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.

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

American Electric Power, Chevron, Daimler, BMW and Siemens are among of consortium of backers that also included Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC.

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures has hired Jim Sledzik, formerly president of Energy Ventures, to helm the US arm of its unit.

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

The soil analytics provider took its total funding to $19m in a round featuring agricultural investment, data and media platform AgFunder.