The lithium-ion battery provider has raised $21.8m in a Itochu-led round that also featured fellow corporate Kyocera.

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

Mahindra & Mahindra-backed solar lantern and system provider D.light has raised $41m from Inspired Evolution, Swedfund, Norfund and FMO.

Mitsubishi joins Anglo American Platinum in a second AP Ventures that will fund companies harnessing platinum group metals.

The Thailand-based energy company plans to allocate the capital to international biotechnology and cleantech developers over a five-year period.

The indoor farming specialist intends to expand rapidly in 2019 after raising $90m in a round led by existing investor GV.

The cannabis production manager has invested $6m as part of a total fundraising of $35m for cannabis grower OG DNA Genetics.

EV charging technology provider FreeWire Technologies has closed a series A round backed by BP Ventures, Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Stanley Ventures.

Energy utility Fortum is putting $170m into venture firm Valo Ventures, which was founded by CapitalG alumnus Scott Tierney.

Kieran Gartlan has departed from a Latin America-based senior director position at CME Group for a managing director role at The Yield Lab.