, Bloomberg reports. The start-up is taking on giants from the technology and automotive worlds, like Alphabet, GM and Tesla, and hopes to launch its cars and a ride-hailing service in 2020. The round was led by Atlassian co-founder and CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes.