The farming-focused venture fund has attracted Groupama, Agromousquetai, Isagri, InVivo and LSDH for the second close of its fund.

Data bytes meet drill bits at Corporate Venture Houston 2017.

The utility's Avista Development subsidiary has taken part in a $6.8m round for renewable energy marketplace LevelTen Energy.

BASF, Engie and Innogy were among the investors that provided $17.6m in funding for the solar film developer, a year after doing the same for its series D round.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund provided $5m of the funding, as solar system startup Redback Technologies added funding to the cash raised from EnergyAustralia last year.

The new E4 program is looking for startups in India with the potential to impact the future of energy and will offer support and up to $20,000 of investment.

Christina Karapataki, formerly a venture principal for Schlumberger Technology Investments, has taken an investor role at venture fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

Internet company Tencent has led an $11m series B round for digital farming platform Phytech that included agribusiness Syngenta.

Salesforce Ventures participated in a $10.5m round for off-grid solar system producer's Angaza, taking its overall funding to more than $16m.