Leonie Baneke, formerly an investment director at Eneco Innovation & Ventures, has been promoted to head of venturing for its parent company.

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

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

Shell, BNP Paribas and PTT Group have all made commitments to the third fund to be raised by energy-focused VC firm Set Ventures, which is targeting an $85.5m close.

Shell Ventures investment principal Tyler Williams has joined Natural Gas Innovation Fund as an executive committee member.

Evergy has rebranded corporate venturing affiliate from GXPI to Evergy Ventures following a 2018 between component utilities Great Plains and Westar Energy.

The EV charging management software provider has secured funding in a round co-led by Centrica that also featured CEZ's Inven Capital.

Sunfire, a provider of gas and fuel production equipment, has received $28.8m in a round led by new strategic partner Paul Wurth that included corporates CEZ and Total.

Appliance manufacturer Midea is targeting between $147m to $293m for the fund and has contributed $44m through its own investment arm.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Continental Grain Company have backed the first close of the Syngenta-backed agricultural bioprocessing platform's latest round.