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.

The corporate has resurrected the Schneider Electric Ventures unit it folded into Aster in 2010 and will invest up to $565m through the vehicle.

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

Energy technology and software-focused National Grid Partners is headed by Lisa Lambert and has two other Intel Capital alumni in its team.